The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-27
Russian Secret SerUice
 The Best in the World

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 The two German officers went nrst to Warsaw. whence they expecteI .o start for the field of tneir iaoor Eag .. in the morning which followed their arrival in warsaw they were aroused from their slumbers by a loud knock m the door of their room and In the next moment the two photographers" stared with mixed sensations at me stalwart form of Russian noncom- mIssioned officer in full uniform. who, saiuting. handed them a sealed enve- lope bearing the official Russian seal.
 The envelope contained an invita- tion--both officers being addressed by their true names and as captains or the German general staff-to dine with the military governor of Warsaw. It is needless to add that the two detect ed officers understood the gentle hint and left Russia with all possible speed
 Found Out at Once.
 A similar experience. with still more generous treatment on the part of the Russian government. though 1t obvious ly was her right to employ marsh measurs. had Col won S., of the Aus train army.
 That officer went by order of his gov ernment to St. Petersburg to obtain certain information. He travelled on false passport as a private gentleman. Arriving safely at the Russian capital, he repaired to a hotel, and was about to unpack his trunk when gentle- man suddenly and quietly entered the room.
 T can save you the trouble of un- packing your trunk, sir, said the stranger with a smile. You are Col. t~fa nd real purpose of your advent Is known to us"
 When They Failed.
 With this the man legitimized him. self as an agent of the Russian secret police and told the amazed officer that the Russian government would grant him twenty-four hours stay in St. Petersburg, if he wished to see the city in company with the agent, and that the latter was also to see the colonel safely across the frontier again. See- ing that any further pretense had be- come useless, Col. won S. submitted and left St. Petersburg the same day, the agent never leaving his side. On the train the colonel asked the unweicome companion how he had found out. By a mere accident" replied the other sminingly. T am an agent of the Russian secret police, but live at present in Vienna happened to be at the same cafe which you visited on the eve of your departure for St. Petersburg. You were in uniform. and heard you telling some brother officers that you were about to leave for Russia. From that moment never lost sight of you. ascertained your name, travelled on the same train with you. and found my suspicion justified when you pre- scented fictitious passport at the frontier"
 The only time the Russian secret police seemed to have been wholly in- efficient was during the two or three months proceeding the assassination of Czar Alexander II. Although weritably surrounded by an army of secret ser vice agents, that unhappy monarch found letters with his death sentence, issued by the Executive Committee of the Nihilistic Factions" in the pock- cts of his coats, of his bath robe, on the pillow of his bed, and on his writ ing desk. and it could never be discov- cred how they had come there. To Visit England.
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