Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21
POLICE METHODS
ARE MADE PUBLIC
Rochelle Case, Now Gone Into His
tory, Brings Many Facts
to Light.
FRENCH SYSTEM MOST THOROUGH
Secret Work is Deemed Necessary to
Success.
HAS LONG EXISTED, ALWAYS WILL
Not Difficult to Obtain the Desired
Information.
FRENCH SYSTEM MOST THOROUGH
S LONG EXISTED, ALWAYS WILL
UNCONSCIOUS HELPERS ARE MANY
Esperanto Must Now lie Included I'm
the Modern AVIntOr's Curricu-
Ium-LanguREc Becoming
Popular.
BY PAUL VILLIERS.

EOpuAhFs
BY PAUL VILLIERS.
PARIS, Aug. 2O.-(Special to The Bee) y
The Rochette case with its scandals and
hints of grave scandals has passed into his
tory.
The trial brought out some interesting
facts about the French secret police and its
methods which have been followed up by
some Of the papers, particularly the In
transigeant. The French system has been
long regarded as the most perfect in the
world, and some of the interviews printed
In the lntranslge0nt are worth reading.
There is an interview. with the "DIrecteur
des Recherches" at the prefecture of police,
of which the following is the gist. Ac-
cording to the report of their conversation,
the official frankly stated:
Yes, there are secret agents, This is
evident, and quite natural. As NJ Lepine
said yesterday, we are obliged to keep an
eye on everything that threatens the public
security. How do you think that we could
parry the blows which menace It II we
were not warned? And you may suppose
that It Is not the promoters of disorder who
come to acqualnt us with their designs
We must obtain intelligence of what is
passing in certain quarters. Besides, all
governments. whatever they may be, or
may have been, have had their secret
agents"
"And it is you who are entrusted with
this service?"
Yes, It is who am in communication
with them. and who hold all these strings
/ This is my province; and there 1t is. What
more would you have me to tell your
What you please; as much as you like.
For instance, you have some in every
class. These visitors must sometimes be
very interesting
The official was not edited by this. He
fexelafmed Indignantly mat he could not 20
into details and reveal their means of de-
Tense, and when he was urged to say a
little he cut the interview short by re-
marking that he really could not betray
professional secrecy
Will Always Exist.
Recourse was then had to NJ Jaume late
Ichief inspector Of the criminal detective
department, who. as soon as the subject
was preached. cried:
The secret police has always existed
and always will exist The authorities
have always had to surround themselves
with agents Of all sorts, who daily inform
them OF everything that may be plotted
against the government. And this will go
on until the end OF the world. Indignant
speeches may proclaim to the chamber the
abolition of the secret police, but II will
continue to exist. There ATE so many WAYS
OF recruiting secret agents. The Jealous
the envous, the people who have lost
caste, or are starving. and the foreign ad-
venturers, constitute the best OF the ele-
ments at the disposal of the prefecture
because they are so many indirect agents
VINO have not to be sought out, and volun-
tarily come forward to sell for a trifIinr
sum, even sometimes for a dejeuner all
the information that they have about an
affair which interests the criminal detec-
tive department
Then' again, 1t is so easy TO come across
unconscious helpers. Friends and ac-
quaintances whom one often meets are only
too glad to come out with their tins Most
of these agents are unknown TO the pre-
lecture They give their information to go
oetweens, and so they escape suspicion.
This is why do not imagine that people
should think seriously of conspiring against
the republic II were to get up a plot
win 40 persons should be only too much
afraid that 1873 OF my accomplices might
belong to the police"
Illustration of Methods.
The paper relates an anecdote which NAV.
or may not have any foundation. but
which, at any rate, throws an interesting
! side light on this subject The story is
! mat one day a grand seigneur, devoid of
republican procllvites, was given a fete
when the project of police of that time
asked several cards of invitation for his
agents. alleging political necessity as the
reason for this application
The gentleman was very indignant 50 nv
the way OF compromise, the project who
had called In person, asked If he might be
allowed to see the list OF guests The
lists were shown to him. He looked II
over and returned II to the host, saying
with a gracious smile: We'll let me SUD-
pose that l never applied for anything
II Is all for the best" The obvious infer
ence is that the project found in the list
the names Of a good many people who
were sure to give him on the following
day full account OF everything that had
been said and done at that particular
fete.
AVIRtOrs and Esperanto.
To be an up to date aviator now one
must know Esperanto At Mourmelon le-
Z Grand the classic aviation ground. moth
ing but Esperanto Ia spoken by the int
tiated among themselves. NJ. Henri Far
man u Tue Dest universal nnguist In the
r flying community. NJ. Effimoff. NJ Van
, den Born, and Madame Franck, are all
: proficient scholars and speak zahmenhoff's
tongue freely as they fly.
: The language seems TO be productive
of excellent companionshlp. NJ Farman
has holsted the Esperanto flag over his
5 shed. and IN the evening. after dinner
when the days work 10 over, he gathers
Z his disciples around him and teaches them
E Esperanto. They are, It il true. Of al
= natlonalities and the best way 10 com.
5 municate with them Is by means OF q
$ language which can be learned easily by
all.