The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-26
AT THE HOTELS.

Strangers In Paris are watched and
their acts are recorded. according TO
Joseph l. Donnelly, a private detective,
OF New York and Paris, who was seen
at the New Willard, and who IS on his
way TO Panama. Speaking Of the detec-
tives Of the French capital. Mr.. Donneuy
said:
Most OF the agents OF the 'surete' are
old soldiers. honorable men. They are
supplemented by a band OF quasi police
known as Indicators. These people are
permanent auxillaries Of the service, re-
eruited among the street takers and mas
terless rogues who foregather in Paris.
Behind these humdrum agents." con-
unued Mr.. Donnelly. "and gloomy out
casts there is a mighty and mysterious
secret police, about which not one Pa
risian IN a hundred has definite kn0wl-
edge. The real secret police to-day. as
under the empire is known as the brigade
des recherces-that is, the brigade Of in
yestigauon. The members Of this force
are recruited from far higher rank OF
society than tho fellows Of the surete
contribute 10 this system Of espionage
"a foreigner in Paris" said Dir. Dom
nelly. IF he associate frequently with
people OF Importance. comes IN time 10
know them well They follow him in his
eomings and goings. report upon his acts
and opinions, and sift his life with care
unknown IN our republic. One OF those
who were sent out on the trail OF one
Of my friends I came 20 know well. Il
was funny how they watched him and I
watched them. What ne was suspected
Of / do not know. though during the
troublous days OF the Dreyfus case no
fraternized with many men-one Of whom
was the Comte du Temple, an ex-deputy
and an aggressive royalist. Anyway, my
friends spy and came 10 know each
other well. He played a good game OF
billiards and was a companionabls gen
tleman.
If our secret service system were az
scientifically managed and carried out as
that OF most foreign countries. many
crimes would be detected IN the making
and their contamination prevented.
I am Of the decided opinion that the
President OF the United States should be
most strictly guarded against would-be
assassins and cranks, regardless OF
what may be said against the idea OF
surrounding the head OF this republic
with a guard Of detectives"
George 7 Dickinson, OF Chicago. a
lawyer. who IS at the Arlington, said
Ia
patters are counted. This IS an age o.,
progress and OF purifying the politics OF
the country. II is the day OF disc8rding
those who have managed the affairs OF
the country and thereby constituted
themselves a close corporation IN doing
so. The most important questions con-
corning the interests OF the business
world Of this country have been fntrusted
10 the hands OF maybe a half dozen or
ten men in Congress. whose word was
the law OF the land, no matter what the
people said. The breaking up OF this
circle, the smashing OF this close cOTpo-
ration. is an accomplished fact The
people. through their Representatives in
! Congress, VIII have louder voice here
after. and when the direct primary law
and the initiative and referendum have
1 been placed on the statute books OF tho
| United States. the voice OF the people
Will indeed be 'voX Del Those who are
now trying everywhere 10 hold back the
avalanche Of progress and reform viii
be buried under II. and will not be heard
Of in the future.
mo matter whether Roosevelt viii
ever again be President Of the United
States or not. no matter whether he has
made mistakes IN attacking the United
/ States Supreme Court, or whether he
/ erred IN announcing his New Nation
alism, II IS an UnGeniable fact that he
has awakened the people Of this country
/ 70 a more thorough realization OF the
! dangers which threatened their consti-
tutional rights. His doctrine OF progress
/ Will be the slogan OF the Republican and
I Democratic parties, and will win out IN
/ the end. We ought 10 have more men
/ Ike Roosevelt"
/ The effort OF John Barry Ryan, OF
! New York, 10 organize an aeronauuc
! reserve which IN rfr7a ~ var shall vol