Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-11
New Act Passed By Last Con.
gress Upon Urgings of M,
Hobson. Fixes Penalties for
Treaohery.
MANY ARE SEEKING
MILITARY INFORMATION
Many Cases Have Come to At.
tention of This Government
Recently and Conditions
Have Become Serious.

washington. AprU ~ During the
closing DAYS ui the late congress th.r.
was PASSED measure of highest i'm.
por,ancc witch received utt;, pub,,c
attention. Moreover. IA. fscts which
prompted the enactment of thu n.ll
received still smaller cousid.rstlou.
except b> thos, Who were Instrument
al in pushing in, legislation.
Ih" m'a-ur" H. what Is known In
military circles as IA. 'spy" bil. n
Vas introduced hN Representative
iiu1S"n az Alabama, anG seeks 10
prevent persons not entitled To- sucn
I'M rtuution from obtaining OF under
taxing 4" obtain. aus sketch. photo
graph. negative. plan. model or
kn"Wl'dg" concerning our national
h"iruseS. The act il explicit. and pto-
Vidcs penalties upon conviction at VI
"laiing th' statute. Most persons
mas nave thought that there was al
ready such law upon TIA. statute
books, hut such was not the case un-
ui tcV days sgo. and ans pcrsoi.
even though cRught in the act of max
ing sketches or taking photographs
"i Iortiiications. could he punished
for nothing more than trespass.
IN" necessity f"r protection against
ia" proc urcn.nt of such Information
by toreignors has stoadily Increased
with the growing importance of ma
iionnl preparation for war In tfuc uf
peace. Th. issues OF III. most mod
'n Wtfs have been -uttiud unickh
nN r"uson OF preparation or ia. bel
! 'igcrents notably the Russo japanese
var the Fraucu-Gornan war and the
Austrian Prussian wai In this con-
t"st ui preparations the question ol
KNOW ledge on The part uf the rncny
is "l vital Importance. particularly In
the case OF the location of forts uf
hattorics, Of mines and torpcdocs
such knowledge may actually srtil-
the contest tn the opinion Of military
experts.
Nearly oyery civilized nation of the
N'ili. Nith the cNccptlon of the Unit
rd ~tatrs haa heretofore taken pre-
caution against the revelation of it,
national d't"uso secrets to foreign
roNrrnn'uts aud Inns provided pun
isHW'nt f"t person. caught spNtng ia
time. of peace. Again 1nd again such
spi's hnN, been Detected ia the act
OF obtaining valuable Information. bul
! THIS government could da nothing
Caught he other lands th"v ha." ho,d
I uln.sh'd severely caught Ia tho t'nit
! ed states 90 iu uuN of our posscsslnns
! tu'N hnsc been set at liberty Without
/ punishnt"ut
some time ago British subject
! living In Calcutta picked up on the
sirrrts ~ that rity - small packag"
lot hlgc prints containing Information
/ with reference ga the dctcnsos Of COT
rcsid"r island. ~ the Philippines
/ Recognizing thpr character he dr.
! liyer,d them t0 the American consnl
/ at Calcutta ahu forwarded them
! Through tn, state department e. the
/ Vur Department n Washington. Sis
Inin'une, is attached to the l,ct that
| those e,r. nlu, prints Tn. where
abouts pf thr "risina uaciuss az,
stiu unkpoHu These BIN. prints
contained a complete sot of drawina.
Of 'Ir d,nHs,- u. ,urrogidnr island
which s tho main stronghold OF tho
tnitrd Suttps iu th, Philippines Tur
work was uuoh and carefully ,N,-
Gated evidently h> a craftsman ~
unusual skill and technical ,uoNI-
edge. rabulat,d upon som, of th-
4
as To- th" height os gun. above tuu
s'a. a'curar, .mHthrmauD1I 'oyltiou
of scar hlight~ tifr control p. .ur sta-
tious aud other Information of hishIy
/ confidential character lu n.t thc'e
| Nus mo- matter connected with the fr-
/ f"us's uf rl, stand that could no-.
/ slbh b, OF ans riliturt talur which
/ Was uut SCI 'urth 300 ruuuirt, detail
/ These h'u. priut, wore not copies of
! amy drawings nr charts prepared ipr
! the ms, pf ,U. 'utUd states. but W'ro
. .rtiiruil, tN. result uf "a careful
/ uaiusttNue aud d,Dnerlt, nNcstisa-
! tiuu ANA research ot the roniid.ntial
. records uf h, United states Where
/ th, originals arc nu one who viii tell
! knows Tho war department hus
made .Nt.nsiN, efforts To- lenrn the
I manner Iu which the Information wns
/ impaired 90 the draftsman. put to NO
! Iubau
! IN 1907 aud ia the year following
I Ia number uf r,purts were received AZ
th, war department. one from the
mayor of Portland. ore. one from the
/ secretary of tho chamber ot COM
I m,rcr "f another city n oregon, one
I froW priyat, citizen in seattle. and
tu number of others from loval mili-
I tarN commanders. Ia me effect that
/ foreigners were very aCtiv. ~ map
/ ping fh Ipciit' Doust and the har-
I hurs Iu tho Hriuir of Puget sound,
ana t1o mouth pf tine Columbia river,
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