The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-04
SPIES CAPTURED
BRITISH HAVE BEEN WATCHING
SUSPECTS FOR SIX YEARS
STORIES OF ESPIONAGE
English officers Have Rounded Up
Thousands Who Are Awaiting Trial
In Concentration Camps-Sensa-
tional Stories Come From Scotland
-Wreless and Submarine Base.

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-Wreiess and Submarine Base.
One of the revelations of the war
has been he amazing organization OF
the Germ%:n spy system. The Teuton,
says q L 1ndon dispatch, IS no fair
weather s oy only, for it must be ad-
mitted b i; is unwilling to run the
risks of the "metier" in war time.
For years past it has been known
that the British Isle were oyerrun
with German spies. From time to
time they have been captured with
photographs, drawings and plans OF
so-called strategic positions in Britain
which might prove useful to an IN
vading force. And when war broke
out the English nation wanted to
know what the government was doing
to round up the thousands Of spies
who were known still to be in, and a
danger to, the country. The govern
ment has even been blamed for its
apparent laxity in this respect. The
people never stopped to think that
whatever the government might be
doing it was impossible to give away
its arrangements or make pubic
whatever measures it had been tax
ing-that secrecy was absolutely nee
essary.
The statement now, issued by the
government, that for the last six
years it had been at work spying on
the SPY, and publishing the fact that
nine thousand German spies or sus-
pects were now in the concentration
camps, many awaiting trial for
espionage, was great and pleas
ant surprise for the nation.
The cunning Of the German spy in
obtaining the information he is after,
his 'tslimness" in evading capture, is
well illustrated by the story Of two
Irish tourists who, when in Paris, de-
termined to get as near the firing
line as possible. They persuaded a
Belgian friend connected with the
Red Cross organization to act as their
pilot.
They got on all right as war as
Montdidier, In the Somme, but, when
walking along the road they were
stopped by four gendarmes and ask
ed for their papers. They showed
them, but; were told they were not
satisfactory and that they must con-
slider themselves under arrest.
Taken to the station, they were
searched minutely, and even had to
take OF their boots to snow that they
had no compromising documents con-
cealed in them. By train they were
carried to Breteuil, where the French
headquarters had been established
There they were able to satisfy the
military authorities that they were
perfectly harmless persons; all their
belongings were restored to them
Z and by way Of justification the French
ssptain who had examined them said:
eve are obliged to be exceedingly
strict, owing to the rrses employed
by German spies. To prove to you
gentlemen, how necessary it is for Us
to neglect no precautions, will you
please accompany me-"
In the courtyard the two Irishmer
saw an automobile surrounded BY
seven gendarmes. In the front OF
the war were two officers, inc Of them
at the wheel. Seated behind them
were two gendaTmes. In the front
the car were two officers, one Of them
German officer between them with
chains ON his wrists.
ssyou may be surprised" said the
captain. t'to learn that all these five
occupants Of the car are German
spies. We arrested them half an
hour ago, just as you see them now
In the French lines on the road be
tween Montdidier and Rreteuil.
The remarkable espionage system
Of the Germans and the daring wal
preparations made by the Kaiser's
secret agents in the United Kingdom
are further revealed in a report from
Scotland. It is said that one Of the
uninhabited rocks of the Shetland
Islands, the bleak, detached archi-
pelago beyond the north coast, had
been utilized successfully by the Ger
mans as North Sea submarine base.
Another report is that German
radio sending station is situated near
Loeb Lomond, in the west of Scot
land.
British war vessels are said to have
destroyed the submarine base, and a
large stock of oil, battery plates and
extra torpedoes were found stored
there for the use of the submarines
which are operating against the
North Sea feet. Shipping men have
expressed the opinion that the con-
verted cruiser Oceanic was struck by
a torpedo launched from a subma
rine and was run upon the rocks of
the Scottish coast in order to save
the lives of the crew.
Concerning the report OF the wire
less telegraph station near Loeb Lo-
mond, it has been remarked that such
a plant is extremely difficult to dis
cover, as even high power installa-
ton is very easy of concealmeDe.
The rumor has it that all efforts to
find the apparatus have failed.
In war time it is well to state that
such reports are often spread with
but little foundation, and the sup
preston Of news by the British cen-
sors leads to more than the customary