Evening star., 1914-09-29
German Spies Everywhere:

SOAAoASe VI ShC "ob ny lHo 1SIuI1IS IIldt
1t Is difficult to avoid further references
to the subject. They have evidently
never forgotten the saying of Fred
bise goes to war he is followed by a
hundred cooks; when l take the field
I am preceded by a hundred spies,
Indeed. until about twenty years ago,
there was paragraph in their field serv-
ice regulations directing that the serv-
ice of protection in the f1eld'-e. g.. out
posts and advanced guards-should al
ways be supplemented by system of
espionage.
Though such instructions are no
longer made public, the Germans, as is
well known. still carry them into eff
feet Apart from the more elaborate
which were made in
peace time for obtaining Information
by paid agents, some of the methods
which are being employed for the COL
lection or conveyance of intelligence
are as follows:
Men in plain clothes signal to the
German lines from points in the hands
OF the enemy by means of colored
from chimneys by day. Pseudo. labor
ers working in the fields between the
armies have been detected conveying
Information, and persons in plain
clothes have acted as advanced scouts
to the Germany cavalry when advanc-
ing.
Use Enemy's Uniforms.
German officers and soldiers in plain
clothes. or in French or British uni
forms. have remained in localities
evacuated by the Germans in order to
furnish them with Intelligence.
"One spy of this kind was found by
our troops hidden in a church tower.
MO IN,
through the erratic movements of the
hands of the church clock, which he
was using to signal to his friends by
means of an improvised semaphore
code. Had this man not been seized
1t is probable he would have signaled
to the German artillery at the time
of their arrival the exact location OF
the headquarters and staff. A high ex-
plosive shell would then have mirac-
ously dropped on the building.
Woman spies also have been caught
secret agents have been found at the
railroads observing entrainments and
ldetrainments. 1t is a simple matter
for spies to mix with the refugees
moving about to their homes; difficult
for our troops. who speak neither
French nor German, to detect them.
French Precautions.
| "The French have found it necessary
to search villages and also casual way
farers on the roads for carrier pigeons
Among the precautions taken by US tt
guard against spying Is the publication
of the following notice, printed ir
French and posted:
| "1-Motor cars and bicycles not car
rying soldiers in uniforms may not cir
culate on the roads.
| "'2-The Inhabitants may not leavt
the localities where they reside betweer
Is pm. and 6 am
"'3-Inhabitants may not quit theil
homes after s pm
"4--No person may on any pretex
pass through the British lines wtthou
an author zation. countersigned by {
British officer
Events have moved SO quickly during
the last two months that anything con
nected with the mobilization of the Brit
ish expedftionary force is now ancien
history Neyertheless the following ex
tract OF German order Is evidence o.
the mystifcatton Of the enemy. and is 1
| tribute to the value Of secrecy well ant
loyalty maintained at the time in Eng
land:
TENTH RESERVE ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS. MONT ST. GUILBERT
August 20. 1914, 23.40-corps order, 21s
| August.-The French troops In front o.
| the 10th Army Corps have retreated soIti
across the Sambre. Part of .he SelS .Al
| army has withdra wu to Antwerp. It II
| reported that an English army has dis
embarked at Calais and Boulogne. eI
| route Tor Brussela."