The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-19
SPIES SWARM
UNITED STATES
Particularly Numerous In Six
Large Cities.
WASHINGTON HARBORS MANY

France, England and Austria-keep
Watch to See We Observe Neutrality
Laws-Seek Destination of Exports
and Public Sentiment In America.
Some of the cleyerest spies in all
the world are now in the United
States. They come here from Russia,
Germany, France, Japan, England and
Austria. They are particularly numer-
Gus in New York, Philadelphia, Wash
ington, Boston, New Orleans and San
Francisco
This statement was made to the
Philadelphia Press by a man high in
the United States navy, whose inter-
national knowledge has Oeen recogniz-
ed by the navy department.
Il have upon my ship" the speaker
said, two spies who are known to me.
One is a Japanese; the other is
Frenchman. l know they are spies,
but they don't know that / know it.
Apparently they are allowed the free
dom of the ship, but their every move
ment on board and ashore is watched.
Washington is oyerrun with spies.
Much of the agitation for and against
the proposed $40.OO0,O0Q investment in
foreign ships is being pushed along by
these secret agents. Representatives
of Germany and Austria are working
to create sentiment for the purchase of
the ships, and the French, English and
Russian spies are working against it.
Many of Them Are Women.
80 numerous are these spies that
you may meet one or more in any
walk you may take up and down Chest
nut street, Philadelphia. A consider
able number of women, most of them
young and attractive, are among these
secret agents.
These spies are everywhere, and
their work is manifold Their duty is
to learn the destination of every ship
ment that goes outside of the United
| States. They are scanning especially
| closely the shipments into Mexico and
/ Canada. More closely they are watch
! ing the shipments of sugar. which sub
| stance is being used in the manufac-
| ture of the new high explosives.
Secret reports are being made by
/
| in Berlin, London, Tokyo, St Peters
/ burg, Vienna and Paris concerning the
attitude of American public men. news
| papers and the plain citizens upon va
rious phases of the war.
Early Bidders For Food Supplies.
Many OF these spies succeeded in
making many advantageous arrange
ments for their governments the day
before and on the day war was de-
clared. l know of a number of in
stances where men who sell foodstuffs
were called out of bed late at night
| and asked if they could supply large
quantities of provisions.
"One man told me he had been asked
by the representative of one of the
governments whether he could furnish
a large supply of bacon He replied in
the affirmative and was told to have
| 10000 pounds ready in six hours. This
was done, and the bacon was shipped
in two special cars to Canada, whence
was told it had been reshipped to a
country now in the war zone
The officer also said Il large number
of the spies were here to watch the
United States and to see that the neu-
trality laws We're not violated. He said
it was surprising how many of these
men We're to be found at points where
| shipments would naturally be made
from his country to a European power
and added that there was no doubt
that the first false step made by this
country or any of its citizens would be
reported abroad at once.