El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-21
LONDON HEARS
WILD REPORTS
German Says There Are 100
600 German Soldiers in
London Disguised.
By HERBERT TEMPLE.

London, Eng, Sept 2L-In these
days when Great Britain Is at war and
the censorship Of the press bureau al.
lows the English to know niue OF
what Is going on, the air is filled with
scores OF wild rumOrs, for which LneIe
IS no ground Women and cnlldren
throughout the country are being need
lessly frightened by brainless scare
mongers.
A typical war scare. the alleged
presence Of a huge secret GeIIlan
army IN England, is contained IN the
following anonymous letter puDnshed
IN a London newspaper.
AFTER reading the many letters IN
your columns on this SUBJECT ana
even with the probability OF raising
laugh at my own expense among many
Of my incredulOus and easy going
countrymen, should the whole or any
portion Of this letter appear IN your
columns, can no longer reIraln from
laying before you certain reformation
that has come to my knowledge, ana
which bears upon the question
Some years ago 1 became acquatnt-
ed with a German One day, IN course
OF conversation, he told me ne never
intended to 20 back to Germany. that
ne loathed the name and every thing
connected with the country It's Iyran-
meal and brutal systems, the under
hand way in which he knew she was
dealing with France and England. both
of which countries il was her aim and
ambition to crush at favorable mo-
ments.
For these reasons. principally the
first he intended TO become an Amer
lean citizen In America he would be
free man
81 had lost sight Of him for four
or five years when again I met him,
about the beginning Of last month
We lunched together. over cigar
and coffee, he suddenly said France
Is in for trouble shortly, your country
also, in the not distant future Ger
rg a n
OF crushing France, after which IL is TO
be your time
Laughs at Warning.
Il laughed and told him that she
might have a chance OF crushing
France, which doubted but that she
had not a ghost Of a chance against
our navy, therefore could never bring
an army to these shores.
He replied very seriously and as
well as 1 remember TO this effect
Don't be too sure Of that 1 have
brother in Germany, holding a high
military post It is from him I got
my information; he has been boasting
a lot of late Of what is going TO be
done. I am telling you this. knowing
that II may be TO his disadvantage, but
there is no love lost between US;
neither have I any cause to be crate
ful TO Germany I have many English
friends. like England and English
men But your people do lrritate me
sometimes; they are 50 incredulous I
make up for these in their straight Z
dealing. If it were not for their in
credulity, I would 90 myself to your
foreign office and tell it all I know.
but I should only be laughed at and !
promptly shown the door I am.
therefore, telling you in order that
you may go, and coming from an Eng
lishman, il should have some weight.
hope it will and that your ministers
viii profit by it They can have no
idea Of the tremendous Preparations !
being made, nor Of the millions Of men I
being got ready.
q told him I could not take him
seriously, that If I went TO the foreign /
office with such a story I would not /
be believed, that we had warnings j
of this sort of thing so often that 4
we attached no importance 10 them 4
All Englishmen felt very confident 4
that Germany had more to lose in a 4
war than England had, and also that /
the kaiser could never land an army /
here.
Says Army Already in England.
reply;
there is already here in London an ]
army of at least 10000 trained SOL /
diers and L least 49, 900 in other parts
Of England with arms and ammuni-
tons hidden away in convenient places.
All are picked men, sworn TO obey
given signal That signal would be
given when transports bearing Ger
man soldiers were anywhere near our
shores, so that being attacked back i
and front and taken unawares, the
Germans had every hope of success
The men comprising this army are en-
plOyed in banks. brokers' offices, for
eign and English hotels. restaurants,
bakers and BARRIERS. and servants in I
private families
7 listened patiently until he had
and then again told him that |
it would be useless to try to get such I
n story believed; that I should only
be cIassed as another alarmist with Z
a German invasion on the brain.
He finished up with the warning ]
that If he what he told me every came
TO pass to get rid Of all Germans or
get them under control somehow with I
cut loss of time.
Before we parted he told me he
was now an American citizen and had
his name. He would not tell
me what that was, in order that
should not be able TO give IL II asked,
for giving me this information would
cost him his life If il were traced 10
HIM He was returning to America in
q few days, and might never come to
England again"