The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

ln'eIeSung acquaintance in ~
OIL express steamer or vnur rnlr -
Ds cofnpa MON in the t~oaroor, - ~
ment. - "'Ile govern
or. raves declares that great s;,3
81, uanctrs ana artists, especially ~
cniaa oiau austrian origin, are often
to baro 90: inns writer, who claims
" Ha'e heen Tor u years = slIccelsfr1
ply IN the Kaiser's service. MAKE -
lnehl that no less person rhar
n'hd faNloWa IS retained by me 3nc-
year. 'V'V'' ld"1eS q
u EraTes cites an episode in ,ha
l1ls Arena in Berlin during a certain
atafS ' carnival when the
,eatoIatlon-not the loss-of Paw
io"as magnificent gold chatelaine hae
,au9eu hcr much embarrassment
H"ouSiiolSelle was acquainted with 2
young officer Of the Potsdam
GARRISON. On this particular might he
nao presented her With the now bag.
dllu she mas been injudiciouS enourh
20 nave kept in the golden receDtacle
d dangerously compromising letter he
had lnclosed. Celebrating the coming
OF the new year, MaGemoiselIe and
ntr party We're feasting in the Els
Arena. DIR. Graves says he was al >
49, o1At SGW eNtFkJ0l0C
Later he heard the inside OF it
The gold ~chatelaine Law on the
table at her elbow" says the former
secret service nan Upon observing
It's position, the waiter-a secret
agent on the case-deliberately tipped
over q champagne glass that stood
Wlthln a few inches OF the bag. OF
course. Mademoiselle was worried lest
the vine run OVer her gown. and
while thus p~reoccupied the waiter.
taInmering apologies, mopped up the
tableclOth with his Serviette-moppe0
up the wine and cleVerly covering the
bag folded 1t III the napkin and hur-
ried away. IN two minutes he had
opened it, distracted the letter from
the young ordnance officer, and was
back, a~polOgizing to Pavlowa.
GOur pardon, mademoiselle,' he
said, handing her the gold chatelaine.
In my haste | picked up this bag by
mistake. l suppose it is yours
With a slight start she said yes
took the bag, and hurriedly opening
it felt for the letter. To her dismay
it was gone. [ saw her eyes narrow
a little and then | marveled at the
cleverness Of the na
NO she suddenly said, that is not
my bag. ] never saw it before. l ad-
wise you to find the owner
Clever Anna! You sacrifice the
costly gift, but you went over the
frontier just the same"
The idea of q gigantic spy system,
operating in times of eace, is SO for
eign to American ideas thai there is
an inclination to discredit the occa-
sional instances Of spying to which
public opinion is directed. But dur
ing times Of peace these agents Of the
/! governments = everywhere active
nevertheless.
Since the days Of Moses, ministers
anGheadS OF departments have found
it necessary to obtain early and cor
rect information other han that
through the usual official channels.
Persons unknown in official circles
must be employed. In recent years
Germany, England, France and Rus
| STA have kept the most stringent watch
| on each others movements.
We will say that the secret agent
| receives his orders from headquarters
of the Intelligence Department Of the
Imperial Navy III Berlin at koenlg-
eratzerstrass 70-for Germany is
known to have the most perfect secret
service system of any country IN the
world. Solid. but unpretentlous, the
building in which the headquarters is
located is the embodiment Of Prus-
sian efficiency, and is decidedly We'll
guarded. The man who is sought fol
the SerNice-tno h1oNs
its men we'll before trusting them with
the work-learns early that he must
not ask questions, that he must no.
talk, and that there are many un"rlt-
ten laws attached to the system. me
agent Of the government, knoWn by
an official number and signing all HI
communications with a given number
NAV be sent to pose as a polahls'
around the hills OF Port Arthur. II
this instance Germany wishes TO Know
the relative strength of the Russla1
nositions in the far East before set
ting out to undermine Russian lnf1u'
ence south of the Austrian border.
The next hurried trip of n gov
ernmeit agent may have been 70 ION
sr%antinOple to discover which OF IN
court officials there were in frenci
and Russian pay. He is ordered =
ind out the favorites OF the hlSh OH
cia1s and officers, especially the Ia
tionalitv Of these II 1t may sol
his nurpose better on this occasion I.
Nav the role Of an invalid South Al
rican PLANTER. 1t may take a IN
month Of night work to become "a
Tniliar with the innulnerable DEM
mondaines. One blunder and he