The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-13


Germany got a shock. The stolen
i plans were simple. indicating that
in case Of war with Germany the
French Army # the Alps would push
on to the Rhine.
Behold Ferdinand IIauscr incompar-
able professional spy lie must work
ever in the dark. No credit only shame
or prison and reputation 10y his native
land-could be his public reward for eX-
PLOTS by which great statesmen shine
and nations profit
Thus France did not fear attack by
Italy The Irritation had gone far.
From that day the E:mperor's eNaspcra-
ton against France began. and all those
expensive war preparations financial
crises, the new war tax and ruined
fortunes in both countries.
The great modern war thus came 10 be
at the mercy Of a cheap clerk who
wanted to run off with his true love to
America,
The exploit began at Grcnohe Ger
many had been W rried 10y Italys luke
warmness in the Triple Alliance. Ger
many sent Hauscr and the lovely Elsie
Bel To- the south Of France. There at
Grcnohle, on their own initiative they
"cnv"luped" prlisser. mobilization clerk
OF "A regiment of the Army Of the Alps.
Iiauser hoped to get a few papers
at the beginning the French clerk
madly in love with Elsie ,whom he
imagined to be a French American
following free courses at the Grenoble
University, lamented To her his coming
departure for Marseiles, despite honor
able promotion which he would enjoy.
transferred to the offices of the great
chiefs"
Immediately the girl told IIauser.
With PcliSser she grew sentimental.
stopped his spending money on her
and opened a vista of emigration II
Amcrica-feliCity in the livery stable
business with her brother at Bordcu-
town" If only the young French con-
script could get hold of "A lump sum.
These French mobilization clerks are
all young-it is incomprehenS!hl". eX-
cept that the French chiefs probably
count on the broken up character of
the great secret guarded 10y the young
fellows collectively. They are Chnseh,
one in each regiment, among bright
conscripts during their two years com
pulsory service. Hauscr had worked
among them in other parts of Franc"
with minute ruse and patience. The
mobilization of a single army corps
would # course represent wagonload
Of papers, but all are not necessary.
You can imagine. all the same, the
danger and difficulty in jealous for
eign land of discovering So seemingly
simple a thing as who keeps certain
papers in a given regiment.
II Is not necessary to name these
regimental papers. They are know
only to % the Colonel, 90 the officer
charged with mobilization and 80 this
unpaid secretary of his for two years
the mobilization clerk in question. Bu'
how pick out the boy? He is not a
prominent as tn" drum major. How
"envelop" him compromise him, tempt
him? And if he remains "nickelcd,'
how discover the hoy who preceded him
in ofiice--now returned to ciNil life
and worm out of him what he remcm'
bers? Dark experience in IN" past
made peissler an 'easv mark" Tor
Ferdinand.
Hauscr and Elsie followed Pelisslei
10 Marseiles-hc did NOT dream they
knew each other Elsie pulled him
toward America. HauScr pushed hin
with an offer of 81 900, cheap at tn,
price, and he honestly paid the money
Pellssier opened the safe of the army o
the Alps WIFI KEY ne ndu Slblcn' IL
fled to Belgium, where Elsie neglcCtc,
to meet him Broken hearted, h,
scarcely resisted eNtradition ON a Charg,
of stealing the safe key-desertcrs and
traitors are not given up by foreign
countries. So he was condemned IL
France for theft and made clear
breast of many things, whence some q
these details.
Some say that war was avort"d by
counter exploit of Maize Smythc
Legendary figure in the spy world, mos
dangerous of fcmales-Engish cir
brought up with money in Paris ant
summering at German spas from child
hood-Mazie had been cruelty Tilted b,
Irussian Lieutenant and hated boil
the race and hierarchy She puts he
heart into her spying.
None of the international operator
know her, Maize works alone, rcpor,
ing direct, with carte blanche 70
methods and expenses, SiCard, Gale
Mappc, has worked with her, he only
How, then, can others tell these stories
They leak out, with discretion, float Il
the air Of the spy world, very stranG
and special where operators know cac
other less than they know "of" eac
other They plav the game. risk lii
erty and even life from perversc pro
fessi"nal' pride, and boast anon
themselves like crooks, when the icon
dltion" is over, in phrases that mca
volumes and learning often Of cac