Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13
WORK OF THE SPIES.
The Part They Play in Revealing
Secrets of Powers.

Where are your spies?" was the
startling question put by the Crown
Prince of Germany to the British am
bassador in Berlin at a dinner party
given by the latter few weeks before
the war began. The prince had missed
the naval and military attaches, and
such was his facetious style Of asking
after them.
What really, is a spy?" asked an
English newspaper man Of function
ary possessing special inside knowl-
edge of the diplomatic world.
indispensable Work.
oh" said he, with very wide smile,
peoples of all sexes; and ranks are
utilized in this indispensable work. The
Empress Frederick once went to Paris
to spy out the land for her son, the
kaiser, to discover whether he would
be a welcome visitor to Paris. But her
reception was such that she had to re-
tire hastily, because the Partisan au-
thorities could not guarantee her safe
ty for another twenty-four hours"
The famous Won Moltke himself act
ed as spy just before the war Of 1870.
A French officer, having recognized
him, shadowed him all along the from
tier which the great strategist explor-
ed with minute care.
A famous diplomat once asserted
that ambassadors themselves are sim
ply distinguished spies.
Then there are the military and ma
val attaches, whose mission is to OBJ
armies and navies. Sometimes one Of
these makes some terrible blunder.
There is a scandal; he is quietly re-
moved. No government will admit en-
ploying spies.
Call a man a spy and he is Stunned
as a scoundrel. But the intelligence
officer is treated as gentleman. A
keen officer often spends his holidays
in a foreign country and uses his eyes
sometimes his camera-to good pur-
pose. He knows where to communi-
cate any special information, should
he luckily escape arrest. If captured,
he must take his punishment pluckily,
without revealing his identity, if pos
sible Nor must he expect his govern
ment to shield him, or even recognize
him.
Securing secret information is usu-
ally a question of money-spies are no
toriously greedy. One woman asked
for $4,000 to carry a generals letter
through the enemy's lines in her CHG
non. The Germans once secured some
valuable information from attendants
in hospitals and ambulances. While
tenderly nursing the wounded officers,
the chatty spies adroitly elicted details
about their regiments, etc, promptly
transmitting the information to the
headquarters staff.
The British government does not
spend much on securing confidential
information.
Lord Salisbury, when prime minister
once complained that sentinels to warn
the nation could not be provided, ow-
ing to the want Of secret service money.
He was promptly reminded that big,
unexpected balance had just been re-
paid to the treasury by the foreign Of
flee.
The fact is, British ministers have
never taken kindly to secret service
intrigues and agents. 1t is doubtful
ubathar ENpplopd cpap6c SS nor anpun
to every $4,000 disbursed by certain
continental states, which have splen-
didly organized secret service bureaus
and thousands of spies throughout the
different countries. Germany, especi-
ally, spends colossal sums to secure the
latest information on naval, military,
diplomatic and other affairs.
The general staff has had. since 1860,
the finest intelligence department ever
possessed by any nation, not even eX-
cepting France under the great Napol-
con, who always made strenuous ef-
forts to secure information about his
friends and his enemies.
Controlled From Berlin.
The German department has a big
staff in Berlin under the control of two
high officials-one belonging to the for
eign office and the other to the mill
tary department Divided into several
sections, it deals in minute style with
the military and naval affairs of every
nation, especially France and England.
Their agents are everywhere.
Their work is checked, analyzed, and
classified with wonderful patience and
completeness. Brussels is a big centre
for this department, many agents be-
ing recruited there.
But, after ALL the most precious Sc
cret service agents are the women.
Statesmen who must know what is
going on everywhere spend vast sums
on such agents.
The Russian, French and German
governments often subsidize beautiful
creatures, who entertain lavishly and