El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31
RUSSIA HAS
MANY SPIES
IN LONDON
All Arrivals From the Cars
Domain Are Watched
From First Day.
SYSTEM HAS BEEN
WE'LL ORGANIZED
T ONDON, England, Jan. 81.-Lon-
doners wto are fond Of con-

T ONDON, England, Jan. 31-Lon-
doners VITO are fond Of con-
- sidering their city an asylum
for political refugees from all
parts of the world, have been
shocked to hear that there is an estaD-
lishment in London conducted py Lhe
Russian secret service and mat more
political plots are unearthed here by
Russian spies than anywhere IN Russia.
The English branch Of the Russian
secret service was Iounuea Dy tne
chief of the cars spies IN Paris, Capt
KranitnikOff OF the Russian army, ana
It's local chief is a former inspector OE
Scotland Yard, who has under him four
agents neither of whom is a Russian
or even to speak the Russian language.
Watch for Russian Arrivals.
One of these was formerly a detective
sergeant Ia London While another was
at a salary Of 500 francs a month. The
duties Of these agents are to watch al
railway stations and docks for new ar
rivals from Russia, and if possible, TO
get their names and the addresses OF
their friends. either in England or
Scotland, and make careful inquiries
into their anteceoents; afterwards 10
report the results to their chief in Paris.
All arrivals from Russia, whether DO-
ltical refugees, deserters from the
army or emigrants, are closely
watched to see if they are connected
with the revolutionary movement.
The London agency has no office OIL
its own. and the agents assemble at a
house in Chaplain. 1t is an undOubteG
fact that the Russian secret service IS
the most dangerous SPY system IN the
world. 1t is known in Russia as the
Okhrana, and is under the supervision
of the director Of the department Of DO
lice at St. Petersburg.
The service is divided into three sec
tions: Police spies. military spies ana
agent prOVOcateurs. The former mere
" watch and shadow the sOcalled Rus
sian suspects. and report every six days
10 their chief in Paris The duties or
military spies are to get in touch with
the leading men in dOckyards, arsenafs
and shipbuilding firms, IN order to Sc
cure, if possible, maps and plans. The
duties Of agent provocateurs, who are
generally members Of some revolution
airy section or party are TO betray their
comrades and to report about public,
private and secret meetings. They
have to give the names Of the speaketa
and find out the antecedents OF the
most prominent aEitatOrs in the moYe-
ment
These reports are sent to their chiefs
IN Paris Agent prOVocateurs never
know each other. or how many there
are in one place. If one Of these fail IN
his mission he becomes useless to the
chief. who. as rule. does not give him
any notice of his dismissal. but SIM
ply stops corresponding with him.
For instance, an agent prONOcaIeur
who has been in the pay of the Rus
clan Secret police for five years but
is suspected by his comrades becomes
useless, and in order to regain his
former position and salary he as a
rule prOclaims himself a red hot, rev.
dictionary anarchist and advocates
deeds of violence BY that means he
again gets the confidence Of his COM
rades and superiOrs.
For some time the Russian Secret
police had rather a bad time in En-
gland owing to being unable to Sc
cure sufficient agents. The chief in
Paris then adopted a new method,
and in order to get in touch with
Scotland Yard. invited a well known
ex-super to become chief in
this country, but this person being
acquainted with the methods of this
force promptly refused the offer, al
though the position would have been
a very remunerative one