The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-25
SPIES IN ENGLAND
AUTHORITIES TRYING TO CATCH
COASTWlSE SIGNALS
war Secrets Sent OUT
New York Correspondent Gives Arti-
cles From London Papers Regard.
ing Remarkable Activities of Ger.
man Spies-Specific Cases Brought
10 Light.


man spies-speciic Cases Brought
to Light.
A correspondent Of the New York
Times, writing from London, says:
With the recent successful raid of a
German squadron into the North sea
to within firing distance OF Yarmouth
there has come renewal OF the agi-
tation for more eficacious measures
of protection against what is called
the spy peril. I can give from per-
sonal knowledge an instance Of how
we'll the German naval authorities
are kept informed of British naval
movements.
For some time it has been known
in restricted circles in London that
the British admiralty had taken GER
tain measures in view Of special
contingency. Not many people were
supposed to be aware Of the arrange
ments in question. It was certainly
not expected they would be known in
Berlin.
Well, was talking few days ago
with an American who has just re-
turned from the German capital,
where for objects perfectly honorable
and compatible with his duties as the
citizen Of a neutral nation, he had
been in touch with the German naval
headquarters.
In the course OF conversation he
mentioned the very matter which was
supposed to be British naval secret.
I asked where he had learned this
information, and he told me it was
| common knowledge at German naval
headquarters. Evidently those ire
stricted circles in London" were not
restricted enough to exclude Ger
man spy.
The recent trial of Lody (the Ger
man spy who has since been put to
death in the Tcwer) showed how
easily information could be trans
mitted to Germany through Holland
and Denmark. There has been more
mystery as to how information could
be transmitted with sufficient rapid
ity to make it valuable in the case Of
naval movements. Various sugges-
tions have been made within the last
two days. The Daily Mail said:
ga few weeks ago the Home Office
assured the country that the German
system Of espionage in England had
been effectively scotched. Since then
warships have been mysteriously tor
pedoed, sentries have been shot, let
ters conveying Information to the
enemy have been seized, and q Ger
man squadron has, by the possession
Of secret information as to the move
ments Of our feet, evaded the British
patrols, safely passed through un-
charted passages in British mine
tfelds, and thrown shells on the Snf-
folk coast.
Evidence has now come to hand
disclosing the method by which IL
formation has been conveyed to the
enemy, but the informers have not
been traced. The night coast sig
mailing referred to in yesterday s
Daily Mail hse been intended for and
picked up by neutral boats engaged
in fishing or other legitimate pur-
suits off the British coast. The mes
sage, received, the boat has gone
about, and at daylight, many miles
nearer the Dutch or Danish coast,
has liberated carrier pigeons with
messages. On the return Of the pige-
ons to the home lofts their messages
have been conveyed to Berlin, Kiel,
or Wilhelmshaven.
''By this means the enemy has be-
come possessed Of vital information
long before a ship could cross the
seas, and has made his dispositions
| accordingly, hundreds of British lives
paying for the treacherous use Of the
neutral flag.
"Some OF these 'neutrals,' with
their pigeon lofts, have been captured
| by British patrols, and now that the
North Sea is closed to traffic It is be-
lieved that German submarines are
| making use Of the pigeon post.
1.-THE bird shot at Framlingham, a
short way inland from the Suffolk
coast, on Tuesday has been definitely
| identified as a foreign pigeon, and
| the police are following up informa-
ton which has come to their hands.
eft is only little by little that the
general public learns facts of which
the authorities are aware. For in
stance, it transpired lately that on
the night preceding the German raid
the main roads from the east coast
were held in force by the military,
who stopped every motor car in the
fruitless search for vehicle report
ed to have been working along the
coast with portable wireless and
signalling apparatus.
"This follows close on another
mysterious incident reported from a
few miles south Of Cromer. In the
early morning military patSol saw
two pigeons fly from the upper win
dow Of a house standing in an iso-
lated position short way back from
the cliffs. The birds circled around
and then few off over the North sea
and were quickly lost to sight. The
house was surrounded, and, there be-
ing no one to admit the authorities,
an entrance was forced. The occu-
pants, like the pigeons, had flown.
"Still further proof Of the spy
peril, If any be required, IS provided
by naval officer. He writes: There
are two spies that know Of in --,
(and probably more), and have
given enough evidence against them
to have them shot three times over,
but owing to their being laturalized
Englishmen, tn, police can not do
ANYTHING nnless they catch them red
handed
Lord narewood, in The London
Evening News, tells OF an incident
which occurred near Filey. He says:
'Flashlight signals were seen
coming from q semi-deserted house
on the cliff. Part Of It was used as a !
nursing home. The building was sur
rounded and the unoccupied parts
were searched. Nothing was found. |
GA guard was set, and day later |
two German submarines suddenly ap- !
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