El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-04
HAS
MANY SPIES
ON BORDER
Secret Agents Induce MANY
French Soldiers to De-
sert the Army.
SPY SYSTEM is
ELABORATE ONE

/ DARIS, France, July 4-Americans
probably have no adequate idea OF
the ramihcations and magnitude
Of the SPY system in operation on the
! continent Of Europe. While it is ad-
mitted that France herself has her own
! elaborate secret service. it is generally
known that it is by no means equal to
that Of Germany The Teutonic net
work Of secret agencies is simply
amazing. Recently at Rheims a youth
was arrested on a charge Of espionage,
but was released on proving that he
had been lured into the tolls Of an
agent prOvocateUr. who had inserted
the following alluring advertisement in
local newspaper
Representative required for easy
work, good commission. no special
knowledge; write. with reference L. p.
3O5, Poste Restante, Central Ofice,
Basic"
In reply. the young man received a
request to furnish some information OF
a simple nature. for which he was paid
handsomely. Fortunately for him, he
was arrested before he had COM
promised himself TO such an degree that
the mere threat Of being denounced TO
the French police would have rendered
him the willing slave OF the German
secret intelligence bureau
Headquarters Mt Basic.
Up to five years ago Metz was the
headquarters of German espionage for
France, but since then. in consequence
OF certain revelations, the general stan
split up its bureau The chief one is
now at Basic in Switzerland. at its head
being Mai Won Rock, of the Eighth
Bavarian regiment whom French spies
only know as Paul Lopoldus'' and who
directs operations in the branch offices
OF Frankfort. Metz. Strasburg. Luzem-
burg, and even at Nancy Capt Schultz,
who is in charge Of one Of these
branches. was the man French spies
addressed as Madame Ernestine Muon''
at Metz, but the pOstoffice authorities
were in the secret. and the captain re-
Ceived such correspondence without
difficulty or delay at his residence at
Treves- Another branch is in the hands
OF the famous Schwartz. who was once
a French police cOmmissary- Schwart5
resides near ThionvilIe. but he spends
most OF his time in France. and al
though he has yet 10 serve a sentence /
OF five years for espionage. the police
never quite succeed in catching him
y ct he is never far from Nancy. for the
10th army corps is his especial study.
Code in Picture Post Cards
In order to correspond with his ennis !
saries he used picture postcards largely. /
Only too late the French Cabinet Noir
discovered that by steaming the stamp ,
and removing 1t some such information
as this would have come TO light. a Z
b, 15s, 200" This meant a. B.. register |
No. 159. requires 200 francs" The post
marks told where the correspondent /
was
Yet another form OF espionage has I
just come TO the notice Of the French !
authorities but how the meth /
DDS employed in this case are TO beneft ]
the rival power responsible for them is
not quite clear
Induce Soldiers to Desert.
The scene Of the discovery is Con
stantine in Algeria. where desertions !
from the French army became so pro-
life that suspicion was aroused II was
finally discovered that a desertion |
agency was in operation and il is
alleged that it was subsidized by A for
sign nation When a deserter proved 1
TO the agency that he had quilted his
duties he was given a reward
varying from $50 TO 500 and shipped to
some near port in Europe. but outside
France.
1t is stated here that many soldiers
implicated in the affair have been put
lnder arrest pending further investi- Z
ration by special police sent from I
Paris, who say that they have already I
discovered the whereabouts Of the I
Principal Of the bureau. who IS
.ivilian-