The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-28

ness and maintain it-ai least. not so
easy as it is for a man. The majority
Of these women spies in French de-
partmnnts were domestic
teachers, or less rcputably engaged as
mattresses in establishments for the
s,Je of alcoholic LIQUORS. For the last
class the chief requirements
in every case were that they should
~. decidedly attractive. unscrupulous
a,a .hio IN MAKO men talk. For re-
,nnr.ra,ion ,bcy denend mainly on
.hatu iar,,r,,. ~nnIovcr. the fired
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The nature Of the work Undertaken
by spies of h higher orders places
them at times in possession Of q good
deal Of Information which. Should the
spies choose TO use II improperly. no
comes . danger to n German Gov
ernnent This Ia not good for the
spies concerned: in some csses they
are trusted tho far-for even such an
organization az the German secret
service can make mistakes at times
and then thay vanish. One case was
that Of an e~x-service officer on the
Russian 6r0ntter. who. unfortunately
for him, feb IN love with . Russian
Idly and found that his duty was not
50 strong as his h0vo; n was ascer-
tanned that not only Wa he lax in his
dsptonAGN but that be was actually
ms3ing his work Of benefit to he
Russian sesvtce rather than to hin own
psopA A noted dueIlist was sent to
the spot, with oriers to challenge the
roant WyADd "a q result tho spy
w1s killed.
INA 4, noe m isoato5 ono
and m some cngB the headquarters At
Berlin, realizing that a mar OF woman
knows enough to b dangerous, de-
Hbfuately hetTAyg the person onn-
odrnod b the authorities Of some
other Power, with . view to removinG
dnngefUus ev468nca, BY means Of I'M
ornament, unt1 such trne q the
evidence shan b NO longer dan1erous.
Such . casa, undoubtedly. was that Of
the man 0raveA whose arrest was
AfEe2y due 10 . wrongly addressed
letter sent to him frum his head
qu1r<erp-or Al the mitigation of his
heAdQuafter3. The system pursued at
the German headquarters is such that
mistakes sfe not made by acckient.
but n they occur there Is a definite
purpose b@hfnd them. Graves knew
to- much and sufYered for e.: he was q
clever man and Q good spy, but there
W0o Others equally good and since
he had come to know mure than the
heads a the German secret service
Thought N he was removed, by being
mpt0oned In On English prison. to q
point Wherc his knowledge was no
longer available for his own use.
Il may Be urged that in view Of the
nature a the w0r involved In espion-
40 oUey II Be hard to md
pe0pfe b undertake that duty. 1t
least, 3 h extent Alleged in the cAse
q the German Empire and its secret
serVfca Such Q c1ntent1on a. thin.
however. proves EnoF0ncs of the Ger
man. and especially of the Prussian
characor and way Of viewing moral
problems. In this connection It Is
worthy Of note that Herr Richter. the
leader OF tho Opposition In the Reichs-
2s, once ns~d a protest with regard
10 ne inor~ tran morality
OF tne fnulvidthi' employer in tho
poic' ~r''cr OF the COUNTY,; hat II
ue Peic"hs eHlp.oyeN IN secret polce
"oiA 'ep's .u' Hinhs,er TOT me
- Won ro'thi'hH'' Staten tnAt
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