The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-10
THE INVISIBLE ARMY.

Melville Dayisson Post, the grea
criminologist, gives some startlins
figures al % the extent and opera
ton Of taS Gerr an secret or spy ser
vice. lie says that before the dec
laration of war in August the German
military commanders knew every foot
! Of ground IN France as familiarly as
| II they had Tiger there for years. They
knew every fortified town and the
sites for the attacking batteries were
marked on the maps. So thoroughly
had the spies done their work that
the roads to Paris were marked, the
streets down which the regiments
we're to march on they entered Par
is we're marked, the places where the
soldiers were to eat were set out.
The dimensions OF every bridge were
given with the detail of an engineer.
In other words. Mr.. Pest declared
taat the battles in the Invasion OF
France were fought before German
soldier had crossed the Rhine. And
when 1t comes 10 the figures, he de-
clares there were more than forty
thousand German secret service men
in northern France and Belgium, to
say nothing OF the thousands in Eng
land, Italy, Serbia, the Balkan states
and Turkey. He says that these
agents posed as merchants, travelling
men, serving men and women and
were supported at the cost Of the
He instances the easel
of~the spy shot in England who for
thirteen years had conducted an ex-
slusiye hair dressing shop In London
and another SPY claiming to be the
OF a steamship com
,any and who bad an American Pass
port.
Bismarck IS the man who developed
he spy system Prior to the Franco
war II was an insignificant
department Of the government, de-
oting its energies principally to po-
itical affairs. but in the great con-
lict Of 1901 its scope and energies
gere brcadened so that every ave-
Iue OF human activity was included
is members were required to report
n commercial conditions, on farming
onditions. on the habits and GUS
pms Of the people, on the character
nd affiliations of the officials oil
le countries to which they were ac-
redited Nothing was too small OIL =
20 insignificant for their attention. i
Perhaps the most remarkable stale W
ent is that nobody knows who is B
Ie actual head cf this vast system Ia,
hich covers every portion Of the ltil
lbitahle globe Not even the mem 81
,rs of the service know who lis their en-
lief They receive their orders in w
de in every conceivable way and =
port to a mysterious address in =
srlin or somewhere else With all
their wit and ingenuity there is not
single foreign government which
a point with accuracy to the iden
y Of the individual who directs that
piece OF human Tachineryl /
lich has done so much TO advance 4
; interests OF Germany all over |
rope and America. Where the II
ney comes from is known, but the
Denses Of the department are new
included in any OF the official bad
s. There y not living human
ng outside Of the head Of the SER
e who can guess even remotely
at the cost OF operation is. Taken
in all. it IS perhaps the highest
,,,a % thu ca-n,s,,s ,,.s.,,ra,s cri
'ute - AhN bFtilah pdHSiDHatc
ire for thorough organization and ne
tematie attention TO detail that wa
b a combination could have been nov
anized and live for a quarter OF a
century without attracting more 'au
D the passing attention Of other 7
ernments The