The Dolores star., 1915-12-31
Efficient WORK
Done BY BRITISH.
SECRET SERVICE
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vvses 1sisish citizsns sss
Whess Loyalty rkeie
hsslshbsrs vsweisea.
Lo0ooa.-A correspondent Of the
New York World has just had an op.
postunity Of learning something Of
what the British secret service has
accomplished from ono who. though
not an olicial. has been In the way
Of knowing something about Il. One
has heard very little OF the British 20
eret service Ut any time. indeed there
are those who believed that Il was
ncnexistent before the war and had to
b improvised. like Kitchener's army.
From what the Worlds Informant says
this seems TO have been another great
delusion. II seems. indeed. TO have
bad one very good attribute Of . secret
service-it worked without being sus-
Dected OF being at work.
Come time ago. when the demand
sor tho more rapid internment or re-
Datrtattou Of Germans became insis-
ssnt In parliament. q committee was
created, with the widest possible pow.
ers under statute. to Investigate all
demands for internment or repatria-
uon. or appeals for release BY those
already informed. The proceedings of
this committee have. Of course, been
secret. but II has. nevertheless, dealt
with many thousands Of cases-about
1900 probably-and Il must have sat
swelve to fourteen hours day to get
through them.
The secret service proposes, for In
stence. that certain Oerman-or
Austrian. % the case may be-shall be
hterned. The Individual 10 brought
before the committee. hears the rea-
aons given for his internment, says
Whatever he can against the proposal
and the committee gives It's decision.
Ofeentimes th,. interned person finds
some new reaasa why he or she should
% released. ara this reason 10 taken
into account n. the committee ON ap-
Denl There ID no other appeal: tho
eoAmittes's decisions are superior to
Ne 3srisdiction OF ali the courts OF the
peaim. Its powers. therefore. are Of q
WI extraordinary Kind. nothing like
g stnce the star chamber. Such are
ne products Of war emergency.
Army capeaIn svspsetsa.
Needless to nay. this tribunal has
lad some extraordinary cases before
T. Tor example, there was the an.
eeal Tor the confinement OF q Britlsh
army captain. with near relatives Nth
q the service, and coming OF an old
Uoglish family. Il 10 in such cases
eAA& the clovesnsss and completeness
6 The British secret service comes
p. Failure TO satisfy the COMMITTEES
n case Of that kind would smell dia.
credit and Increased dimculty in ret.
Ring internment orders In other cases.
IN this particular instance all the
tnhGence that might be expected was
brought to bear to show that the
suspicion alleged against the captain
was groundless-and not only that
But preposterous. But It was shown
nat he had been in correspondence
with suspicious individuals In Ger.
many. and particularly with a beau.
dful German lady with whom he was
infatuated and who was known to be
one Of the units in tho kaiser's widely
attended SPY system. II was not Al,
legged that he was giving away secrets,
but his desperate infatuation for this
lady and the fact that he had found
means Of corresponding with her
since the war made It desirable that
~ should be put in place of security
and he was. This victim of the In.
ternment committees activities vas I
British subject; but no matter whose
subject you may be you are equally
Amenable to its juridiction.
Olsloyaity That Amazed.
There ID talk here Of another strIk.
ing example OF the thorouRhneas vi,h
which the British secret service m,
been doing it, work In peace time
A German Of title. for over twenty
yearn nAtursiiEed. who lived in \ very
Grand way IN an English county. ~
brought mp for internmenI He I'M
eeen one Of the most prominent men
n his district In public affairs. volu
Bile admirer OF the Union Jack, had de
Aounced Prussian designs against the
peace of Europe. entertained on Law
nh scale. and was an exceedinRly
popular ~ well ~ influential persou
IN his locality. When the demand m.
made for his internment he appealed
% hi1 fnnuential county friends. More
than anything else Il hurt him thai
& should b thought possible that he
nnaalA have heen falnA IN fha nm ~ls~p,