Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-02-12
Revelations of the Kaiser's
Personal Spy
By Dr.. Armgoard Karl GrnDes
Who, for a Number of Years Prior to His Arrest and
Betrayal in England IN 1912, was Emperor
Williams Most Trusted Personal Spy.
By ~. Armgaard Karl GraOes
fcopyrlght. IoI4, BY the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)

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Captain Tappken, head of the naval
branch of the intelligence department.
The captain briefly informed me that
it had been deemed advisable to send
me to England-unwelcome news,
this, as you will see.
In the usual curt yet polite amer
Of German officers, the captain intro
duced me to three naval experts. One
was a construction officer, another In
the signaling department, the third an
expert on explosives and mines. One
at a time they took me In hand, groom
ing me in the intricacies of their re-
spective fields. It was like a rehearsal
in the grooming ! had received years
ago when taken into the service and
trained for months. | sat for hour
over diagrams with a naval officer on
each side. They brought me before
charts that were as big as the wall OF
the room. These charts gave the ex-
act dimensions and type of every YES
sci in the British navy. Not only that,
l was made to study the silhouette OF
all the new and different types of
English warships-why, you will see.
obviously this special training was
significant. Part of my mission to
England was to watch the prepare
lions and maneuvers Of British war
ships at the naval bases on the Scot
tish coast.
A Strained Situation.
The situation between England and
Germany was ticklish. Politicians
had worked up a war scar to such a
pitch that the people of the two ma
lions we're ready to rush into conflict.
Only a spark was needed to fire the
situation. Hence my mission.
1t was included in my instructions
to watch the movements of British
warships off the Scottish coast and
promptly cable the German admiralty
intelligence department concerning
them.
Moreover, l had to brush myself up
in topography and trigonometry. In
England-so / learned from my In
structions-it would be necessary to
calculate distances, to take observa-
tions on the exact nature of the newly
reconstructed Rossyth base near Edin-
burgh on the Firth of Forth; besides
keeping in touch with things in Gro
marty.
| was to watch especially the new
Rossyth base and to report progress
on ornaments, new equipment, any
thing of use to the German admiralty.
| was to keep tab on all the British
fieet lei then in progress on
the Scottish coast.
When | left Berlin | was thoroughly
equipped to carry out instructions.
Every war vessel OF the British navy,
every fertilization, naval base and de-
pot Of supplies was coded in secret
service ciphers. Arrangements had
been made with the intelligence de-
partment to transmit kilograms to ad-
dresses in Brussels, Copenhagen and
Paris.
| went to Edinburgh by way of Hook
of Holland and Folkestone, not going
through London for a reason. The rea-
son is that at all times, and more espe-
cially with the air surcharged with war
scares, all continental steamers and ex-
presses entering London are closely
watched.
l arrived in Edinburgh and put
up at the old Bedford hotel on Prin-
cess street, a quiet select Scottish hos
telry. l registered under my quasi
correct name of A. K. Graves, M. D.,
Truro, Australia. My stunt" was to
convey the impression Of being an
Australian physician taking additional
postgraduate courses at the famous
Scottish seat of medical learning. Aft
er a few days residence at the Bed
ford, l installed myself in private
quarters at a Mrs. Macleod's. 20 Craig
loo drive. E~dinhursh.
For the first fortnight / quietly
took my bearings, creating a sugges-
ton that / was a semi-invalid. Having
by this time familiarized myself with
Edinburgh and surroundings, / made
frequent trips to the Firth Of Forth
upon which was located the Rossyth
base. Now, across the Firth there is
a long bridge. It is between the
Rossyth base and the North sea. War
ships going to and from the naval sta
ton pass under 1t.
Gradually / worked myself into the
confidence of one Of the bridge keep
ers. / shall not give the mans name,
for to do SO would injure him, and
quite unwittingly he gave me facili-
ties for studying the naval base and
furnished me with scraps of informa-
ton that / wanted to know
The schooling / had received in the
silhouettes presently came in handy.
One night my friend, the bridge tend
er, learned that the feet was getting
mp steam. Accordingly, / stood on
the bridge that night and waited. At
hve o'clock in the morning a gray,
rainy, foggy morning, through which
the ships moved almost ghost-like, I
made out 16 war vessels. From their
silhouettes, / knew them to be dread
naughts, cruisers, and torpedo boat
d~estroyers. At once / filed q cable
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