Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13

they belong. The extent to which sub
jects of Germany or men who have
undertaken to forward her cause have
at times been asked to go is indicated
by excerpts from Germany's war book
of instructions to officers, which says
in part:
Bribery OF the enemy's subjects with
the object of obtaining military ad-
vantages, acceptances of offers of
treachery, reception OF deserters, utili-
cation of the disconnected elements in
the population, support of the pre-
tenders and the like are permissible;
indeed international law is in no way
opposed to the exploitation Of the
crimes of third parties assassination,
incendiarism, robbery and the like to
the prejudice of the enemy.
Considerations of chivalry, gener-
osity and honor may denounce in such
cases a hasty and unsparing exploita-
ton of such advantages as indecent
and dishonorable, but law, which is
less touchy, allows it. The ugly and
Inherently immoral aspect of such
methods cannot affect. the recognition
of their lawfulness. The necessary
aim of war gives the belligerent the
right and imposes upon him, according
to circumstances. the duty not to let
! slip the important, it may be decisive.
advantages to be gained by such
means"
/ Would Rather Be in Trenches.
Such tasks, even under the stimulus
of patriotism, must make any man,
even though case hardened by years
of training to the expectation of such
things in the event of war, clench his
hands and grit his teeth with bitter
ness. One of Germany's agents in this
, country, whose activities already have
been proved, showed his feeling keen
ly one night at dinner of a few men
where the wine had flowed freely.
my God 1 would give everything
in the world" he exclaimed, ito be
in the trenches where l could do the
work of a gentleman" In his work
there was no public reward for work
well performed according to the war
code, and only disgrace. even death by
hanging, if caught by the enemy, for
failure. That mans sentiments were
echoed by Il civilian subject Of Ger
many who when among friends, fairly
shook with emotion at the thought of
the work in which he was engaged.
How loathsome feel" he said
How this dirty work sticks to me-
When this war ends l shall take a
bath in carbolic acid"
Here is an incident. however shock
ing it may appear. that is mild in com
parison with the intrigues, the Machi-
avellian enterprises and the ruthless
tasks of German spies. An agent OF
the Germans who is married and has
family in Germany. who is aristo
cratic in bearing. accomplished and
talented, met by design the niece OF a
man who is the head of one of the
large munition factories in this coun
try.
Girl Was Unsuspectina.
The young girl-sho is still in her
teens-is beautiful. enthusiastic and
because of her delicate rearing is in
nocent OF wiles and trickery To her
the German paid flattering attention
and finally made love; all with one
aim, namely. to get information con
corning the work that was being done
by her uncle for the allies. When he
thought the opportune moment had ar.
rived he requested the girl to make
certain inquiries for him. Unwittingl,
'''N NiiH Nhi z lhdl size was DelnR uSeC
as an innocent tool she tried to get the
Information for him. Suspicious were
aroused and an Investigation wa,
made with the result that the young
girl learned how she had been duped
This fact is only one of thousand.
that reveal the workings of the Teu.
ton spy system. So thorough has Il
been organized that without exaggera
ton it may be said that the German.
nave known at times exactly wha
went on in almost every department O.
the American government, even to tn,
extent of learning code messages sen
by American representatives abroad
; before they were received by the stat,
department. Through their agent.
, they have learned important facts o
interest to them In almost every bi,
factory, bank, steamship office, hote
and business office in the country.
The details of the organization, 81
FAR as they can be gathered from evil
dence produced in court at trials. il
indictments, through the arrest O
, men in the employ of Germany anC
through conversations with hundreds
, of men and women, reveal behind i
all man possessing a wonderful mind
Ihey reveal also group of astute
T resourceful and constituencies men il
this country all working for the kaiser
1t may be said in passing that tn,
facts on which this article was based
were gathered through months o
work and study. They we're gathere,
from revelations already made by n
Snowden Marshall. United States dis
trict attorney for the southern dis
trict of New York, and his two as
sistants, Roger B. Wood, in charge o
the criminal department. and Ray
! mond II. Sarfaty. The latter two hay,
. devoted the greater part of their tim
for the last six months to the devei
, opment of evidence submitted by tn,
! secret service, Captain William NJ
: Offley of the department of justice
special agents, and Captain Thomas j
Tunney Of the New York police de
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