El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-21
CROWNED HEADS
WELL GUARDED
300 Secret Service Men
Watch King George; Kali
ser Unguarded in Field.

BerIfn. Germany, April u. - The
crowned heads of Europe. even in time
Of neace. are guarded in manner mat
V+onId be irksOme to them, If thgy were
the Dresent war began the measures
taken for the safety of the emnerors
and kings and their families have of
course been doubled.
The most closely guarded monarch.
with the exception of the car. is king
Georee. of England. The British ruler
aIvsvs is surrounded by a large staff
of detectives, even in his private apart
ments in Buckingham palace When
the king dimes out, or attends some
festivity he is accompanied by num-
her of secret service agents, but these
expert detectives do their work so tact
fully that they are never noticed and
in most cases are not even known to
the king Generally they wear the liv-
cry Of servants OF the royal household
Small Army Guards Car.
The secret police which guards the
ear consists OF more than 800 men
and when the ruler travels this is in
creased to small army. With the nu-
merous detectives a special BODY guard
of Cossacks and other picked troops al
WAYS surrounds the Russian emperor.
on his Journeys through the empire the
railroads are lined with soldiers and his
court train is proceeded by another one
appearing exactly the same.
The German emperor is guarded less
carefully than the British and Russian
rulers, but he also has several stalwart
detectives following him whenever he
shows himself in public.
Kaiser UnguaPdcd in Field
He is unguarded only when he visits
his troops in the field. There he feels
himself absolutely safe and his So
1Ourns at the headquarters Of the gen
eral staff always means a vacation for
the secret police officers attached to
his suite.
The detectives watching over the
safety of the rulers must possess not
only a large amount of tact and fitness,
but also special training. All Of them
have command OF many languages and
10 is absolutely necessary that thew be
absolutely familiar with the plans and
workings fthe many secret revolu-
tionary organizations which are for
ever Matching murderOus plots against
the different rulers
Several of the detectives guarding
the car are member of Nihilist and
Anarchist societies and their lives
would not be worth a farthing if they
ever should be found out by the rev
Speak Many Languages.
The chief Of detectives at the British /
courts speaks five languages and the
officers holding the same positions at
Berlin and Petrograd have command OF [
seven each, but the best linguist is the ]
lead of the secret service at the court |
II the Sultan of Turkey This man be- |
tides his native tongue, fluently speaks !
Arabian, Greek, Armenian. Bulgarian, !
Servian, Italian, Geramn, |
french. English Russian, Persian and /
hree other languages
Many Of the courts also have female I
detectives. Queen Victoria of Spain on /
Ter travels Is always accompanied by /
cry beautiful and stylish woman who /
S never mentioned in the court reports.
NE is said TO be n wealthy American I
riend of the queen, but in fact she is I
m English detective attached to the
alace secret service
The British and German courts have I
10 female dectives. but Queen Helena /
Z Italy, Queen Sophie Of Greece, Queen /
larie of Rumania. Queen Eleonore OF |
bulgaria and Czarina are guarded like !
he queen Of Spain, by secret agents
Z their own sex.