The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-01
GERMANS, SUSPICIOUS OF SPIES, WATCH AMERICANS CONSTANTLY
 WHILE IN DOMAINS OF KAISER
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fBy Gustav c. Roeder in the New

(By Gustav c. Roeder in the New
 York World)
 It is much easier for an American to pass through England than to en- ter Germany.
 In England the examination of the traveller in most cases i5 confined to inspecting the passport and asking a few questions concerning the mans business. destinatlon and probable du- raticn of stay abroad.
 In England the examination usually is made by one or two officials; in Germany there is no telling how many lnquirers enc may have to satisfy.
 Everything that can be thought of is done in both countries to keep spies cut. The difference seems to be that in Eng,and the traveller is scrutinized by officers of rank while in Germany such inspection is com. monly left to non-commIssioned men and customs officials. Of course. at each frontier, town in Germany an of- ticer of rang, usually Hauptmann, is in charge Of the military arrangement for everything is under the strictness mil.tar rule.
 Germans have a horror of spies. They seem to fear them more than anything else. Wherever one goes in Germany he reads signs warning sol Hers to be extremely cautious about .alklng to strangers. and under no ,lrcum-tance to mention military mat .ers, such as movements of troops. md plans. On every street corner in very restaurant. in every railroad tat.on, in all hotels, in railway coach. es, in front of newspaper bulletin boards-wherever one, turns he sees placard proclaiming ::the danger of spies"
 System of shadowing Is the Most
 Thorough in the World
 A stranger travelling in Germany specially an American. may rest as ured that he is being followed all ihe time. And this shadow!ng is be ng done in a most expert way. The German system is the most thorough the world. There are what might De termed relay" sleuth5, and they To their work we'll
 The secret service system. especial as applied in large cities, has been -eferred to as a block system. |" De ectives are stationed at nearly every orner. If one has been assigned to hadow O stranger and fears he has ,een discovered, all he has to do is follow his man to the next cor Ter tip off the detective on "block" luty" and the latter takes up the un. lnished task. A man who suspects ie is being shadowod often conclude, ie is wrong. becau-e the person he bought was watching has disappear d. It may take him long time to 'iscover that he is being followed by another.
 Such system requires very larg orce of men. but there are mel nough in Germany to carry out any rder issued by the police or the mi. tary. Orders given by one branch f the government are often counter handed by the other. and certain Of ules are interpreted in different ways different cities. or even in differ mt parts of the same city, but as 8 ule the system is SO complete that is hard indeed for a stranger tc ravel in Germany without his move aent3 being known to the authorities at all times.
 Must Report In Person
 When The World correspondent !sited Germany la-t spring to study economic condition an American was .ot obliged to report in person to the police. The hotel management would ,ttend to that Today an American must go to the nearest police station within a few hours after his arrival 1t the hotel A notice to do SO is handed to you together with your bread card-and the latter is of the ,reatest importance. for without it rou cannot get any bread. Nobody fir ! pricate house will feel insulted if ,ster he invites you to have a meal with him. you hand to him or his ervant your bread card,so that he nay cut off coupons for the bread  ou will cat.
 When an American reaches a city and all such rules are mere strictly applied in the case of Americans than any other-he goes to 'the near. ast police station. presents his pass oort, and his arrival is duly recorded md only in the police records but 1t also noted on the back of the pass port. When you want to leave the own you must so to the station and report it."
 Much time is lost in that way. The ,olice stations are usually crowded with foreigners to report Ion" or "off' md all women residents hailing from countries with which Germany is at war report twice a day.
 Before starting from Berlin on a 'ong tour of inspection and observa- ion. The World correspondent con 7ulted high official at the foreign ministry and asked for some docu- ments to enable him to travel with ut reporting on or off every time.