Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-07-22
journalistic
Enterprise
By OSCAR cox

ference between the kaiser at Berlin
and his generals, a suspicious sound
was heard by the assembled magnates.
The room was examined, and small
anger hole was found to have been
freshly bored In woodwork from an
adjoining room 1t was evident that
he opening had been made by some
one with a view to overhearing what
passed at the meeting.
That an outsider could have con-
trived to conceal himself in the room,
which had been examined before the
conference began, was out of the ques-
ton.
An official of the secret police was
called in at once and given orders to
make an extraordinary effort to dis
cover who had been spying on gov
eminent secrets and arrest the person
Special orders were given to see that |
he did not get out of Berlin or, If that |
were impossible, to catch him before !
he passed out of Germany.
A rigid examination Of thesservants- |
indeed, every one who had been seen
at the palace during the meeting-was |
made, and it was found that one of |
the lackeys had mysteriously disap |
peared.
1t was also learned that the missing
man spoke English. There was no
doubt that he was an English spy who
had donned the imperial livery. The
fact that no such person had been
hired convinced the investigators that
he had secured a suit of livery and
mingled among the servants on the day
the meeting took place Only few
| took note of him. and none of them
saw him more than once or twice and
| then only for few moments
IL la.lv1 4rSv-
two days; then came a telegram from
the chief of police at Cologne that the
| engineer of the q. m. train from that
city to Liege, while oiling his engine
before starting, had been approached
by a suspicious looking person, who
had offered him hundred English SOW
ereigns If the driver would slow up
l. at Duren, ten miles out of Cologne,
that the briber might leave the train
The engineer had endeavored to detain
the man till the police could be noti-
fed, but he had slipped away. Whether
or not he was on the train, which pulled
out on time, was not known.
The chief of police in Berlin was alb
sent from his Office when the telegram
arrived, and there was more than an
hours delay in the receipt of the reply.
which was to telegraph ahead to stop
the a. m. train and have 1t searched.
AS soon as this order was received
the chief of police transmitted 1t to the
superintendent of the railroad, who
4 said that about half an hour before q
government officer had ordered the su-
perintendent- to give him a locomotive
to catch this same train. 1t had been
furnished him, and he had left five min
utes after he had made his demand.
A telegram was sent to Berlin asking
\ ont had
dered on such service, and a negative
reply was returned. The officer at Co
logne at once wrote a telegram to stoI
the engine but learned, to his dismay
that the telegraph line on the road wal
down. The complication was thus dou
bled.
Meanwhile the engine was steamin,
toward the border, there being no on
on it except the government officer WIN
: had obtained it, the engineer and
fireman. The government officer con
: tinually consulted time table and OF
reaching a station not far behind tn
: train he was chasing ordered the engi
neer to slow up.
But, excellency," protested the en-
. gineer, the train is within a few mile
Of the border. If you are intending
5 capture you must make it before W
j pass beyond German soil"
Its not for you to give instruction
! to the kaiser's representative" replies
4 the officer sternly. Your sole duty j
= to obey
e The engineer slowed down, wonder
+ ing what this all meant 1t was not I'll
! the officers watch indicated that tn
train ahead had passed into Belgium
. that the driver was ordered to put o
: fun steam The engine had crossed tn
,, / border when the officer ordered the eI