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

ceive also instructions direct from
Wilhelmstrasse and who carry on much
work of which the chief knows nothing
and perhaps wants to know nothing
From him they get certain amount
of funds. While the chief and his
leutenants engage in their various &C
tivties and have developed the sys-
tenn of gathering information, they at
times receive special emissaries from
Berlin, assigned to distinct work, and
to these agents they give aid for which
the whole network of spies is available.
, There are at least three leutenants,
each of whom has a staff of men
trained in a special field of activity.
Their respective tasks may be defined
roughly as commercial, military and
naval. Each man has his staff, but
work of each at times dovetails.
, The commercial lieutenant is a sort
of treasurer and official checker on the
two others In addition to directing the
: gathering of information concerning
the financial, industrial and CONNER
cial activities of this country that may
: be of value to Germany. He receives
a great part of funds collected in this
? country for the benefit of Germany.
He co-operates with financiers and
brokers in regard to speculations made
here in behalf Of Germany or attacks
on the securities of allies with the aim
| of making a profit and influencing the
public sentiment as to the failure of
the allies campaign.
Millions Made in Brides.
1t is putting it mildly to say that
> German agents have made millions out
of the war brides" which other rep
resenta ives of Germany have attacked
so ViciouslY. Through their devious
agencies they gathered facts about war
, orders. Furthermore, 1t is easy to I'M
derstand how men knowing exactly
what Germany will do under certain
circumstances can buy stocks when
the administration is threatening
drastic action, and then sell when the
market becomes buoyant under the in
fluence of reassuring message from
the kaiser.
But this mans duty is to see to il
that the allies or America does not
Wrest from Germany the greater trade
which the Fatherland has built up prior
to the war. 1t deVolves also upon him
TO ascertain the capacity and the out
put of every important industry. He
J knows to the ton the amount of copper
i the country's mines are producing and
he knows how much OF 1t is going to
E the allies. He has gathered similar
5 information about the zinc lead, gold
; and coal mines, about the automobile
L tire industry and the automobile fac
tories.
He has charge, too, OF the difficult
task of purchasing and shipping sup
plies to Germany. He supplies the
> money to agents, apparently British.
/ French or Russian, who place contracts
L for war goods, or to the representa-
tives of business houses in neutral
b. countries buying goods for trans
shipment to Germany. He furnishes
e money for the purchase of ships APP
$ parently owned by companies in neu-
Il trail countries for the transportation of
3 the supplies. There are several in
i stances where the German government
has bought vessels now flying a neu-
o trail flag and plying between Ameri-
: can and foreign ports.
n Agent Has Varied Tasks.
u The commercial agent may be said
d to have more varied tasks than the
s military agent. The work of the latter
l Is confined specifically to the procur-
l. ing of information that will be of aid
. to the imperial German army and to
n the tasks that will be peculiarly help
:. full to the army. as for instance. the
e procuring of fraudulent passports for
q reservists eager to return to the
u Fatherland and the supervision of any
Q act euphemistically called military
|. that may be of hindrance to the mill
: tary preparations OF the enemy here
in Canada or any other country.
: Finally to him is entrusted the work
u OF mapping out plans for the attack
: on this country in the event of war
e and, as the state department knows
e full we'll. this man actually did super
= wise a work of preparation for war
e with this country almost similar to
|. the secret work done in Belgium and
2 England.
J. This man. who all last summer
= could be observed almost every morn
ing riding horseback in Central park
and cleverly performing feats of the
= Haute Ecole, has shown himself re-
= sourceful, daring and INSCRIPTIONS in
: laying his plans to gather information
e and to carry out military enter
h prises." Upon him fell the task OF
d getting information about the Ameri-
It can Notifications, the big guns used
~ ANU cPcioNiohSt thS pihhS ipi hAooh-
y ization in war OF the American SOL
e diers. the scheme for attack and de-
. Tense and the personnel of the Off
e GERS of the army.
g II is believed that he had something
70 to do with the remarkable disappear
e ance of the big gun built for coast
defense which was lost in transit for
!, a few days. The incident was re-
:. ferred 30 in the newspapers at the time
II as having been due to a mistake in