The evening herald., 1917-10-20
AMEIlIC.NS EFFICIENT
sECRFT SERVICE.


moatlng the entire woyld. has been
foiled By "shirt-sieeve' dNnlocracy and
the quiet work of the secret service
men Of this country. according 70 al
number OF papers. which congratulate
the government on tripping up Lux
burg, won Eckhardt, Von Berns;orft
and others
Europe has awakened" saNs The
Memphis Commercal-Appoal 80 the
fact tina, the secret service OF the
United States H. one OF the most eff
cicnt to be found in the world.
Berlin Is still mystified as 10 how
Washington came into possession of
the facts showing the duplicity Of For
eigu Secretary Zimmerman and his
proposal to Mexico to Join Japan in
an invasion OF the United States. Ber-
lin is s,in wondering how the state
department became aware OF the
treachery OF Won BeTnstorff
The secret service men exposed the
ro;tenness OF the ArReHiina scandal.
and the secret service men keen
Washington closely In touch with tho
most intimate matters connected with
the diplomatic departments OF Europe.
The secre, service OF the United
States will always remain mystery.
but II has eonvincingiy shown what II
can do
Similar satisfaction Is expressed by
The Christian science Monitor. o
which. in reviewing the history 81 this
nations diplomacy. remarks tina; tn
trigue and espionage are revolving 20
the sentiments OF the United stntes
|. II would be Impossible u
imagine any one 81 the long line of
ministers extraordinary and ENJOYS
plenipotentiary. or any OF the am.
bas2dors who have succeeded them
In Great Britain. France. Germanv.
Austria, Russia. or italy descending To
the methods thst have been pursue
for the last fifty years by diplomatic
representatives Of Germany. Il is In
conceivable that Charles Francis
Adams. James Russell Lowell. a
John Hay. an Andrew u. White. a
Brand whitiock William @. share.
or David r. Francis should stoop 20
the cheap trlckery that has recently
been fastened upon the Luxburrs. the
)von Eekhardts ana the Won Beru-
s,orfrs"
This leads "The Monitor" 10 show
how, during the firs, seventy five years
Of III history. the United states had
40 little use for a secret service that
when Lincoln 1ourneyed to Washing
ton in the spring Of 1861 a private de.
tectiye, Allan PinkertOn. had So DE as.
signed rs his protector. After the
Civil War the so-oallod secret service
gradually degenerated into O postoffico
Inspection department. for years con
cerned principally with the huntinl
down Of smugglers. counierfciters oi
moonshiners
Ever since the war started in 1913
hos ever. the United states secret ser
Ice "has been alert 10 every move ,t
international Importance" continue
The Monitor and nothing was NOR,
carefully or more persistently culti
waited ln the early months ~ th.
war. as proof of Germanys marv cloui
effioieney than the operations OF het
epy system.
But on the whole. German esplou.
age has been characterized by clum
sincss and stupidity It, operation,
have beer detected. exposed and rem
1ered ridiculous 5y the recret ser,ic,
of country that las ne r. had an,
particular respect for espionage. ant
that has less respect than ever for II
today There Is not % single .nstang.
In which the protective secret seryIr,
~ the United States hls been Gallo,
on to contend with the ai,gressiy,
German espionage system whore ,h.
latter with an a. preten.ions To- cfr
cheney. had not II we may borrow
phrase from Colonel Roosevelt beer
beaten TO q frazzl.