Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-20


heard of thousands of spies, or al
legged spies, being arrested and exc
cuted. In Germany they do not stand
on ceremony with a spy. They SIM
ply kill him, or her, without delay.
Everybody was afraid of even his
nearest relative or friend in Berlin
No matter how well you knew per-
son. every once in a while you might
detect him or her asking you sly little
questions trying to trip you UP to find
out IL you were spy. You did not
dare voice an opinion to any person
for, IL you did, you might sleep in jail
that night.
REGULATIONS VERY STRICT.
They were very strict about the
passports, too. No matter where you
went out of the city-even neutral
you had to have your passport
stamped when you left and stamped
in whatever town you visited. When
the police within two days or you
would be arrested.
remember the case of a dear little
Spanish woman. Spain was neutral,
but her citizens were treated little
better than enemies. This woman,
and her little boy, aged about 8, went
to visit relatives in a city a hundred
miles or so from Berlin. When she
came back the boy was Ill. He had
taken sick on the train and, in her
anxiety she forgot all about reporting
that she had returned. Her boy be-
came dangerously Ill. But, at the end
of two days, she received summons
to appear before the police.
When she did. she was put in prison
for three days-and her baby Ill. She
almost went crasyl She was not per-
mitted to return to her home before
her prison sentence had expired and
she had to trust to the police to give
such instructions at home as wero
needful in caring for her baby. For.
tunately the baby did not die.
Another incident concerned a Miss
Walker of the American consul's offlce
in Berlin. Miss Walker still is in
Berlin, I think. and IL this story is
read there hope they will take 1t as
added confirmation of her Innocence
in this matter.
MISS WALKERS CASE.
OF course. Americans were not AL
lowed to send any personal letters for
fear they might contain a code which
would give information about Ger
many. Miss Walker had not been able
to get any word to her family in
Chicago for weeks. She became anx-
ious and knew they would be worried
about her, so she wrote n letter to
them and, in some way, got It into tho
Spanish mail pouch.
1t passed through, so far as we ever
heard, but she received no reply. The
mail had to go round by way of Hol-
land. Worried. she did foolish
thing, telegraphed to a friend in the
mall office in Holland, saying she had
received no reply to her letter to her
folks, and asking this friend to find
out how they were.
OF course German officers got hold
rested her. She was as near death m
she ever Will be without dying. None
of her friends could help her. The
Germans were convinced she was a apy.
Then. Capt. Tauscher came to the
rescueNA America owes a vote of thanks
to Capt. Tauscher for the way in
which he has helped American women
in Germany. He always did every
thing he could for Americans there;
and many a woman, and man too,
owes smooth sailing to Capt. Taus-
cher's influence and kindness.
Capt. Tauscher went to some high
official, I don't know who, the kaiser
for all ] can tell. and vouched for Miss
her from custody. but for months she
was watched, practically day and
THE HIDDEN PASSPORT.
], myself almost got into trouble
once. It was foolish of me, but was
sure could get away with IL.
The passport 1 got at the beginning
of the war was good for two years
oohoAo tho OhiSou otAtoS eHteEeQ Ino
war, of course I could go wherever
pleased in Germany, by obeying the
proper rules and regulations.
My passport was tremendously in
teresting to me, 1t was so stamped up
and had been In 30 many places, so,
when the time came to get q new one,
I wanted to keep the old one.
I put 1t In vase In the pension
where I was staying at the time, and
went to the American embassy and
said / had lost 1t. They questioned
me closely, but insisted had lost IT.
Then they said they would see what
could be done. I had to advertise in
the paper several days.
Copyrighted, 1917, Pittsburgh
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