The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-09
SPIES ruzzlaE crNsoRs.

Tine government mas proclaimed "a
censorship on all outgoing cabie.
The public signs with %roiief. No more
information tu Germany. $50 more ma
val movements revealed. no more
army sailings tipped off. no more T.
boat attacks Ana all hccansc M
average man Assumes that the mere
official glance OF a censor. especially
N he wears u uniform. VIII exercise
the evil spirit "a OF the deadliest
message
II doesn't work just that way As
n matter 90 fact. much harmful in
formation leaks through THE tightcst
censorship-and IL simply pours
through a casual one.
Our ldue pencil properly and scus-
IDLY welded will undoubtedly stop
considerable information of military
value from reaching Germany But
as an the ships la the world cauno
prevent c0ntraband from passing In
to an enemy country. so me oensor-
IN the world cannot stop the traffic
IN military secrets over the cable. Yet
n censorship can be made AS effective
as a blockade.
The government has announced
that an cables suspiciously Worded
viii be %trausposed. but what con-
! stitutes suspicious wording 200 OBJ
yiously it is only a state II mind ON
the part OF the reader. And no spy
who is worth his salt or values his
skin is going TO excite such l state ot
mind
Here is what purports a. bee % news
dispatch from d correspondents at the
an nit nj la L. #.HHHHHHN In EN.4H4u Cure
1 spondent and newspaper are both In
vented. Of course and the news 10 re-
lates IL puruosely dated some weeks
ahead OF when it actually occurred
hut the pnIut lies il It's appearance
Of pristine innocence. Thus
The Planet, stockholm. SWed
en-.
Washington. D. g.. Nav 10
President Wilson's embargo rul-
ing should have immediate no.
tice. Grave situation affecting
International law Statement
fo~reshadows min Of many ncu-
trails. yellow journals JnifyIHg
excitement immensely. Stress
man.
But ~ ISN'T Innocent. To amy re-
cipient. previously prepared by mail.
il conveys the startling announcement
that 'Per-hing sails from Ncw York
June l' This SIS spelled ont hy the
second letter of eyery word.
Here is another not quite tu prime
tive. somewhat less chldlikp and
bland. but coutaiu.ug exactly the
same Information. 90 the surface IL
merely warns % firm of Swlse soap
makers that their trade vvll lac AFFECT
I'D by tho American embargo.
Foutaiuo et CIo. SayouIcrs.
Luccrnc. Switzerland.
New York. MAY f-.-Applr-
emily ncutral-' protest is thou
ouhgly discounted and igu.rcd
lsman hard hit. Blockade issue
affects urct.xt for embargo ou bl-
products. ciactiuE suois and veg
etabic oils. Arnaut.
with the previous uessage as "a cue
Il may be noted that this melancholy
| communication 90 me soap world
contains the same number Of words
The statement that 'Per-hiug sails
from y. y June {" is conveyed by
the second letters - each word
This is the system un which tho
spy primarily depends To Doe ru.
tho more i|ngerloas agents use elab-
crate key word arrangements and
complicated r'Ntonrams. Some um-
welcome mcf-age viii go over the
cables anyway. Lord Northcun pcu-
o,mted the Germal .cusorship and
used the cable 90 telegraph funds 20
one 81 his agents iu Berlin.
But the dihiculty with most crtp-
20 grains ami codes s that unless
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