The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-06
FRENCH PRAISE
ACTIVITY OF U. S.
SECRET SERVICE
Disclosures Of German Plots
Amaze Former Critics,
By Carolyn Wilson.

ures, the immediate presentation .ol
data in the Bolo case and other less
widekly spoken Of spy work, has made
them revise their idea.
Now, however, all the newspapers
are devoting columns to descriptions
Of our methods, of our police force,
OF our detective bureaus, and they say,
Let us do as they do in America.
Praises U. S. Secret Service
Othen Guerlac, writing in the Vic
toire, says:
"The worst critics are obliged to
take off their hats TO the American
federal police. II has already shown
several times what Americans under
stand by efficiency NJ: Zimmerman,
who thought there wasn't confusion
enough in Mexico, and Luxburg, who
insisted on the torpedoing without
trace, have evidently discovered that
these fool Americans, as some diplo-
mat or another said of them, have after
all one thing which is authsntically
the best in the world-snd that is their
secret police"
Even more interesting because more
frank about conditions existing now in
France, conditions which were even
more marked two months ago when
the big shakeup came in the secret
service. and the head and eleven under
lings went out in vain effort TO save
NJ. Malvy from resigning from the min
istrx is an article under thes ignature
of Georges Prade in the Journal. II
is entitled Enemies on the inside, Let
us 60 over all our documents as they
have in America"
Example in America.
The article says;
"Peiple often tease savants whose
minds are in the clouds with knowing
marvelously we'll what happened un-
der a certain Chinese emperor 1000 II.
C., and what is actually happening in
the moon or on the planet Mars, but
who are ignorant OF what is going on
in their own houses where their wives
are unfaithful and make light of it, in
the bargain
I'VE have witnessed. astonished and
indignant by turns, the tremendous
disclosures Of the German spy ma
neuvers in the United States, unveiled
and made public by the American Sc
cret service, And we think, Great
hsavenss what sneals those Germans
were and how clever the Yankees were
TO catch. them What a romance
What pages spattered with filth and
with blood; what sinister clinking
of gold and what cracking of suspect
papers; what an odor of treason in the
strong boxes, now opened to the cleans
ing light of duty
"But while we look through the tele-
scope at what occurs on the other side
Of the Atlantic, we ignore profoundly
what is happening here at home. But
here, too, more than two wears ago the
same maneuvers were disclosed, the
same sort of strong boxes were
searched, the same sort of papers and
bank accounts were found, and | may
even say, more stupeiying than those in
America"
English Service Criticized.
And the writer goes on to relate sew
eral instances of Germans who wert
still left at liberty here through one
reason or another.
had an odd experience with tn,
English secret service the other night
A year ago. when came out Of Ger
many and passed through Falmouth oi
the steamer Rotterdam all my paper
and hottest we're stolen the third day al
sea, although had presented them reg
ularly to the officers at Falmouth TO
examination.
was having an argument about OBJ
secret service with young Englishma'
who is one OF the most important men
financially. in England. said the Eng
lish weren't efficient and quoted two o.
three incidents which had come unde
my notice, ending with the description
OF my own trips through Falmouth an'
my experience a year ago when my pa
pers We're stolen on the third day a
sea. I told him the same officers hav
always conducted the examinations ant
that the officers at my table coul'
neither speak nor read German; tha
they put aside all notes and clippings IL
German script as being unimportani
only looking at my own scribbled note
in English and at catalogue of re
cent art exhibit in Berlin making face
tious remarks about the pictures.
Fine people TO examine traveller
coming from GERMANY" ! concluded
The young Englishman leaned for
ward in his chair very flushed and in
dignant.
as that so1" he said. "Of course
you didn't lose ali your papers the thr
dax out Of Falmouth. OF course, every
thing YOU said wasn't noted, and O
course your cabin wasn't carefully gon
over. and even your muff opened an
sewed no Ask Henry Marsh whethe
the English secret service is inefficient
Ask Mrs. Bond. who was detailed Il
follow you to America, There is ver'
little that you did on the boat that
can't tell you about, for | was watching
you myself"
Cots That Relieved Feeling.
Well was so thrilled that just sa
hack breathless felt SO terribly i'm
portant all Of a sudden. And for four
teen solid months ] had just been feel