Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-18

marks . footwear. b-- from evidence
20 WzsLl- --c- . s=e-s 70 rs a new
duty q The Alsriczn p@OpIe 10 s1s-
psct - s-yrhi1g they Sc Eh=ther n
ths ordinary or OUT Of ;he ordinary.
and report i 10 Washington
Thsrs are many officials IN wash
!-E:51 who believe the German sub
marines would hare sought ont z1f
attacked the Pe-shsuE transport,
whether they had received advance in-
formation O. not; They knew the
troops were 70 sal. and they knew
th=y we're % land IN France and ihsy
knew certain lanes IN which they
mus. proceed They simply sent ou'
patrols o. submarines covering hun
1-ecs ot miles. and ~sre almost ce--
tain 20 sight the convOyst troop
ships There vas 10 secrecy at
tempted In this country and II Ne
knew positively that forty or Htty
ships containing G=rnon soldiers
we're 20 sail -s0ol" FOR our coasts. 80
naturally would patrol TIE Atlantic
from the Panama 20 the northern
coast o. Maine; and ths Germans did
the same.
BIZ. !. IS said. the Germans 1ii
10. know OF the erac; place where
TIE transports were 20 RENDEZVOUS
= ENAA4AL- ~ 81 eal-A
not 70 the Germans. who knew II.
effectiveness o. their spy system: bu:
20 the unini-iztst and unsUsDec-,ns s
An msrfcar. who Is unfamiliar with
spys and SPY systems IL creates a
profound and startling piece OF news
IL j. a good thing /, has been brought
70 ,hs attention OF the American pso-
pie: and timed on Independence uas
when the American mind was moss
susceptible.
The German SPY system - 50 per-
feet and the American people ana
government 50 unaccust0med 10 is
that in the opinion o. many officials
Il will oe with US as long as the war
lasts
Can Be Curbcd.
Bu, we can curb Il; and = curb 1,
must require drastic measures. as
shocking. perhaps TO the mind o;
Americans. as some of the atrocities
Il the barharizns ot Germany. We
will have to stand a few ot them up
against q brick wall. we'll have 10
apply hemp; and some senators. dig
nifisd and iaw-abiding Of course. have
already allowed themselves 70 be
quoted as SAYING lynch them with
We may have TO intern practically
all the aliens in this country and re-
Quire every natiye-bOrn German.
Turk and Austrian TO leave the Dis
t-ict OF Columbia. and to move back
az least one hundred miles from the
Atlantic coast We will have 10 take
over the malls that are sent to foreign
countries. and to take full charge OF
the cable and telegraph companies.
and place a ban on codes OF any kind.
These are days OF hysteria. but the
spy hysteria seems 10 have more mert,
than any other: still there Is a grave
feature In IL that mus. no; be los,
sight ot. and that Is doing harm. by
word or deed. to ar innocent person.
There are millions o, Germans in this
country who are loyal. and who will
remain loyal.
/ The bes. way to fight the German
spy system would seem 10 be TO ge,
the Germans away from the points
where Information Is available. re-
move the temptation This will have
TO be done by internment. but IL We
intern half OF them we will have only
half as many to watch: and II we
finally intern 80 per cen; OF them We
will have only 10 per cent to watch.
and render our chances for detection
all the greater. This would avoid
suspecting the wrong person. and
would. perhaps be the most humAni-
tartan way of curb,ng the system.
1T can not be stamped out" Is the
opinion OF a member OF the English
secret service. and his opinion Is borne
out by many here as well as practical
ly the whole Of France and England