New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-19

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1917 ry TIE Tribune A.'ocaao7l
Travelling one day last fall from
Copenhagen to Berlin with Julius g..
Lay. former American Consul General
r Berlin. ] met q Dane who had just
returned 20 Denmark from the United
States. He spoke English, German.
Spanish. and bis native tongue.
Throughout, the trip, which lasted
about twelve hours, he sorted and COL
lccted bundles Of newspapers and pa
pers. which seemed to have gotten dis
arranged at some tme previous TO bis
arrival in Copenhagen.
During the conversation which fol-
lowed be said he had been In South
America. making study OF English
propaganda One Of the books he car
RED contained hundreds of clipping
from Latin-Amerlcan now papers An
other volume contained thousands Of
articles and news dispatches from our
press.
At that time IL appeared unusual for
q Dane 70 be- interested Do propaganda
in America. bE' few days after our
arrival in Berlin | saw him come out
or the Foreign Office with one Of the
books Of clippings IN his hands.
That man was undoubtedly an agent
of the Foreign Office Press Depart
ment, which is in reality the lntclh-
gent bureau of the Ministry Of Foreign
Affairs. Because he had a Danish pass
port he could travel back and forth 20
IL q
without being seized by the British
Employ Danes and Swedes
! cite this incident because il shows
how Germany hGs been getting infor-
nation from the United States. Natu-
rally the British have not permitted
Germans to cross the Atlantic. at least
on passenger liners. but they have not
been able TO stop the hundreds, and
perhaps thousands. of Danes and
Swodcs who have been employed by the
different branches OF thc German ll-
telliCeucc service.
Tho German spy system. which cT
tends TO every corner OF the globe. is
divided into three departments. The
navy is supposed 10 have the most claD-
crate and efficient service. The army
ranks next and the Foreign Office third.
When CAPTAIN Boyd was IN the
United States he was chief Of the naval
spy service here. and his co-workcr ~
the army department vas Captain Won
Papcn The Foreign Office had ii large
number Of agents. all working under
the direction of Count Won Bern torn,
the ambassador.
Lines from the intricate and far-
reaching German Secret Service cor
verge a. Great Headquarters. IN Sliesia.
Information gathered by the navy. army
and political departments is sifted 10
Berlin and sent 20 headquarters. "here
IL is placed before General Ludcndori.
the first quartermaster general ana
Won Hindenburg's right hand personal
adviser. Ludendorf is really the cen
ire Of the spy system.
Centre Activities in |. 6.
While the German service covers
ovsrv activity in the world which
touches directly or indirectly anything
which Germany has done or may do u
is from time to time centred upon spc-
cial work. After the sinking of the
Tusitania. Anconia. Arabic and sussex
oU spv activities were centred upon the
United States and South America.
Every activity in the United states
v.as investigated and observed. ne
ravol =ervicc centred its attention upon
our naval preparations and methods o.
attack. The army kept IN close touch
with the opinions and reports IN WASH
irgton. The Foreign Office STUDIED the
nrese and the Administration. Noth-
ing. absolutely nothing. was o1erlooHeu'
These reports. which wer" sem 10
Rerlin and Great Headquarters were
compared with reports gathered ln
Berlin by the secret service "tcH,
who were watching the american Coz
ony. But discussion o. no" 'he SPY
department tormented Americans Ii
Berlin will be taken up IN the mex
article. lin. .-o u,,r
American newspapers nave Iep1' 'r1
what German spies were GoIhg h'I''
hut. as far ! have been able 10 Ieat"'
tbesa repoYts concerned only G'rme'
c;tizen, Some Americans, Danes ana
Cwodes. who have gone back and iortn
from New York, have not been su9-
rccted and some Spaniards VINO nave
trevalleI from Cuba and south Amer
;co 70 Spain for the Kaiser have hol
bcen subject 10 investigation.
Neutral Couriers Bribed
Germany has obtained reports lIo"
the United States In three ways
/. Through Danes, Swedes aho
Americans travelling from New ior"
TO Copenhagen, and other Scand'h"-
Wan ports. ..i, non
o By bribinc couriers OF small he"-
trial countries. ,,..oi
,gents from Havana and South Amer
lea to Spain.
Although every Scandinavian pas.
scnrer liner and nearly every irelBh'
shin bound for the North was neld up
and examined az Kirkwall, the fhg'
have not been able 20 stop reports from
reaching Germany by this route. Al
though the English have searched the
,hips from masthead 20 coal buhAeIs
although British jackies have remotyu
every piece of coal from some or the
bunkcrs and ripped up carpets anu
waShstands on steamers irioIiHAl-oi
has got through. The Dane J met
Going 20 Berlin last fall got his papers
mast the British authorities.
Every time / was IN Copenhagen ]
heard about information when was
smurgled through 20 the United states
from these countries. German banks
u,ed TO pay sailors as much as 500 and
$500 10 carry small parcels 10 German
AGENTS here. The Foreign Once used
TO send 20 Copenhagen, Bergen ana
Swedish ports bundles of documents 20
be sent q the United States. OF
course. not all Of these got through, but
there were always sufficient leaks 70
,a, che Government 20 take chances on