Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-07

state and other secret services Will be
required TO report into a central Office.
In order to avoid duplication of work.
WORK OF COORDINATION
49,. MAMMOTH UNDERTAKING
ss The work of co-ordinating these dit
t6rent branches is mammoth job.
4ach has its own machinery. designed
{ Tor its own needs. ami ~ viii be most
nffcnlt to harmonize the various corps.
phere also have been evidence of jcal
4 ousS between different services. which
made The proposition more difficult.
4 1T appeared certain to-day that these
things will be done Immediately how
ever long II may take to organize a
central intelligence bureau.
i. Shut down all cables and radios
for a T. least a week prior 10 any move
ment OF American troops overseas.
.. Close the frontiers OF the United
States in the same instances.
5. Seize all wireless sending plants.
II a house to house search is neceS-
sary. England was forced to DO this.
The Navy Department. about six weeks
ago. ordered all private plants sealed.
but III is believed there has been no
general response to this order, Eng
land was forced TO seize such plants.
and store them in warehouses for the
period of the war. Heavy penalties
We're enjoined upon private possession
OF radio apparatus. Only by these
means did she root out what proved it
self an extreme peril This govern
ment is preparing 10 follow suit
4. Establish a censorship over all
cable messages. outgoing and incom-
ing. separate from and ignoring the
British and French censorships.
DANIELS DECLARES srlNS
~ ARE NATIONAL. PERIL
-,Secretary Daniels was asked to-day
for his opinion of the SPY menace:
ss'"There arc two extremes which
."rBut the American people seem to lean
to one or the other. OF course. there
should be no hys,eria but neither
should there he feeling of great calm
ness. There are spies here. There is
no doubt of that. And they are :,
national peril. We should accept pa
Interests are menaced by alien enemies
or domestic traitors"
=, Another official made the fat state
rnent That the extreme penalty should
be melted on; immediately 10 all per-
Sons discovered intriguing against the
ga fety OF the United States He de-
Cared. no attention should he paid 70
the doubts expressed whether che
American people are 'ready for such
measures
~" "A spy is a spy he said and the
first one We get hold - We ought 70
make an example % Whether il shocks
TIE people or not II Will shock the
reH:a ming spies a whole lot more. and
Dat IS the best method - discourage
th=m"
9 While George c-eel Unrestricted tho
Situation in the cable Offices @: New
York. The government, was preparing 20
establish : scrict=r censorship or all
gable matte no,h private and press
dispz,ch=s Congress - prepared 20
so,loT ,A= lamentations ot the
srseurivs i rn.s 7=s0=o. Stringent
s+anz - i-z--. - se---,- =: Amer.
.es- --coys - 80 -srH seas Nave r.ar
6e-oas.:z-.t - = necessary. ard
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No CENSORSHIP OF NAILS.
DECLARES BuRLESoN
{ I-ziea:!as the Satisfaction Of ne Cab
.ns, T:-h TIRE srv situation. Postmaster
G@n=ral BU-leso- SAID after -o-dav's
Tsn-f7s. that there would ~ no cen
sorship Of mails
The sense OF the Cabinet seemed 70
b that while there are undoubtedly
German secret agents in this country.