Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-17
LAKE LIGHTS INFORMED
GERMANS OF PLANS OF u. S.

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shore over there" eve could not
see the lake from where we were but
he motioned toward my rightly The
French have been trying to spot the
fellows on the other side, but the
country over there is worse than it is
here We've had some people watch
ing from the hotel above Vevey, but
the Germans have a new code. Last
night some one up here telephoned
that an automobile climbed noun
tain near here every night about IL
O'CLOCK Possibly this auto is the key.
But we shall see."
1t was a black night as we had
| forecast it would be, and, having
| ascended several hundred meters by
| train we were up very close to the
ceiling of clouds which we had oh.
served earlier in the evening. 1t was
colder, too, and the mist was heavy
| l did not glance at my watch, but it
must have been $50 before our car
arrived with its small oil lamp burn
ing in front and tail lamp in the rear.
Harry Scott Williams shouted to
the driver and waved his heavy walk
| ing stick. useless thing to do, |
thought but this was a strange game
to me and l knew so few of the high.
signs that this might have been one
! with more significance than it ap-
peared. The two companions were in
side, wrapped in heavy blankets and,
after we tumbled in, Williams ordered
the chauffeur to go to one of the best
known hotels in the Canton de Naud.
l was astonished at this because it
seemed to me that we had gone to so
much pains to get away from the
enemy that it was foolish to go there
where we would, most certainly, be
spotted. But had confidence in Will
liams and said nothing
We had very little time to eat, but
Williams relaxed at the table as if
his days work was ended. After
dinner he ordered the chauffeur to
return home, having previously in.
structed him to disregard any orders
he might give at the hotel because
the porter was German spy. When
the orders were given the porter was
on hand, as Williams had al. icipated
me chauffeur drove away. Williams
registered us for the night and en-
gagged big double room with bath
: overlooking the. lake. We went IN
TO the room, Henri and Gus following
A few moments later two interned
soldiers appeared. l was asked to &c
out with them and we walked through
the dark streets to a railroad crossing
where | was surprised to find our
automobile parked along the road. all
llghts out like ship at sea.
A Journey i'm the Dark
Some time later the other three
Joined us. We got into the car
motored through dark streets to be
sure we We're not followed and then
started up serpentine road which
) led us into the mountains. A few
minutes before eleven we were at the
bottom of steep and long incline
which led to the chateau Of a retired
German baroness. 1t was along this
road that the automobile had been
reported and 1t was believed that the
signals were received at her home and
replies flashed from her windows tc
. the mountains of France This was
all surmise, but Williams hoped tC
. prove 1t and place the evidence be
fore the Swiss federal authorities.
For two hours we waited and
- watched. The mist had developed into
i slow, penetrating rain which we
noticed because we had left our cal
i and ordered 1t to return several hun.
|, dred yards so that it could not be
seen from the house
We waited many hours more tha
night, but Fate was against US: Fate
!. and the enemy! I was more disap
~ ~ pointed than the others, because I hat
: expected action. They had only hoped
for it. They had been policing the
Germans for months and they knew
how to be cheerful in disappointment
for even disappointments have theii
bright sides.
t "Al In the Business"
ITS all in the business" William
remarked afterward. "A policeman il
neutral country cannot catch crim
h nails as easily as he can at home, bu
k We'll keep this up until we get them
Y or until we force them to stop sigma
W ing for fear of detection. We can
s. always get the man or woman we ar
after, but we can interfere with thei
y system. and that is the most impol
RI tant. 1t is the system that counts. nc
the employees. Spies come and so, bu
1t the system remains. In this bushes
n there are always recruits. For none
ana IOT THIS tJtIHldn
ls men and women throughout the worl
:; who will stoop to conquer. For som
- the priceIs high; hundred thousan
francs or more for others there is T.
ID muneration in the work itself. The
Ne trade is essentially one of deception
Of They must lie, scheme, bribe, threaten
y blackmail or fail. For these reason
of Germany has the greatest spy systel
"a "a in the world"
i, 1t was the experience 1 had ths
40 night in Switzerland which caused n
ne to delye into some of the German a,
1t tivities which have confronted Allie
police for several months. discovers
that in all neutral countries there al
Allied and American "black lists"
enemy spies and their vassals. / four
al that the Germans first learned Il
re name of the French port to which Il
'e first American troops were taken
IT. fashlight signals sent across Lal
49, Geneva. Other cases, to be relate
I q A. pla xxyt1t sl, ho a