The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-19
DARING ATTEMPT TO SECURE DESIGN OF AMERICAN NAVAL GUN TOLD IN
 DIARY OF CLEVER SPY OF THE HUN
(By D. Winton Granville.)


 CEds. Note.-The following sensa- tional revelations are based on notes taken from the diary of a German secret service agent who was met in an Amsterdam hotel by MT. D. Win ton Granville. The disclosures cover a period extending over many years, and the remarkable adventures gre a strange side-light on the activity of the German espionage system.)
 q wish you to go to America, Lit finger, the Presidential elections will take place in a few months and it is essential that as many senators and representatives favorable to Germany should be elected as possible. We have, as you know, a good German Press in the States, but. I think, even more could be made of it."
 Major von Mueke, head of the spy system of the German Empire, looked at me questioningly, tapping his desk in a manner he always adopted when in doubt.
 There is only one thing I am not sure about, Max, and that Is the ex- tent to which suspicion has been aroused at the White House, Washing ton. As you know, the Yankees, though d-d dollar grabbers, are keen about their national honor, and we do not want to overdo the propa- ganda business-you will require tact, as well as courage, in this mat ter"
 "I hope I have both, Major, and, if there is any fighting, don't think the dollar-hunters will be able to give me any points in the use of six-shooter if 1t comes to a .tussle."
 Well, you may have as much of that as you wish before this affair is over"
 Shall I start at once, Major "
 "No, we shall require a week or two for preparation. and I shall cable our ambassador today, giving particulars fin cipher. I do not think there is any need for drastic, or immediate action, but merely a general prepara tion of the ground. As you know, our Government anticipated war sometime fir 1914. After this Agadir affair, il is certain, sooner or later, and the military High Command are laying their preparations for the summer of 1914. That gives us two clear years in which to work and prepare the way for Armageddon. The States are al most certain to play the part of a great neutral, and we must curry fla vor with them, so that they may not stand with our enemies.
 Roosevelt and Wilson, of course are very friendly to France and Brit ain, and their influence must be un- dermined in every possible way.
 That will be part of your general work-you will be given an army of agents and unlimited money-but your particular tasks will be to discover the possibilities of a new long-range gun for the Navy, which believe may have a revolutionary effect on maya warfare. To secure this design, yor must spare no money"
 "Nor life, if necessary, Major!" exclaimed, half jestingly, but anxious to please him.
 A Daring Scheme.
 "Nor life, Max" he replied serious ly, flor when our great War LorC calls us to his service we must no count the cost. Arm yourself well and good luck"
 He bowed me to the door. and clat tering down the stairs, I was fi11et with a strange sense of coming ad venture I could not explain the feel ing to myself, but it was there, stron and undeniable.
 A few days later, received a ful draft of my instructions. I was t proceed to New York, and there la the groundwork of an efficient SD system. paying particular attention { subtle influence, working through pc litical channels.
 In a short time, the Americans wer to elect their President for the terr of 1912-16, and the opportunity wa as good as any other for our purpose When I landed at New York, the frs man met was a German American Otto Machter, who had been in tn pay of our Government for man years.
 It was arranged that he should ot tain a post for me as private secrt tary, in the service of a well-know politician. Machter himself was ( professed to be, one of the really bi men m wall street, ana HIS lnlluenC was good for almost anything.
 For a time things went very quie Iy. I pursued my work diligently, d. termined to create a good impressio Meanwhile our agents were arrivir from Berlin and Hamburg.
 They came in two's and three's ar were planted" in suitable post Some of these men worked as wal CTS or porters, others as railwayme clerks, or barmen. but all were O with the same object-the securing information which might prove val able to the Fatherland.
 The American Navy at this time W at the top-notch of efficiency. In t, fight with Spain, following the struction of the Maine, it had WI single honor, and its officers we young, enthusiastic men with initi tive and anxious to secure the we latest idea.
 All this made my work the mo interesting, for I had hopes not or