Evening star., 1918-08-18
Secret Agents Of the
Allies S Watch Hun
Spies in Switzerland,
Where DESPERATE At
TEMPS Are Made to
Communicate Va1u-
able Information to
q erm any Coming
Spy Is Peace SPY.
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.

nY o'clock we could tell that
1t was going to be a dark and
perchance. a rainy night. The
clouds were dense and, al
though not drifting very low, they
cut off the tops of the mountains on
tho French shore of Lake Geneva.
About n thousand feet above the
water, however the atmosphere was
clear and from the cement bound
driveway at ouchy, just below Lau-
Same. We could see the green banks
ana some snow on the steep slopes op-
posite us. Evain and other French
towns were plainly visible, and, with
the low, distinct skyline, the noun
tains and the smooth lakes before
us 1t appeared as IL we were looking
across great amphitheater.
Sauntering along the wide prome-
made with Harry Scott williams, an
a!l!ed secret service agent who had
been ordered to Switzerland by his
sovernTant to watch the activities of
enemy spies, we mingled with the
crowd of foreigners who were out for
their evening walk. Passing along
among them, our ears, like sensitive
wireless instruments, would pick up
the sounds of all those languages
which one may hear In a neutral Eu-
ropean country today-French, Ger
man, English, Spanish, Greek, Serb
ian. etc. Wealthy Germans, with their
new wolfhounds (they are gradually
discarding the daschund);/ French
interned officers and soldiers, a few
Tommies, nursemaids with big car
riages. children dressed in gay col
ors, rolling hoops or throwing stones
into the lake, were to be seen along
the drive. In rowboats and sailing
smacks were others basking in the
luxuriousness Of peaceful evening
on the waters of a peaceful country. r
This should be good night for
signaling across the lake" my COM
panton remarked.
II \
Enjoying. as was. the calm and
the rest after q days toll, my
thoughts were wandering far from
the war. but his statement brought
me to the stern realization of his
business. 1 looked at him and then
across the lake. had heard of the
Germans using light signals in Spain.
but did not think it possible from
a belligerent country. E
We trekked along in silence.
Il think we can catch that boche
tonight" he said. after we had walked
several hundred yards. "Ill get Lard
ney's car. Henri and Gus will be
ready If 1 give the alarm and we'll
go up the mountains. Would you
care to join us? 1t may make "A good
story if we land him. If not, you
will have the ride"
Not long after l gave. my consent
we were on the train bound for
village several miles away from our
destination. We knew that we were
watched. because the enemy watches
every one in Switzerland; every one
and any one who has the remotest
connection with the war, especially
correspondents, because the Germans
are suspicious of all writer's who are
not in their confidence. When the
train stopped at a small mountain
town we were the only passengers to
get off, although some baggage and
milk cans We're unloaded and the
mail was handed to the postman.
From the depot we walked along a
narrow mountain path to one of the
fine motor thoroughfares which had
been built for the tourists long before
there was any thought of a European
war The car had been ordered to
meet us there and to pick UP Henri
and Gus at another point, SO we had
to wait some time before 1t arrived.
1 did not ask my guide where we
were going. 1 had been in Switzer-
land long enough to know that 1t Is
not safe to tell any one anything. and
I feared he would not tell me, even II
/ were curious.
1--WE shall have dinner some place
along the road here" Williams vol.
unteered this pleasant information,
"and about 1890 the JOY ride. will be-
gin. For several nights now our men
have been seeing lights from the
shore over there" 1--WE could not
see the lake from where we were,
but he motioned toward my rightD
"The French have been trying to spot
the fellows on the other side, but
the country over there Is worse than
1t Is here. We've had some people
watching from the hotel above Vevey,
but the Germans have a new code.
Last night some one up here tele-
phoned that an automobile climbed
mountain near here every night about
II o'clock Possibly this auto Is tho
keys. But we shall see"
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1t was black night as we had
forecasted 1t would be, and, having
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