Evening star., 1918-08-18
Continued from First Pags.)


the colonel, In few short well
translated into his best French. In
formed the secretary that he knew
all the details Of the neutrality Jaw.
and that II the government
was anxious to observe its neutrality
II would be best for the secretary 10
call upon the German military attache.
who had caused the announcement
10 be printed.
The secretary was not very favor
ABLY impressed by his conference ana
left. The following day. when an
other group of applicants arrived. the
colonel gave orders for them to apply
at the ONCE Of the secretary Of the
in,erior; that the street address given
i, the advertisement was incorrect.
During the following days the Secre-
ary received more letters ana more
boring men than he had at any pre-
This move Of Germany had been
ell planned. The Germans thought
ne American forces would need Ia
I orers, and that by publishing the ad-
,rtisement and besieging the attache
Iyn might suggest the Matter'tc great
oadquarters. Then Germany might
- able to get her agents to these
a,uy misjudged the character OF her
opponents.
While 1t is quite certain that Ger
r'eny did not succeed by this scheme,
was able in some other way to
citizens ErsneS Of na1s. sns ness ssaass It
II the spider-web route. There are
'ch ways even in time Of war. All
at Is known Is that an agent was
-anted at the very port to which the
st American soldier came. 1t may
We been an accident. 1t might have
ht,t rof ~ q q
- the events which followed are the
st interesting and important.
70 get information out OF France
lay is not task for amateurs. The
tnch secret police have been ar
sting the boche. tracing him land
4. It has been an extensive and
9icult business. But. despite all
ecautions. some things escape the
ention of the best police. And it
In this way that a young neutral
,ded the allied police. He travelled
MS were to come to the French
ore of Lake Geneva. Here he re-
. rted to another German agent.
lake Geneva at some points is
elve kflomsters wide; at others 1t
SO narrow that one can see across
IN. France to Switzerland and rec
= nize moving objects. The Swiss
tch as carefully as they can their
'e oSthe lake and the French guard
tir shore. but on each side there
S. steep mountains. There are crew
- on the French side which cannot
seen from the French shore, but
ich can be spotted by a. carefully
med eye. especially the eye of a
minal German spy in Switzerland.
is not impossible for signals to
sent from one shore to another.
as can succeed once in doing any
pg. II SO. why should they not be
seessful in signaling from France
Switzerland? Nature, by placing
p>ranges Of mountains along this
40. made the ideal setting for such
neutral schemes
".- .f X '
Wong the Swiss shore of Las Leman
:. IKE Geneva) live scores. perhaps
@;Nndreds, .of German. and German
s,sdly families. Most Of the Ameri-
~ 3 in Switzerland. for instance. who
..pro-German and.who have had to
. up. their American passports be-
use of their sympathies for Ger
my, live along this lake. Some of
IN have chalets. a few have stone
aces; others live in hotels which
ore the war catered to the wealthy
= all nations. There are German
:. nd.y Dutch families, Turks. Hun
'ian mobiles and Austrian aristo-
is. who make their homes within
~ sight of Frante.
"hy do they? I don't know. Moth
80. can be proved. against them.
,zerland H. neutral, even that part
ick overlooks France, and they
70 a. right to live and go. whore
) 18th nature and circumstances so
ch IN his favor. the German spy.
he a citizen of any nation, hotel
.srter or a millionaire tourist, can
tain. many things which neither
aneh nor SWISS can prevent.
so 1t happened that on ceptein
.-ht few days before the first
= .erican transport arrived in France
at light signals were sent across
Ike Geneva. This had been done
icfore, but. 1t. was dangerous busi-
y IS because. there were hundreds Of
.oclice eyes watching for such sig
Sals. A great many traps .had been
'l.id.' Signals had been seen before.
uut they were always in code and
,'ould not be read. Agents had been
r9ught in France. but there were al
ays others to take their places. On
This particular night brief message
as .seen. ands read by allied police
IN Switzerland. But 1t was in code.
Finally there was a pause: Then. in
he.Morse code, one word. was flashed
Y the unseen spy on the other shore.
1'bis word vas "St. Nazaire."
3 Several days later the arrival Of
meriCan 4rOoDS was announced and