The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-27

you may have your choice, Gracd-
Gus Countess; you may travel by
neutral ship, as the wife of a neutral
to whom will be given a passport.
You may, on the other hand, elect the
more adventurous journey by subma-
rine," said Won Holstein, the Chief
of our Intelligence Bureau at Berlin,
to me in the presence of Baron Stein
hauer, the Chief of the Foreign Sc
cret Service Department and Herr
Zimmerman, our former foreign min
lister.
She Chooses the Submarine
I had no need to hesitate even
second. I elected the more adven-
turous journey by submarine" I
knew. when Joined the service that
it meant my life for the fatherland"
and I would serve my country in any
way. But to what country was as
signed? That, of course, could not
ask my superiors, but only wonder
to myself. In the service one must
not ask questions. One must be ready
to obey orders. True, it is often
tempting to ask questions, make in
quries and so on, but the person who
reveals any inclination to be inquisi-
tive is at once set aside.
1t is for the Bureau Chiefs to in
struct us. These chiefs will plan and
mark out a campaign and trust its
faithful execution to one of the SOL
diers of the service. 1t is also plan
ned and willed that the person to
whom the execution of a certain
scheme is entrusted should know so
much and no more. Therefore, be-
fore starting on an important mis-
sion the servant is taken through a
thorough course and told what is ex-
pected of him.
AT the Feet of Zimmerman, Holstein
and Steinhaner
After a short interview with our
Service Chiefs I was ordered to re-
port again on the following day and
receive a lengthy and systematic
course on what it is expected that
should do on reaching my assigned
destination.
On the following day, after nine in
the morning, I visited the Foreign
Office as 1 was instructed by Won
Holstein. 1 was ushered to the inner
office of our Foreign Minister where
found him with Won Holstein, Baron
Steinhauer and Won Papen, who was
formerly our attache at the Ameri-
can capital
had never liked Won Papen as
had always considered him a very
ungentlemanly man who had no grace
but possessed the manners of one who
had prematurely risen to a RESPONSE
BILE position. Besides these there were
four others in the room. AS l enter
ed all the gentlemen rose and bowed
to me, including the four who were
not introduced to me. During the
whole three hours of conversation
which constituted my course of in
struction as to what I was to do thes,
four men never once spoke SO tina
l could hear their voices. Often the.
suggested something or other to Her
Zimmerman or one of the other o
our Foreign Bureau but they did thi
by passing a note or by whispering il
their ears. Even today 1 do no
know who they were.
More Trouble for Mexico
After was given seat Herr .Zim
norman spoke first. He said, 9Th
Gracious Countess must be anxious t
know what couptry she is assigne
this time. With the consent of GU
Kaiser you are delegated to carry ou
very serious and important mission
the successful execution of whic
will benefit the fatherland immeasuI
ably. The Gracious Countess is as
signed to carry out certain missio
in Mexico.
1 gasped with surprise. My feelin
must have been noticed because vo
Holstein said to me, THE Countess
the best fitted person in the Father
land to carry out this mission. Sh
knows Spanish, and she has the grace
and tact that are necessary to brin
such a mission to a successful termi1
alton" 1 could not help blushing i;
hearing such profuse compliments.
''My whole life is consecrated to oil