The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-28
TRYING TO
IGNORE WAR
eerrnanys Imperial Spy System Has
Been Turned Over 70 the New
Republic and 10 Buster
Than Ever. ..

PARSLEY Mai) .--Geruany ID
seeking TO pick UP just where she
LETT of in July, 1914, and politically,
irdustrially, commercially and eco
no1nicaliy is trying TO act as though
the war had never been
Brazil, the Argentine, and all South
America may well keep their eyes
trained on what is left Of the Ger
man empire, for strange stories have
reached Paris regarding the goings-
on of agents of the new socialist re-
public.
I. They are colonizing Spain as
rapidly as they are able
2. They are buying UP land and
obtaining various kinds OF options In
Holland.
3. They are seeking to spread boil
shevik propaganda throughout allied
and friendly countries, using Switzer-
land as a base.
4. In the Argentine and elsewhere
south OF the American equator they
are seeking foothold in most In
sidious fashion.
The entire spy organization which
existed in Switzerland during the
war and which served as the insuu'
ment Of the German general starr,
has been turned over to the new Ger.
man government, lock, stock and
barrel, and now, after period OF In
action, is buster than ever on their
new scheme.
Count BrockdorfflRantzau once
said that bolshevism is a splen-
did article of export" for Germany.
The organization in Switzerland is
attempting that very thing-to ex-
port bolsheyism.
LIE Mathis correspondent tele'
graphs to his paper that he Is In a
position to state that conference
was recently held in Zurich at which
were present:
Lieutenant Schloss, we'll known Tor
his work during the war as one OF
the chiefs of the special service at
tached to the imperial German gen.
eral headquarters; secretary or the
German legation in Berne; the "a
nous Maroun, former consular agent
in the German service at Agadr
who throughout the duration OF the
war was active on behalf OF the Ger
man general staff among the peoples
an Israelite, naturalized Brazilian; n
former Bulgarian agent named Co
hen, married to French woman.
This organization" says the cor
respondent, has at it's disposal a
large amount Of money. It is known
that the funds Of the unionist band
Of Enver Talaat, transferred to Swift
zerland, amount to more than hun
bred million francs. To this must
be added funds from both the Dol.
sheviks and the Germans.
"The attention of Aaron is direct
ed principally in the direction of
Italy.
The Islamic propaganda is aimed
rather against Algeria and Tunis.
''In short, the government Of Schei-
demann is continuing the same
methods and Is practicing the same
game of political intrigue as the old
imperial government"
Similar stories have reached
France from Spain. The old SPY
system is In full swing today, trying
to turn the present political situation
in that country to the Teuton's ad-
vantage.
Special correspondence from Am
sterdam declares that Holland is
being absolutely invaded by Ger
mans. German salesmen," the spe-
cial correspondent of Paris paper
! declared, ARE pouring into Holland
just as before the war. On one page
OF an important local daily news
paper / counted ten German adver-
! tisements out OF total OF fourteen. )"
During the war" the same writer
continued, "the Germans bought the
principal sites in large cities for the
purpose of putting UP cinemas and
theaters. And when Dutch subject
opened an exposition OF an inter
national character where samples of
commercial products were to be ex-
hibited the year round, German i'm
mediately offered to buy up all the