Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-12
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PrepareA sKaets~
Not the Ieas og the many ir0nies &c
the war has been the outwftting II
every direction BIZ the much vaunted
and elaborate German spy system b.
the EngIiah Diractorate 81 Special In-
IteIligence. which long ago wOn the ad-
ngration III It's American co-workers
Had England been less Indifferent TO
the German spy system which over
ran the country years aud years be
fore the war. she might have saved
/ herself an immense amount Of trou-
BILE: bna what WAS done during the
war I'M circumven Ing German treach-
cry and cunning has been amazing
III would seem 10 have been gigantic
failure And the explanation Of that
failure appears III lie In very real
understanding 81 the German mind On
the part III the Intelligence depart
men They realized that the German
has not yet been horn who can resist
q fact. Give German one little fact
ITO play with and ii will keep him
happy for hours.
He will look at II from every point
4 of view, turn Il upside down and inside
on, draw all sorts or deductions from
/ II arrange it In series with other facts
and 30 through endless performances.
Therefore, the industrious German
agents were supplied with facts, and
the English intelligence depa ment
watched quietly while they played with
them The facts were entirely unifn-
portant and some times they we're not
facts al all. but they served their pur-
pose and revealed the identity Of still
more members 81 the German service.
Darkenea Hun C0MRsels.
There were occasions when they
served an even greater purpose for
they were sent all the way to Ger
many, or were allowed to go, where
they helped to darken the counsels of
the kaiser's adviser and set the Ger
man headquar ers hard At work pro
tectIng themselves against peril
which did not exist Meanwhile the
British Intelligence department went
I eheeriiy on with their real business.
and prepared various little surprises
for the Hun, and delivered them IN due
course. such surprises. for instance.
as the tanks. OF which the Germans
knew nothing until they we're upon
them.
Undoubtedly the failure Of the enor-
mously costly German Intelligence sys-
tenn had much to do with the ultimate
defeat Of Germany. They were beat
en- at their own game Brigadier Gen
feral q K CockeriIl. who has been
Director Of Special Intelligence, has
just disclosed some secrets Ia fare
well message TO the stan, which NUM-
beers more than 5000 persons
Il The detection and conviction Of
enemy spies. he says, has been your
/ primary business II Is satisfactory
to note that In most cases the arrest
f0f the spy has followed quickly on his
lensry into this country. You have
been, iii point of fact, the chief agency
In preventing the leakage Of naval and
military information TO mention but
ia few instances Of your success, the
withdrawal from Gallipoli. the con
struction OF tanks, the preparations
10 rflie offensive at Cambria. and also
Tor the recent counter -offensives which
destroyed the German armies. were
all known to numbers of people In the
country but were concealed from the
enemy. There Is. / am informed on
the bes authority, no evidence that
Ienemy submarines have ever received
information OF the departure of ship
ping from British ports Thanks large
! lii TO your efforts, no act of destruc
l tion 81 incendiarism has been com
lmitted BY enemy agents In this coun-
try This Is the more remarkable
when the number Of enemy aliens at
large Is considered You have obtain
ed information oil incalculable value to-
THE Naval intelligence the Military
Intelligence. and the War Trade In
ttelligenca departments In the opin-
ION of the Minister OF Blockade your
work has contributed ia a very large
degree to the satisfactory working OF
/ the blockade. and, SO far as the sup
1 preston Or enemy trade II concerned,
/ the information provided BIZ you has
been the most valuable acquired from
amy source during the war as means
OF detecting enemy merchandise car
ried aa neutral goods Ia naRtral ships,
Il will interest You to know that IN
practically every case of contraband
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