South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-02
REVELATIONS OF A u. S. SECRET AGENT
Dr.. Karl Muck, Of Boston Symphony Revealed l. as Arch
Spy of Kaiser; Infatuated 0vith Young Society Girl
WRITTEN BY FERI FELIX
WTTGE

immigration Inspector "A Speciai
agent OF the department Of JUS
tice since the outbreak OF the
great war. one OF the foremost
linguists OF the world. reading
and writing with perfect ease
five European languages and
many dialects. author Of The
Sieve.
Had an American In Berlin COM
mitted one percent OF the crimes
perpetrated by the kaiser's Germans
en- America. within half an hour q
firing squad would have ended the
enterprise.
In Britain the iron hand Of Scot
land Yard would have finished
these vile creatures Of the under
world and upperworld too, at the
tower OF London.
There is only one explanation
possible. At the outbreak Of the
war America had practically no Sc
cret service system. IT IS not known
90 the average American that Amer
lea is the only country in the world
that did not possess a political Sc
cret service. only few people
know. even today. that our social
al secret service had almost moth
jug TO do. during the war, with the
hunting Of the Germans spies in
America. Our secret service is the
intelligence service OF the treasury
department, and it's functions are. 10
hunt out c~ounterfciters and guard
the person Of the president OF the
United States
Friends in the Department.
So when Germany sprung the
horrible war on the world. and her
propaganda Vaccinations against
her enemies. she used our country
as "a field from which TO direct her
criminal campaign against all who
opposed her We found ourselves
absolutely u%nprepared 10 cope with
the situation. The heavy and UNI
equal task had 20 be undertaken By
the bureau Of investigation OF the
department of justice. But this was
NOT an organization trained TO cope
with such a novel situation. SO sud
denly thrust upon il. It's agents
were Nt.HAIlIfA U4lAN w INV E-NAENt.| anu
hunt mp the offenders against the
laws of the country. especially vio-
latians Of the antitrust law, the
Mann white Slave" Act. and such.
They had never before had any oc-
cqsion to deal with European in
trigue and r~ascality. They were
unframed for such assignments.
And even if every agent of the de-
nartment were a Sherlock Holmes.
yet there were not enough OF them.
And the tragedy Of il all is hat the
few Of these men we had were not
an reliable. The service was In
tested with enemy agents that were
planted everywhere in every gov
eminent department. and quite a
few native Americans of Anglo
Saxon stock were outright pacifsts.
or We're infected with Germanism, if
they did not have close German af-
Gliations. Germanism had also
captured u smart set here in
the east. who at the most critical
moment i'm the history of our coun-
try upheld the fiddle against the
Flag,
Boston. the intellectual center. the
Athens of America. cared more for
symphony than she cared for
democracy"
Through a peculiar coincidence
q very peculiar coincidence-Karl
Muck returned 20 the United States
with more than 20 musicians. some
IF whom were. incidentally Off
GERS i'm the kaiser's army. and "his
majesty's permission had to be
begged for their transmission to the
United States SO that they could
drive worthy American artists away
% hungerland and call their sym
phony audiences hunds and swine
during the intermissiou.
DIR. Muck's Passport.
It was. indeed. a strange coinci-
dence that brought Karl Muck back
- Boston soon after the outbreak
Of the war In Europe, And is it
not strange that this same Karl
Muck. the friend of the kaiser. the
mar worshipped by every German
as the lover OF the fatherland. this
uan who for the last 20 years
Travelled throughout the world as a
German. the man whose circle OF
friends consisted exclusively of Ger.
man sympathizers. this nan who
contributed freely for German
propaganda in the United states
his exponent OF German "Eultur'
and the chosen apostle Of German
music in America, should have Sc.
GREETED HIS Swiss nationality III
1915. and then sprung "a Swiss pass.
port on the already bafded AND
much-fooIed department. of Justice
known by some OF MS at that time
bs the palace OF slumber?"
II happened
Karl Muck. the exponent Of "Kai
ser kulturism and the German
propagandist sprung a Swiss pass.
port on the United States depart.
ment II justice when ne apple,
for his passport 20 leave the CniteC
States. He woul5 have cotteY
away. like Bernstorf. Won P.gen
Prof Applemanu and others. had
not put him under arrest IN tn.
midst OF a rehearsal and delivered
him as a guest % the ploice lieu.
tenant az station 16 here in Boston