Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-21
DETECTIVES ARE
BUSY ALL WEEK
AT PEACE MEET
Greatest SIeuthS in World
Guard Secrets of Open Di-
pIomaCy and Protect Dip
IOnnatS' Lives
BY HAROLD E. aEcHTo1,

PARIS, March 20.-The greatest
cetectiv( in the worId-dozens-
cores-hundrcds of them are on the
job seven days d week at the peace
conference.
What do they do?
They guard the secrets of omen di
plomacy and protect the lives Of the
frank diplomats.
Take British headquarters. the Ho.
tel Majestic.
All Scotland Yards best. Thick
as tiles. Disguised as clerks, head
PorterS, door openers or lolling lazi-
~ abouE trying to look like officials
or the foreign Office.
one of the most famous Sherlocks
o. all wears beautiful blue sWal-
ioW-tal coat with shiny buttons,
kn1cker; and sky-blue, gold braided
vest.
He just one of the courteous,
rIeasan- defendants" who give you
the ''doTble O" before your foot hits
tho bottom step and are speaking to
learn your desires before the door
stops revolving.
Their first job is to prevent intru-
sion By unauthorized persons" They
do 1t. Nobody is supposed to get out
o. tn sight either. Nobody Goes.
II you're not hep" it's fne. But
IF you know all these courteous, keen
gentlemc: who are there at your
service you feel like something
hunted.
The printers who set up the mis-
SONS documents and forms have
been investigated back to their great
gr2ndmother'S uncles.
One of the most famous lock-
smiths of England recently made a
special trip to Paris to examine the
locks Oh the safes, strong boxes and
doors. Honest!
And this sort of business isn't con
tined 10 British headquarters-tnou
The British carry it bit further
than the Americans, for example.
The American secret service men,
nevertheless, burn the waste-paper
every evening and watch it burn
all under solemn official supervision.
That's one of the fundamentals
that cremation ceremony. All the
missions do that.
Telephone lines and instruments
are inspected carefully and regular
~ against any possible tapping.
AL the attendants, those who are
detectives and those who aren't (if
there are any who AREN'T have strict
orders to keep their eyes on every
body. including each other.
It's next to impossible to get out
O. sight of some pair of watchful
yes at any of the missions. In the
italian hotel the marble halls are
croWde,. with uniformed guards who
froWn at you with frank suspicion.
No bones about it there.
Jiu jitsu experts who can break
your leg with three fingers and a
kick, are among the young army
guarding the Japanese secrets and
Official lives.
Before you get a pass into any of
the missions the detectives know
your whole history, what you like to
eat an, what you think Of the Boil
sheviki.
Difficulty in obtaining passes va
ries. For example, the American mis-
sion issues many more than the Brit
ish.
But no wonder. The American
passes are cheap, pasteboard things
that nobody could possibly want for
any other purpose than TO enter
American headquarters. While the
beautifully engraved red leather Brit
ish p-sses will make swell souve-
Mrs.
l am now the proud possessor of
eleven passes and permits of vari-
Gus degrees of beauty. desirability
and durability. They're from many
rations.