The Caucasian., 1919-03-09
BRITISH 0jjTWIT>
GERMAN SPIES
!n!eilfoenee Gfice Ksp: Huns
e..:y ~ Supplying Prepared
''Eacts.''
FOOLED Xh|sfR's ADVISERS
oeSe,wa asieN Sent 60 Germany Which
Meue niedenbv.o's staff Busy Pre-
eectino Themselves Against
e.,ih That cid Not Ezisso

NecS ViHochpS!6 Ss@ S
aectino vhenseives Against
ee,iA That cid Not EAisso
Rou,qoe,e-%O0 sho. 0easa Of the many
a,on;es Of Gle %a" BIAS been the Su.-
whiting In evsss d'''" "'io's 's 'he hue's
yaun,eS and ai:ss't;o German Spy
sy.teue Nv qhs. . ....:e ot!re"iofate Ok
special inselliso ":. '''s'e:e Gong sso
Won the asilolir:9,. {. oS KS S'ieiie"ii
co-w.rk.ys. Hq, : same .'e'H less
in6iffe,eue 20 % :e1a!o SPY system
v.i,,a u,,rca,o o. stusltry years anc
years Nefoy. ,fle 60 she sniSst nave
saSei nevselQ an i..ensnse amount VI
trouble: Nus @aae WAS done duflhs
,he WAT in olr.umsentihg German
oreache~S and eunniHg has been amaz-
ing. n would seem Z" have been
gigantic failure. and she explanation
Of tha. failure appears to he III
very real understanding OF the Ger
man mind Un .be part cf the lntelh'
gence department. SheS feaiizeu tiiat
Oh. German has Nos Ses been born "h"
can vesise fac9. Give German
one little fact 20 play with and 1t Wli1
&eep him happy fer hours.
Therefore, the industrious German
agent. were supplied with facts, an"
the English intelligence 'iepa'tment
watched quietly whil~ they plaSeo
with sheno. The eac.s Nere entirely
unimQ.I:an9 and sometimes they We're
ucs facts ~ all h.,t shsy served their
! purpose ara revealed the identity OF
ssjn Al..e gueaaseSs oS ahe German
service -.....-.---a.s~ -..a-s >'',
/, 0aesseed Nue eeuasess.
; Those w.Y. occasions WneN shey
served aa oven er.at"s purpose, aoP
thew we're sent dii sh. way so Ger
! mans. eg were allowed ." SO. %nef"
eY.. n"lHe0 20 oaskan eh' '"uh'e1s 90
she Ra!seS's :,SsisoI aG6 see 1N" 1e''
saan Nea.it4lialee:s eaiel 10 WorN pro
to..ing sh.nssei'os agalHse % p'fi'
which did not aHis5. SsanWiiiie the
Byitish intelligence department Weh'
cNeerily on with eheis real business,
and prepared various little surprises
for the Hun, and delivered them In
due course, such surprises, for H.
stance. rs the tanks. Of which the Ger
mans knew nothing until they were
upon them.
| Undoubtedly che failure Of the enor.
mously costly German intelligence sys-
tenn had much 20 do with the ultimate
defeat Of Germany. They were beaten
at their own game. Brig. Gen. G. X.
CockeriN, who has been director OF
special intelligence, has just disclosed
some secrets in farewell message
20 the staff, which Cu,aSess more than
5000 persons. o. e"e'
"Yhe detection and conviction OF
enemy spies hs says, has been your
primary business. Ii Is satisfactory
20 note that in snost eases the arrest
Of the SPY ha. followed quickly on his
entry into this country. You have
been, in point Of fact, the chief agency
In preventing che leakage OF naval and
mi,ita1y information. To mention but
. few instances Of your success, the
Withdrawal from Gallipoli. the con-
struction Gf tanks the preparations
for the offensive at Nmbrai, and alse
for the recent counter-offensives WHICH
destroyed the German armies, were
oil known TO numbers Of people in this
country but were concealed from the
enemy. There il, I am informed on
the best authority, no evidence that
enemy submarines have ever received
| e.D - ho ~, nfc chin
ping from British ports. Thanks large
~ 20 youy efforts 90 ::ct Of destruction
OF inccndiarism Aas been committed
by enemy agents in tEi. country. This
Is the more ve,narkHhr when the num-
Der OF enemy aliens az large is con-
.idered. You have ubianed informa
tiOn O4 incaIcuIabie raiue to the naval
intelligence, ths military intelligence.
and the vac trade Intelligence depart
ments.
! PILED Up ceasrsband Evidence.
Ut wilO interest sou 20 know that
in practically every ease of contra
band which has been brought before
the GriZe court, che evidence ON which
The crown relies has been furnished
BY you. The significance of this state
ment will be better appreciated when
10 is added that The estimated value
Of prize eargoes. exclusive Of ships. IS
over f30.0OO,Cf6! You have. Woreover,
stopped enemy semittances {" the
value Of about 1.0OOOSb0O. and you
have completely destroyed the snemy's
0vsEsea COMMUNICATIONS, s" Ear = hey
twere euinera'Ie. ain eoGac : that
sshero aee e.!aey .si1ar activities % the
directorate ehas z have not % chei
N9oel. is3IHnrtaiie decisions nav been
givon iN sAc soa'm % MILITARY inter-
l9ati0Na? Lave. much trouble ha~ been
oafen in tho selection of INTEL gence
personnel for the field, and invcstiga-
tons eiemandins technical GUalifica-
9oes Of high OSsler have been con-
Quoted.
! CAS- syVicaq exan;Yss I may mention
sHe highly Skilled work Of the staff Of
the chemical laboratory in connections
with secret inks: ~ the Photographic
ana code ssp<rss, snd Of The professors
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