El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-19
PAPER
SURVIVES WAR
Secret Publication Chastis
ing Germany Defies the
Best Enemy Spies.
Continued from page L.

I adventures and perils involved ir
publication OF the newspaper thai
defied the Huns:
The most picturesque Of the
printing houses used was a card
board box factory which lies be-
tween the Care Cu NOrd and Laekeu
Behind the wall IN a corner OF these
works was constructed. with great
secrecy a space y feet by feet
without door or windows and ouly
a trap in the ceiling by which the
printer was let down with his ma
terials TO the machine installed. The
walls were covered with thicA
draperies which prevented the sound
of the machine from being heard
without. Il took a month 10 estab-
lish this printing place and carry ia
the press bit by bit
Hnw Many StrutaEens.
The departure from The print -
house with the edition was alWays
the most dangerous moment. and
one for which many DISCUSSES we've
necessary. Sometimes il would be a
butchers tricycle. bringing the
ordered joint which would conceal
the packet Of papers. sometimes a
roll. osteusibly OF Inoleum-
Those who took the responsible
ity OF the printing, alike with the
competitors and editors, were strict
" forbidden to occupy them selves
with the distribution which was
coufided 20 others; their part was
finished when the paper reached the
hands Of three or four CHIEF dis
tributors, who also knew nothing of
the printing. composition, editing
etc. The distribution was organized
with the greatest prudence so that
II one person was arrested IL would
not lead 20 wholesale arrests which
would endanger the work; for that
consideration. not personal danger
was the incentive 10 prudence.
Shoot Distributor.
zone example may be given Of
those who paid for their devotion
with their lives. Philippe Baucq
shot with Miss CavelL received gem
orally 1000 copies, which he dis
tributed 10 certain associates. who
in turn divided them among several
others, giving 20, 80 OF so copies 20
with every issue he spent two
nights going round the city. on
unknown. Sometimes the packets
in places agreed in advance. where
the distributors sought them next
morning. These passed them on 20
smaller distributors, who were un-
known 70 Baucq and TO whom he was
unknown Sometime sthe packets
were left In q church, OF in the lifts
AA the EAAaA AAAANE0s All LAaE aAAAa
case the person coming FOR a supply
would enter the same lift as the dis
tributor. who would get out az the
second floor. leaving his parcel The
former would steal" the parcel. get
out at the third floor, and the two
leave by different entrances Numer-
Gus women and young girls regular
ly received 10 or Is numbers 10 take
TO different addresses
~NOte that this journey re-
manned. by the force Of circum-
stances, under conditions nbsO-
lutely opposed to those Of all
other Journalistic enterprise.
No sumptls~us offices but n
headquarters hidden from the
vvorldf horror of all advertise
ments paper which never
ceased to say do not mention
MS No office list Of subscribers
no advertising departments IN
occasional staff on which there
was hardly one professional
Journalists a rudimeutury press
and yet, with all this, a repu-
tntion and a circulation perhaps
without parallel in the annuHls
Of journalism. without eNaE-
EeratiOn we can say every copy
was read by 20 TO 20 people
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.