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emma. Sometimes he sent the editor Johann
Hajek, but mostly he sent Eduard Benesch
(now Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czecho-
Slovakia). Benesch usually arrived at
o'clock in the evening, then we went to
the Eastern Railway station, from where
he left already at $3.50.
"And the Austrian secrets were printed
In foreign papers only few days later.
"Masaryk went across the frontier be-
fore the Christmas holidays in 1914. I at
tempted to keep him back, knew that the
war would be of long duration and |
thought 1t necessary that he stay at home
as long as possible. But the good genius
Of our Czech cause drove him to depart.
IL was nigh time when he left short
while later, Douba brought report by the
Austrian Ambassador to Rome, saying that
Professor Masaryk had held three confer
ences with Jugo-Sav and Italian politicians.
A few weeks later military order was is
sued to arrest Masaryk as soon as he re-
turned to Austria. According to agreement.
mailed him a postal card that the hook
ne desired was out Of print and would be
published again after the war Benesch
took train, brought news to Vienna. car
rled information back to Prague and for
warded 1t to the other side of the frontier.
Douba did excellent work The minister
made notes every day regarding the latest
events in his notebook. On the following
day transcripts of those notes were placed
IN my hands. l received the torn drafts Of
letters to the staathalters (governers of
Austrian crown lands) and l often won
dered Mt the minister's poor style. which
reminded one of that of a schoolboy. Every
thing reached us--Austria had no secret
that ahe was able to keep from us. Douba
began coming to Grinzinx during the night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

Bezirkshauptleuten (high administrative Of
fcals) and some anonymous accusations
addressed to the Minister of the Interior.
| wrote a postal card to Masaryk to the
effect that Professor Joseph Edlch (subse-
quently the last Austrian Minister of FL
nance) was willing to write an article on
Mesopotamia for the 'Nasa Dobra' in case
Masaryk desired him to do so. Masaryk
came to Vienna on the following day. We
read. Then we make inquiries as to who
our strange Douba was, how he obtained
such intelligence. Mystery, mystery, mys-
terry.
what impression had he made upon me?
a decent fellow. public official? Appar-
emily not. A private citizen? How could
he get hold of such confidential public
documents? Mystery, mystery.
after supper We visited cafe to con-
suit Lehmann's Directory We know his
full name and address, we will see from
Lehmann's Directory what his vocation ia.
An excellent book, that directory. We go
through the Lehmann-nothing. We go
through the supplement-nothing. We look
at each other, we don't utter one single
word, but each of us knows secret ser
vice agent. We have been caught by a stool
pigeon. We discuss the whole affair over
again-and just it usually is, long
series of circumstances support each other:
a secret service agent
'One thing remained to be done We have
his address, let's 60 there. That street. that
numbers We go there: the building of
Ministry. :. A detective, there was NO
doubt. Masaryk has certainly experienced
nights OF all kinds, but that night was an
exceptional night. dark autumn night.
fog We walk one hour, two hours. and
think matters over. Lets go there again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
When Czecho-Slovalzia Hid Under the Ru,

nation, that Austria did not allow US to get.
"A man will call on you and hand you
official records-look, we got already this
here from him. he (Masaryk) said and read
a communication which Prince Thun Gov
ernor of Bohemia) had sent n Bohemia
to the Minister Of the Inter Thun re-
ported that the departure of troops to
the front was going on without any disturb
ances, that Bohemia was a quiet country.
and that the people thsre, although without
enthusiasm, were giving the Emperor his
due.
"Who Is that man (meaning the man who
had turned over to Masaryk transcript of
Prince Thun's report)? Where is he? How
did he get hold of the document ?-That's
difficult to say, we don't know. We agree
that every time somebody ought to come
from Prague to fetch the papers, and that
our mysterious helper would be called
Douba,' and that any time | mention on a
postal card 'Nasa Dobra COur Age Masa-
ryk's monthly it was designed to inform
Prague that had quite number Of tran
scripts of official documents.
"Masaryk left for Prague, and the man
N va ''AS' ~ StiohB, Dig, muscular,
smooth shaver gentleman came to the
Observation-Disclosures Gland Mortgage Insti-
tute, banking house -Machar was an Off
cia OF the odenkreditanstalt--t ask for
advice whether he ought to purchase certain
securities, and what securities, and from
whom he ought to buy them referred
him to the Zivnstenska Banka Ca banking
frm) and was handed by him fat envelope
filled with contributions to the Nasa Doba'
Most charming contributions: n new report
OF the Staathalter, (meaning Prince Thun,
Governor OF Bohemia), army orders by
Friedrich (Arckeduke Friedrich). reports of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

since he had observed a detective in the
Offices of the Observation-Disclosures
AT Grinzing (where Machar's home was)
the public records were spread beneath the
rugs. At the present time it is safe to
state that Mr.. Preminger military prose-
cutor at the Kramarsch trial and his as
sistants trampled on those records when
they searched my home, and listened with
great suspense lest a suspicious rustling
be heard, or lest one of the officers stumble
and investigate how it was that the rugs
surface was SO far from smooth. 49,.
Then it looked as if good Austria was
going to uncover our connections. Douba
noticed that the minister put certain docu-
ments under lock and key, that he began
looking inquiringly at him (Douba) 49, and
when l informed from Plague that
somebody had told the whole story to
friend, in confidential way, 1t is true, but
anyhow had given away our secret, at
tempted to remove Douba from Vienna 1t
was a happy accident that feudal noble
man in Northern Bohemia wanted a cas-
tellan for his residence. Douba accepted
the positon-the information he had iin-
parted. was subsequently obtained through
other channels. The minute-books in
creased, others volunteered-Douba could
we'll afford to retire. Subsequently my home
was searched again and again-iinally they
put me in prison. Those were terrible
hours until / was told why l had been
arrested. Then l felt huge relief. They
had pinched me for my poems! Foollsn
Austria, terribly foolish Austriai She haa
caught the right men, but made wrong
accusations against theml"
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A AMAZING and breathless tale
"a is this which the we'll known
( "a Czech poet, Machar, tells in a


"a is this which the we'll known
4 "a Czech poet, Machar, tells in a
recent issue of "Narodny
Listy," Of Prague. 1t wildly explains
how Professor Masaryk and other leaders
Of the Czechs were kept posted about the
plans Of the Vienna government and
thereby enabled to take counter meas
ures. The article reads thus:
when Masaryk came to Vienna in the
fall Of 1914 we greeted each other; Our
time has arrived The world war was
bound to bring about a new era in the
history of the Czechs no matter which Of
the two groups Of belligerents was victo-
rious. We will cooperate with the Entente,
even with Germany, If need be-but we
must break loose from Austria. We had no
doubt about that. Our problem was to
break the bars of the cage, to file through
the chains and to cut the ropes with which
we were held to that agreeable place But
1t had TO be done In such a way that the
prison keeper did not notice anything until
our hour had struck; the bars had to con-
tinue appearing bars, the chains chains.
the rope rope, and the prisoner prisoner
resigned TO his fate.
therefore, we resorted to secret work
work carried on in the dark, although it
was honest work A dangerous, nerve rack
ing, and at the same time thankless work.
The priBon keeper knew of the
work--instinct, emanating from bad con-
science, would have told him, even il there
were no voluntary or paid eyes or cars
"Masaryk, as stated above, came to
Vienna He was excited and had many
plans He had been in Holland and intended
TO 70 there again. He wanted more infor-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

and ask the janitor,' says Masaryk. Wa
walk back and the janitor confirms that the
gentleman lives there and is at home.
What to do? We must not ask who he ia.
we must not see him; it was one o'clock
I'D the morning. We continue walking
through Vienna's streets. Have we been
outwitted? And what was in store for us
they Will arrest US before we are able to
take any action; fohl We walk ND to
o'clock Then Masaryk says: 1T Is all the
same. Let's go to sleep, and tomorrow I
shall send messenger to him and ask him
to come to the cafe
"At 10 o'clock the next morning Masarvk
came to the Bodenkredtanstalt. He smiled:
Everything is all right-Douba is good
Czech and an honest man. Who is he?
Valet of the Minister Douba, good Douba
how many of US have risked as much as
he did? How many of US have worked like
him?
He entered the study of his master night
after night; he knew of every document;
ne knew where the more important and the
less important were kept; he knew when
one of them was going to be mailed, took
1T to his rooms and copied it on the type
writer during the night. He always car
ried a loaded revolver in one of his pock-
cts, not to> shoot him who might surprise
him while at work, but to kill himself.
Such man! He had a wife and one
child. Once | remarked, whenever he was
in need of something, or He went
pale and his eyes become filed with tears.
Then he said, in quiet voice, that anybody
offering him compensation, no matter in
what form, would offend him. And how ho
worked! Twice or thrice week he brought
envelopes filled with transcripts vfor the
Nasa Dobra.' Masaryk came seldom TO vi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Turkey Aim I
What She
Were


YIN VIEW of the fact that the dis
membcrnens of the Turkish empire
Il seems imminent, an inquiry into the
manner of life in Constantinople
comes with real timeliness.
"Although fourteen war vessels of diff
ferent nationality were lying off Pera
when ! arrived at Constantinople last
week and such number he'd not
been seen since 1875 when the British
fleet anchored eff San Stefano, the Turk
refuses to acknowledge ne is beaten,
says a special correspondent Of THE
London Morning Post" writing from
Constantinople.
allied forces occupy the main strategy
cal points of both straits, the Dardanelles
ars orsn and the Gallipoli Peninsula is &C.
cup:sd By British and Indian troops. The
Turk mentality is hard to understand. He
tells the English authorities: we are not
beaten It was we who asked for arms
tice, not you"
AS for life in Constantinoplc, "The
Post" correspondent says:
at is probably true that never before
have the Turks in the empire been rich.
The ordinary policeman in Pera is esti-
mated to be worth anything between ten
and fifteen thousand Turkish pounds. So
successful have been the police in accamu-
lating wealth that after the armistice was
signed two hundred resigned their Jobs,
protesting that they were being badly used.
This accumulation of wealth has been
portion of the programme of the committee
to enrich the Turks at the expense Of the
Christians, and was especially carried out
in Smyrna and Constantinople. The
sequence is that prices in ConstaNtinople
to-day are enormously cxorbitant, end this
Is the FIRST thing that strikes the new
rival. A cab drive of q quarter of mile
costs $3.50, and no cabman will take less
for any distance. Hotels which before the
wac charged, tout compris, $3.50, to-day
charge S45. A brace of geese costs $81, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Boosting

The Stockholm correspondent of "The
Manchester Guardian" says:
"In the past Bolshevik military strength
has been underestimate, or, rather, since
the Bolsheviki had then very little power
bourgeois combativeness has been over
estimated. But six weeks ago Trotzky was
able to boast at Tsaritsyn that the Soviets
were absolutely impregnable had they to
deal only with the bourgeoisie without for
eign help The statement was given out
not indeed at Moscow, but at Tver, that
100000 men had been registered. This
story may be true. But that no such num-
Der of drilled and equipped men will for
long time be available is proved by the
statement at Tula of the local commissary.
Diatcheff, that the Moscow government
could lay its hands on only 100000 rifles
in good condition, and these were not all of
one type.
THAT Trotzky has succeeded in enforc-
ing discipline is admitted even by critical
foreigners His commanders no longer
shrink from the sharp measures which are
customary in other armies in time of war.
The large number of ex-officers now EN-.
ployed have the rank only of Instructors
and therefore have authority to punish,
forbid or enjoin; but as the Bolshevii
political commanders always the real
chiefs) gain more and more authority they
even resort to the shooting of conscripts
who ignore the instructors rules. When
such measure threatened to provoke
riot in Tambov, southeast of Moscow. the
Bolshevik commander commanded the un-
ruly men threatenngly to surrender and
beg pardon, which they incontinently did,
A single officers quelling of regiment in
this way smacks more of West European
moral authority than of Bolshevik disci-
pine. Some of the best disciplined troops
are Chinese. Of these the number under
arms is 1000"
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Il UST what is the Bolshevik armvq
q At least three answers can be SIM
eT piled to this question. In lette,
to "The London Times" Lord Dem
bigh, who has talked with an Officer who
has been some time in Russia and has
had exceptional opportunities for obser.
walton, writes:
"rhe Bolshevists have a we'll organized
army of about half million, which is we'll
paid and well fed. AS the rest Of the popr-
lation has to live on starvation rations tb;s
army is easily recruited from the manv nm.
employed and from the prisoners released
in Central Europe, who are returning in =
condition of misery which beggars descr;n.
ton.
"The methods employed to officer this
army are instructive. Orders were issued
for officers of the late Russian army to
register their names, and of some l6000
who did SO large numbers were PROMPTLY
imprisoned, over 500 of them being shot in
various numbers and in different places to
terrorize the others. Survivors were then
told that their duty was to drill and organ
ize the troops and that they would be
watched and shot if they created any from
Bile, while very summary powers were
given them for dealing with any of their
men.
Wholesale and authorized robbery and
confiscaton of goods is effected by the
domicliary visits of parties armed with a
stamped document. The stamps for this
purpose, being in the hands of many, are
easily obtainable."
j. M. N. Jeffries, writing from War
saw to "The London Daily Mail" says Of
Trotzky and the Bolshevik army:
ale is organizing as steadily as he can
his troops. Apparently he has between
100000 and 100000 fairly reliable men. be-
sides his bodyguard of 5000 Chinese and
5000 to 1000 Let's
General Bassky, an ex-general Of the
imperial army, has been made the COM
mander of the Bolshevist forces at the
huge salary of 91o0 or more a day. The
munition factories have been set at work
again, and Trotzky is thinking of an army
in millions for the spring. There is no
escaping, at least in the cities and the
towns. The alternative before men is ioin
or starve.
I'm this way his rule is more iron-fsted
than the old imperial regime lie has de-
clared among his intimates that if the AL
lies made an attack Petrograd this win
ter he would be obliged to evacuate it and
defend Moscow, but if they left it till the
spring he would defend Petrograd."
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~ yudnAM domnd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
The Nature
Of the
Red

II ST what is the Bolshevik armvq
B At least three answers can be sun.
eT piled to this question In a letter
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
BERGER AND CONGRESS.

Victor L. Berger, the Milwaukee
congressman convicted of disloyalty
under the espionage act, seemed sur
prised at the rebuff given him when
he tried to take his seat in the House,
and still more surprised by the chill
ly attitude of his colleagues. It is
surprising to normal Americans that
he should have expected anything
else.
Berger had called this war ga bus
fnessman's war, whose object is pro-
fits, not democracy He had de-
nounced it as ''the supreme horror %
capitalism" and "the most imperial
istic war ever known in the history of
the world
The war had been declared by an
overwhelming vote Of congress, in
obedience to an overwhelming nat
ional demand Congress had not only
made the formal declaration but had
supported the war Loyalty and hearth
ly. Congress, in fact, fought the war
in almost as real a sense as the army
fought it.
Can anybody imagine a renegade
soldier going back, after the battle is
won, and claiming his place in the
army he deserted? Yet that is ex-
actly what Mr.. Berger seems to have
done in Congress.
He might possibly have got away
with it in the United States senate
but there is no senatorial courtesy
in the House.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
WHEATFlELD DAYS

The Agricultural Experiment sta
tons in several States are to hold
.eWheatfeld Days" at the farms where
modern methods Of wheat-raising are
being pursued.
S There are a good many of the sta
tions, and it is believed that almost
any farmer who so desires can avail
himself of the opportunity offered by
wheatfeld day and have the benefit
Of a personally conducted trip around
an experimental farm. Talks will be
given, and there will be ocular and
visible proof Of the success of advanc-
ed. methods of raising wheat.
s The farmers generally are pretty
wide awake to the advantage of the
new ideas, and life on the farm is
a, very different thing from the catch
as-catch-can methods Of earlier days
But after all, no man knows so much
that he can not learn a little more.
The wheatfeld days should prove
themselves of considerable value in
every locality, both as affording a day
of special demonstration and as a
means for bringing the neighboring
farmers together.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28

thirteen of them incorporated fairly
enough in the peace treaty. The only
point that might be set down as miss
ing is that which refers to the estab-
lishment of a League of Nations en-
bracing all the world powers. Ger
many is required to subscribe to the
League, but is not admitted to mem
bership or given any specific recog-
milton as prospective member.
1t may be admitted that under the
arn1istice agreement Germany has a
right to definite assurance that she is
not permanently barred from the
League, and to a statement Of the
conditions under which she can make
herself eligible. Beyond that, her ar
guments about the Fourteen Points
are little more than clustering gen
eralities, based either on deIber-
ate effort to cheat the Allies or on a
strange notion that those points were
intended for Gernany's sole bene-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
! PRoFEssoRs VERBoTEN.

One OF the most curious bits OF in
formation leaking across the Atlantic
lately is the statement that in the
new German regime college professors
are given no government Offices and
no Official recognition whatever.
Labor representatives from the
Councils Of Workmen are given a
place in the government, but the
learned scholars who formerly occu-
pied such honored places in the seats
OF the mighty are scorned.
Is tbs the reward of the loyal ser
vice rendered during the war, in
which German scholarship rushed en-
masse to the support Of Prussian
u,ifitaram, and the "best brains OF
Germzny signed a round robin justi-
fSing the war, and every spectacled
specialist did his best to explain how
the progress Of civilization was helped
by the invasion of Belgium, the
sinking of the Lusitania, the use OF
poison gas and the bombing Of Eng
lish babies?
It is, indeed, whether the present
government means it so or not And
to an outside observer, the reward is
pre-eminently fitting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-28
A Lesson for Car Owners From
The 81. G.. T..

ga few days ago." says Mr.. Brown,
the local Willard expert, "a great Ia
bor leader in the country, said tina
on account of the high price Of food
that thousands of working men were
unable to work at top notch efficiency.
that they couldn't afford to buy the
proper amount of food to keep them
in the best of condition, and thet
they were trying to do/ a full days
work on a three-Quarters days ra-
tons"
That's precisely what thousands Of
car owners are doing with their bat-s
teries. They are calling on them ev-
cry. day for a full days work, but.
keeping them in a three-quarters
charged condition.
The result is just-the same as 1t IS
with a man The man is apparently
in perfectly good health, but slowly
the continuous shortage Of one-foar:a
Of necessary food is cutting down MS
vitality.
The full charged battery works
we'll and works a, long time. The
three-Quarters charged battery
works well, but only for a, short time.
Just as shortage in food, be it ever
so slight, cuts down the efficiency and
vitality of q, man, SO a shortage from
full-charged condition cuts down the
vitality and efficiency Of the storage
battery.-Advt.
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with it for very long. When she
learns that the courts will protect
her. she has taken her first step.
Having had set before her
the beauties of country
which offers everything to her
for herself and her children,
and having learned that the husband
who tries to interfere with her will
receive prompt punishment at the
hands of the courts, this foreign wo-
man will have courage to demand
the freedom, the safety, the oppor-
tunity which America provides.
Because she is inherently am
bilious for her children she will
grasp eagerly the thing which Of
fers the best future for them, insist
ing also that the father join forces
with her in obtaining it.
Against this combined influence Of
the home and the Americanization
work outside the home, in club and
factory, the doctrines of anti-Ameri-
canism will beat themselves in vain.