South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-14
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in another nations territory and forward the same
TO their own governme nt?
Now This must be stated definitely that It Is much
easier information than forward IL
arfv and expeditfousy 20 ones government especially
This Is the common practice preva-
among the espionage systems OF various
rnents: Each government employs every skill and art
lung its enemies into false sense OF security.
The Immediate apprehension OF an enemy spy, ei'her
time OF peace war would notice 10 your
opponent change his tactics and call in his OF
agents for the ue being In the delicate game played
by the espionage intelligence departments
cipal nations the plan is 10 give your enemy as much
rope as possible without jeopardizng the interests of
YOUR country. whichever government plays this game
sl<uily and without the least becoming hys-
tericel wins the final game.
WHY sTEINHAUER FAILED.
steiuhausr. the chief the German espionage
and the creator OF Germanys modern intelli-
gence departing failed miserably in this respect.
sides the peculiarites Of the German frame Of mind
there several other for the utter collapse
OF Germanys SPY organizations First; 1t Is very
difficult FOR a German 70 hide his nationality; his
accent. his general bearing his facial will
always give him away. Second The German not
nimbe-vitted-he Is rather clumsy, and lacks quick
inspiration IS resoUrceful. but mechanical.
and does everything according to plans laid for
him. II the plans go wrong-and they sometimes must
he becomes helpless Third: German too
thorough and IN nearly every he caught
through his very thoroughness He must put every
thing on paper. Almost every German spy. upon
his arrest. found carry valise full OF highly
discriminating documents Fourth: German spies al
ways grow confident 20 boast and become
This is the result of his peculiar mentality which
belittles the abilities and skill others
on the outbreak OF the steinhauer found him
completely baffied by the closing down o.
all the Of exit for his of agents in Bri-
tain According to the plan" Germany's 5000 agents
throughout Britain destroy transportation
systems and raise havoc along the water front But
something happened. and that something that
FIVE years before the British and French intelli-
gence departments had complete knowledge OF the
plan" and a given moment gathered in Germany's
"octopuses in every large center completely discOm-
fitting Steinhauer and his bureau chiefs
that men like Lody. Kupferle and score of other
4 o Wera he'd
passports Jaw to Ill the places
OF those arrested But It was useless Germanv's
espionage system had crumbied beyond repair in
time None OF these substitutes lasted than
week.
THE OCTOPUS" IN sPYDoM
In a previous sentence I have mentioned a system
which termed the Octopus" Now before I proceed
with narrative let make this term plain There
is one universal system of espionage which is utilized
m large by nearly aU-nations IN
details this system might slightly vary, but in sub
stance the principle rules The octopus the chief
resident agent and the tentaces his multiple
local sub-agents or satellites" The Octopus"
the chief resident agent is generally business
mercial with international relations,
porter and importer. steamship agent member of a
banking house As often as it is deemed safe the
Octopus a the country where the pros
pecve bellgerent selects his the large
,ess house over which no r,les is subsidzed ana
behind this huge canouhage system set TO work.
a letter box is engaged and the Octopus" under
assumed carries his correspondence with his
sub-agents or TIE satellites whom viii hereafter
term the tentacles The tentacles forward all infor-
nation reports and all big intelligences to
the letter box There they collected by the
octopus Then comes a third medium; he is the
intelligence officer who constantly travelling
the country which being Spied upon The
travelling secret service man Is commercial traveller,
time OF neutral" nationality is employed
travelling service agent visits the "Octo-
pus" whom the material thus collected handed.
During peace them over and if very i'm
portant found in the collection these are
forwarded the embassy of their government and
the finds its TO the embassy bag.
which is immune. Yet often II happens that the
authorities OF the nation spied suspicious of
certain embassy the embassy mail bag has been in
genlously opened. its photographed and the
supposed immune pouch cleverly scaled up and for
wsrded its destination. That of the tricks
q the and is played by all frst-cass spy-epIoy
nations
IN the early days Of the war quite a few Of the
German "Octopuses" in Britain American
zens." but when relations began grow serious
with Germany their places taken first by span
ards then Dutchmen. and finally the citizens
American countries.
"Octopuses' choo-s their satellites who are
either the nationals OF the country spying or quite
often the citizens Of the country in which the spying
. done These satellites are generally recruited
the following material:
THE MATERIAL USED
II IS very essential 70 engage maid the COVER
ness in a generals household, and il this is found
possible young man is found and
financed acquire the intimacy Of such persons.
OF a case when a certain generals Eoverness
induced 70 leave the household oTer a huge
salary Another woman in high society found
who acquired The intimacy of the generals wife
+asn through clever means governess and a maid
were furnished 90 the generals household But this
not the only kind OF spying nation desires
There others Walters attendants AT PRINCIPAL
hotels army and navy clubs and other establishments
which frequented by men in the know" a barber
near camp q woman camp follower. actors or
actresses who liable 10 be booked for extern
~ive touriuEs: officer q a down
ad-outer' with former good connections "a Red cross
volunteer sometimes touo-talSing patriot for
eign musician. Later 7 viii give instances OF these
classes that have appeared in own country Be
fore proceeding let relate this incident which ended
as or1fe not bee for frar