Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-22

w can tell yet" Said Carter.
The precautions they take and the
roundabout methods they have tof
communicating with each other show
act as If they knew they were under
surveillance. In fact. 1 suppose every
German in this country, whether he
is a spy or not, can't help but notice
that his neiEhbors are watching him
and well they might"
II don't see why" cried Jane, ''Mr.
Flick did not have old Mr.. Hof up
right away. He could not do any
more damage then. or he sending any
more messages about our transports"
THAT wouldn't have lone the least
bit of good" said Carter decisively.
watching u transports sail and
spreading the news is only one of
many of their activities. Somewhere
in this country there is a MASTER
council Of German plotters. directing
the secret movements of many hun
dreds. perhaps many thousands of
spies and secret agents. They have
their work well mapped out. They
have men fomenting strikes in the
government shipyards and stirring up
all kinds Of labor troubles. Others
are busy making, bombs and contriv-
ing ~diabolical methods of Gripping
the machinery in munition plants. "A
h%ourishing trade in false passports is
being carried on, enabling their spies
to travel back and forth across the
Atlantic in the guise OF American
business men. ambulance drivers. Red
Cross workers and what not. Still
others Of their agents are detailed to
arrange for the shipping of the sup
tries. BY watching shipping closely
they gather information, too, that Is
of value to the U-boat commanders.
Every time there is any sort of activt-
ty against the draft, or peace meet
|inEs. or Irish agitation, we find traces
of German handiwork. We have dis
mantled and sealed up every wireless
plant we could find in America except
those under direct government con-
troll. vet we are positive that every
day wireless messages 80 from this
country somewhere-perhaps to Mexl-
co or South America, and from there
are relayed to Germany, probably by
way of Spain. Think OF the enormous
amount of money required to finance
these operations and keep all these
spies under pay. While we try to
thwart their plans as we find them.
all our efforts are constantly directed
toward discovering who controls and
finances their damnable system. We
SANSA 81 oNCA SSS toA& VA ~ spies
we track down. but keep watching,
watching. watching, hoping hat Soon
cr or later the masterspy will be be-
trayed into our hands"
you dont> think then" said Jane
disappointedly, that old Mr.. Hoff is
one OF the important SPIES"
I'VE can't tell yet He may be juBt
one Of the cogs-perhaps what they
call a contro1-agent. We don't know
,yo$ NANra~~Hy hoo AA~~ h,,lVli-- -
her spy system forty years. and it is
ingenious beyond imagination. Her
codes are the most dtnicuit in the
world. It took the French three years
and a half to decipher q code dispatch
from Won Bethmann Hollweg to
Baron Won Schoen. BY the time they
had it deciphered in Paris the Ger
mans had discovered what they were
doing and had changed the code. It
is seldom M one Of the German spies
knows much about the work that 9th.
er spies are doing. The rank and fle
merely get orders to 80 and do such q
thing. or lind out about such a thing.
Often they are not told what they are
doing. 1t for. They obey their orders
implicitly in, detail and make their re.
ports. get new orders and 20 on to do
something else. Only their master
spy-council here knows what the sum-
mary Of their efforts amounts to-. Ar
resting old ,Hoff. or q dozen more. like
him. would not cripple them much.
Other men would be assigned in their
places. and the nefarious work would
go on
II don't know" insisted Jane
thouxhtfully. II believe that old Mr..
Hoff is a far bigger spoke in the
wheel that you think. I watched his
face AZ I followed him this morning.
He 10 q nan Of great intelligence. and
I should judge = man Of sducation."
They'd hardly fbe using 4 man Of
that sort to carry messages" objected
Carter. Maybe you're right. We
have not watched him long enough to
find out. Ws'v1 got nothing yet on
the outfit. Al any rate he u the one
the Chief II anxious to havA you keep
tabs on. Arc you 20 ~ him sgain7'
"Oh. yes" the S1rf answered quick
". . touch Of color coming - her
face. II think o.. ] asks1 Nm to como
to zee ma. I thfnk--fn fact I'm sure
--he viii Do Ssu want ne to watch
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