Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-25
OANIEUS TELLS HOW
CLEVER SPY GOT WIND
OF BIG CONSPlRAClES
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pr Rrccht agreed II was !amentable
that n,aps OF such Importance should
ram into the hands of the enemy: but
ne CONGRATULATED the Germans OF the
Arxentine upon having so wise and dis
rrcet and skilled a leader as Count
Iuxburg. who, no Goubt. had been able
4, noeotiatc many a vital hit of business
sor the fatherland without discovery.
\, was TO be regretted all were not SO
clever he.
Rrecht Leaves For Berlin.
On the other hand even though il
were true that the enemy had obtained
some rather valuable information from
them. was Il not true thousand times
over that the marvellous secret service
of Germany had kept the imperial au-
thorities familiar with every thought
and move of the enemy? Germany s
secret agents were everywhere.
BEYOND all question DIR Brecht was a
brilliant and charming man. Hence
there was general regret when he an
nounced that ne must soon leave for
Europe. They all expressed grief at
the thought Of his departure.
However. II II must be. then to make
the hcst OF H. Perhaps the suggestion
came from him. or it may have origi-
mated with them; in either case the
fact remains that il was presently ar
ranged that Dr. Brccht should he bearer
az certain important dispatches destined
for Berlin.
"Spurios Versenkt" Message.
Then came holt from the blue
The famous "spurlos versenkt" mes
sage Of the clever and gracious and de-
voted Count Won LuNburg was given 10
the world
OF course. II was never intended that
the world should set that message. and
east of all that II should he printed with
big headlines and in black face type in
the newspapers of Buenos Aires.
II you are the guest of a government
and YOU send word To your own govern
ment suggesting that should il have
occasion To- destroy any Of the shipping
belonging 10 your host il should do so
"spurlos vcrscnkt'-without leaving any
trace--thc government Of which you are
a guest is likely to feel as if its hospi-
tality were not wisely bestowed. And
that is precisely what happened in
count Won LuXburE's case. The gov
ernment IL the Argentine gave him
his passports.
So since the count had 10 leave even
sooner than DIR. BreCht he said he would
take the important dispatches 70 Rer-
lin himself.
The regret Of Dr. Brecht that he might
not do this service for the fatherla nd
was even deeper than his words be-
~,
leave. under such circumstances. pos
sihly overshadowed the disappointment
ne felt az being denied the privilege Of
carrying message to the imperial gov
eminent.
Burn German Cluh.
The night OF the day upon which
Count Luxburg was given his passports
Dr. Brecht dued q the Bismarck res
taurant with some OF his German
friends He left for his home in the
company of one Of them. They had
not gone far before their attention was
attracted by glare on the night sky
hich plainly indicated that a big fire
was raeing not away Inquiry dis
closed the fact tat il vas the German
club and that a crowd Of pro-ally stu
dents and others had mohbed his Teu-
ton stronghold and put the torch to it,
The doctor and his friend FASTENED
back 10 the Bismarck 10 acquaint their
compa Mons with this alarming de-
Velopmcnt IN a serious situation. To
the dismay and terror Of the friend at
least they found the restaurant had
been raided by the mob and completely
quilted. Tables were overturned and
dishes We're smashed. The patrons
had fed TO seek refucc in their homes
Discretion being the better part of
Nalor, DR. Brecht and his friend did like
wise
Then Or. Brecht Chuckled.
When the doctor was al last alone in
his room with me door securely closed
and no fear of any listening ear at the
keyhole. there Is good reason to suspect
he chuckled audiblv.
He had had no share in the nights
rioting. Of course. but the turn events
had taken plainly indicated that the
menace Of German conspiracy in the
Argentine as in Brazil, now was practi-
cally az an end.
The exposure OF the charming and
clever Count Luxburg had accomplished
IT'S purpose He. as the arch-conspirator.
was leaving the country. and his fellow
lfAnANtAN NpAA0 br NUiA4pt4ttu ~ ScaLAGT
or he low.
All Of which. as the reader may have
guessed. was very much 10 the liking of
the eloquent DR. Brecht. He had only
one real regret-to-wit; that the count
had been exposed too soon TO permit him
carrying out his plan of becoming the
trusted courier Of important secret dis
PATCHES for Berlin. If those dispatches
had been given 10 the doctor I have
every occasion 10 believe we in Wash
ington might have learned some inter
esting things about enemy plans.
Not the Only Secret Service.
] have told TINS story-one of not a
few that might be told about naval in
telligence-in order that my readers may
realize GerInanys loudly advertised Sc
cret service was not the only service of
its kind which operated effectively dur
ing the war.
Plot after plot was circumvented by
American agents. Capt. Franz Papen
wrote of us as those idiotic Yonkees.
little thinking that we should give his
opinion Of US TO the world, and turn the
la'lgk on Inn and his government.
The fO the