Evening star., 1921-04-25
GERMAN SECRET SERVICE DUPED
AND DOUBLE-CROSSED BY SPY
Clever Methods Used to Unearth Teutonic
Conspiracies and Disclose Plots
Described by Daniels.


should do so "spurlos versenkt"-
without leaving any trace-the gov
ernment of which you are a guest
is likely to feel as if its hospitality
were not wisely bestowed. And that
| is precisely what happened in Count
OF the Argentine gave him his pass
ports.
, So. since the count had to leave
even sooner than DR.. Brecht. he said
he would take the important dis
patches to Berlin himself
| The regret of DR.. Brecht that he
might not do this service for the faith
| land was even deeper than his words
betrayed. His regret that the count
must leave. under such circumstances.
possibly overshadowed the disap-
| poin;m-nt he felt at being denied the
| privilege of carrying messages to the
| imperial government.
| Burn German Club.
| The night of the day upon which
| Count LuXburg was given his pass
| ports DR.. Brecht dined at the Bis
! marck restaurant with some of his
| German friends He left for his home
| in the comp:sny Of one of them They
| had not gone far before their atten-
| ton was attracted by a glare on the
| night sky. which plainly Indicated
that hiS fire was raging not far
| away. Inquiry disclosed the fact that
| il was the German Club and that a
crowd of pro-aily students and others
had mohb-d this Teuton stronghold
and put the torch to it,
| The doctor and his friend hastened
back to the Bismarck to acquaint
| their companions with this alarming
d.velSpmsnt a.. in a serious situation.
70 the dismay and terror of the
friend. at least. they found the
restaurant had been raided by the
mob and completely gutted. Tables
| We're overturned and dishes were
| smashed. The patrons had fed to
seek refuge in their homes
discretion being the better part Of
! valor. DR.. Brecht and his friend did
likewise.
Then DIR. Br~cht Chuckled.
When the doctor was at last alone
| IN his room. with the door securely
closed and no fear of any listening
ear at the keyhole. there is good rea.
son 10 suspect he chuckled audibly
| He had had no share in the night1
riot1ns. of course. but the turn even6
! had taken plainly indicated that the
! menace of German conspiracy in the
argentine, as in Brazil, was now prac-
ticaily at an end.
The exposure of the charming and
clever Count Luxburg had accom-
pished its purpose. He. as the arch
! cohsP!rator. was leaving the country,
ana his fellow plOtters would be COM
, p>ii. u " scatter or lie low.
All OF which, as the reader NAV
have guessed. was very much to the
liking OF the eloquent DR.. Brecht He
nad only one real regret. to wit:
+ fhat the count had been exposed too
soon to permit him carrying out his
plan Of becoming the trusted courier
| of important secret dispatches for
Berlin. If those dispatches had ben
gwen to the doctor l have every oc-
cas'on to believe we in Washington
mlfEt nave learned some Interesting
, things about enemy plans.
! Not the Only Secret Service.
! ! nave told this story-one of not a
I few that might be told about naval
! tintellieence-in order that my readers
may realize Germany's loudly adver-
| used secret service was not the only
| service OF its kind which operated
effectively during the war
I Plot after plot was circumvented Nv
American agents. Capt. Franz Papen
Ywrote, of US as those idiotic Yam
/ KEGS. little thinking that we should
| give his opinion of us to the world
and turn the laugh on him ana his
! government.
| The Zimm erman note to the Ger
/ man ambassador in Mexico was an
other case of catching the plotters
! in their own trap. Undoubtedly Bern
! storff knew about it before it was
| Transmitted. Indeed we have mis- ld-
| mission Of knowledge. He under
! stood it's tremendous Importance. but.
/ with all the money and all the facil-
! tiles OF his far-reaching service of
| intrigue ne was unable to preven.
, its disclosure.
Dr. Brecht. who did such useful
! work for US in Brazil, in the Argen-
! tine. is an American of varied ac-
/ mplishments. He speaks Portu-
guese, Spanish and German with
| equal ease. Although Of an American
colonial family he had spent many
years in Germany was a doctor of
/ philosophy of Leipsic University. and
knew the German character and habit
Of thought thoroughly.
Hunts Out German Plots.
! When in February. 1917. war loomed
as a practical certainty he was en-
| rolled. at his own request, in naval
intelligence. and March 3, more tha n
! a month before we entered the strug-
gle. he sailed for Brazil, from which
country there had come rumors and
| reports of skeleton regiments Of Ger
man veterans, stores of ammunition,
and even submarine parts ready for
assembling when the hour for use
arrived. Secret naval bases and wire
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