The Republican journal., 1922-12-21
|HISS 7 ErIRY'S'
|hYS'T E:RIE:S
IDENTITY OF THE MAsTER-sPY

9.A
Wv who directed the operations of
be Germanic forces in the United
hates both before and during the
eriod of the World war?
n Was this parsonage a man with a
Bide- spread knowledge of American
Military procedure and an almost un-
|hnny sense of foresight, or was she
q woman, with all of woman's abil-
" to worm secrets from diplomatic
1rcles and untangle problems to
|thich she held but the slightest
Dues?
BIZ These, in brief, are the questions
Z0hich puzzled-and still puzzle-the
Daster minds of the United States
Rcret service and the officials of the
department of Justice connected with
|lAe defeating of Germanic propaganda
- this side of the Atlantic. That,
z zen after the deportation of Won
ernstorff and Won Papen, there was
Dme individual who directed the
ovements of the pro-Germans in the
nted States and Canada Is apparent
ON the very nature of the plans
hich they attempted to carry through
tplans which included the attempted
IMPORTATION of large number of dis
Dtisfied Hindus. the securing Of the
ans of the battleship Pennsylvania,
ne placing of time-bombs on several
Mrge United States transports, signal
- to sea from number Of Atlantic
Dorts and the financing of the famous
&Deace movement" to which a num-
ii of prominent Americans were in
U0ced to lend the power of their
mes
But in spite of the fact that gov
lament operatives engineered the ar
rcsts of several men ana at least two
women who were intimately connect
"a with high official circles In Ger
mony, the trail to the master-spy-
eoncealed under the cloak of the
61rgle letter III" was sufficiently well
hldden never to be completely uncov-
eSed
The closest approach TO the actual
location of this parsonage was in the
arrest of a self-styled baroness in
Immediately after this
tharming woman had succeeded in
penetrating TO the innermost secrets
& Fort Oglethorpe and a number of
lher important posts in the eastern
1ction of the country. In the pres
CQtation of the governments case at
re ensuing trial, the United States
1lstrict attorney made the following
gE"When war was declared between
france and Germany, the husband of
The baroness was en- route to Lon
1on While In the middle of the
Mediterranean, between Suez and
he made arrangements to
mo at the latter port and go from
ere to London instead Of continuing
voyage by way of Gibraltar.
owever, the Baroness sent him a
Eireless just before he reached Mar
eilles, advising him that war was
bout TO he declared and that 1t would
g better for him to remain aboard
Ihip When the ship touched Mar
4illes the baron offered $1,000 for
Il automobile to take him to the Ital-
~ frontier, but was unable to secure
q vehicle. He continued his voyage
I'D landed at Southampton on the
N following declaration of war with
Hermany. He was interned imme-
Mately and remained in camp for
4roe weeks, during which the
3arOness' intervened with a number
Il British officials and secured the re-
nse of her husband upon his promise
u an officer and a gentleman not to
fnke arms against England during
me war, pledge in which she
Mined
#"Shortly after his release from the
<ternment camp, the captain and his
lfe sailed for New York, cloaking
<eir identity under the mask of or
nary steerage passengers. The
hroness' has admitted that she had
Yen In almost constant communica-
pn with Germany, both by letter and
blegram, and that she had been on
rms of intimacy with several mem
RS of the kaiser's family"
but while-like Wolf Won Ingel, |
I'm Chandra, Robert Fay, Warner
prn and other German agents arrest |
in the United States, the Bar +
less" admitted the existence of a
lief who directed all the movements
the Teutonic forces In America
p maintained that she herself had
Idea as to his identity, for all her
tructions had been signed merely
th the single letter III"
Who was this "HY' Perhaps the
moirs of the kaiser or some of the !
her officials of the German govern
ent may eventually clear up this
Int, but, until then, it appears |.
stined to remain one Of the riddles
the war, covered by a veil of mys-
~ woven with true German eff
ency.