The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-06

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Writes Propaganda Against tn
French.
| One of the most curious lives of ad
venture has just been unveiled in Paris
when the French government issued s
decree Of expulsion against the Bene
dictine priest, Victor Bede, alias Glen
ent Deltour, alias Geza Baracs, ar
Austrian subject, who the French pc
lice claim, Is a notorious international
spy.
The life of this man, better known
as Baracs, can easily rival any novel
lists creation. He is still at large In
France, although he was thrice ex-
PEELED as an undesirable alien and has
been imprisoned many times. accord
ing to police statements.
Born at Budapest or Ropolya on
May %, 1862, Geza Baracs entered a
monastery when young, but soon dis
carded his religious robes After years
of international vagabondage Baracs
finally was expelled from Belgium as
a crook In 1898, but calmly entered
France.
Here for year he was well-known
figure at all resorts, but complaints
piled up to such an extent that France
was forced to throw him out the fol-
lowing year. Then Baracs disappeared
from view for many years, but reap
peared in official eyes at the outbreak
Of the World war
Friends Keep Him in France.
He was then living at Lepecq, which
Is at the edge of Paris, with - wife,
a German woman, German maid, two
daughters and q son, born after vari-
Gus intrigues. When war was declared
he was known as Clement DeltOur
editor of an important magazine de-
voted to questions of diplomacy Due
to prominent friends Deltour managed
to obtain permission to remain In
France, although an Austrian subject.
He rushed home the first day of the
war and took his whole family on a
motor trip to Mers-les-bains, where he
them in villa. Returning to
Paris after obscure dealings, Deltour
to obtain the post of an in
terpreter to the first court martial of
the military government in Paris. Au-
gust 10, 1914
After few months In his new posi-
rested near a military school In the
center of Paris. Being left alone with
the spy for few minutes, observers
overheard Deltour giving him valuable
advice and confidential information
After that he was watched carefully.
In October, 1914, Deltour asked for
l ten days leave of absence In order
% visit friends In Paris. This was i'm
nediately granted In order to see what |
lie would do First he went to visit his |
'amily then he entered the zone of |
military operations and then he re- |
urned to his family. The night he ar
lived home he was arrested and i'm
,risoned on the charge of entering the |
rmy zone without permission, Illegal
Y wearing decorations. At that time
was found he had $1,000 In his peck
It's. He WAS sentenced to years
in the town of Orleans
nd fined $40.
While in Orleans new charges were
xamined which claimed that he had
ntered the service as interpreter to
py-his relations with the enemy,
of military secrets, In
diligence with the enemy by using
Ignal kites and destruction Of impor-
ant papers-but these failed, owing to
he lack Of definite proof However,
fter his years Imprisonment Deltour
as sent to a concentration camp In
ne south Of France near Aries.
Brides Way Out OF Camp.
There one thought remained-es-
ape. BY brides he obtained false
allan passport and a peasants dis
Use. A strange wire reached the
amp too late, signed Malvy, the ia
GUS confederate of Caillaux, who was
larged with treason during the war,
skiing that Deltour be exchanged as a
vii prisoner for Frenchman interned
Germany. Although too young for
lch an exchange, he managed to
lange the date of his birth on the rec
d and his name appeared mysteri- {
lsly on the list Of exchange prisoners {
hich was drawn up by government {
ficials.
By this method Of bribing he was {
lily sent to the Swiss frontier and
lowed to enter Germany. Reaching
unich, Deltour rejoined his wife and ! i
ildren and became member Of the d
.rman propaganda service. In this t
pacity he wrote a large volume Of
) experiences In Paris during the c
lr, which was filled with lies and
tired against France. About 10000 a
pies of this book were distributed by a
e government along the German $
ont lines. He wrote for newspapers II
d lectured daily for the purpose of
spring German soldiers to destroy
e French race.
now under the name of h
,rr Doktor Baracs Deltour, his pa O
otism reached the point of incloslng p
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