Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11

waiting hours was marked off into
countries and the lines of demarcation
were being daily changed by Napoleon
himself
He handled kings and queens,
knights, bishops and castles with -
little regard for them as for the mil
lions Of pawns that moved at his COM
mand.
He made the rules of the game, he
changed them at need and at the
time Schulmeister came to his hand
was winning practically every game he
started.
His most dangerous opponent was
| England. He looked over his chess
board and saw that in back of Eng
land was Ireland with its ancient
grudge against its overlords in London,
He called for Schulmeister.
60 to Ireland and report to me
how much / can count on the Irish.
Then go to England and survey land
| ing there for me-
There is little record of Schulmeis-
ter's mission across the Channel. But
Napoleon must have found Schulmeis-
ter highly satisfactory, for we next hear
of the spy on the eve OF what history
| has made familiar as the great Aus
| terlitZ campaign.
Most generals would be satisfied If
they knew how many men and guns
the enemy had and where they were
placed: For Napoleon such 1nforma-
| ton was incomplete. He knew that
given the same number OF chesSmen
| and the same position a champion
would do much more with them than
| novice.
1t was important to know therefore
what kind Of mind the opponent had,
its weaknesses as well as Its strength,
the stable elements in the mans char
acter as we'll as the pranks human ma
ture so often plays startlingly out OF
character.
Napoleon already knew his current
opponent, the Austrian Field Marshal
Mack. His next move was to assign
Schulmeister to play Napoleon's game
| for him on Marshal Mack's own side
of the board, at his very elbow, literally
so.
In the no-mans ISLAND between the
| French and the Austrian Armies there
| took place one morning soon after
familiar little scene.
A French patrol urgently escorted a
man to the outpost of their camp and
booted him out. The Austrians on
| the other side received the man ana
| the Sentries questioned him.
| told them he was a Hungarian; that
the French suspected him of spying
the only reason they didn't shoot him
was that they had no real evidence
against him; so they kicked him out.
But / must say they did me more
than Justice" he laughed Because
if they had shot me not even st. Peter
would have blamed them"
You mean that you really spied on
them?" asked the sentry.
The man drew himself up with quiet
pride. I'm a Hungarian. My c ,
! try Is at war with the French. Since
/ found myself in the enemy camp,
with freedom to roam everywhere, why
shouldn't use my eyes, ears and what
intelligence I have on behalf OF my
country?"
well, what did you learn over
there?" carelessly asked the sergeant.
Schulmeister began to tell him. He
hadn't gone far before the sergeant
realized that his limited military ex-
perience could not assimilate all the
wealth of expert information that was
being poured out on him.
The sergeant passed Schulmeister on
to a lieutenant. The lieutenant. too,
| found himself sWamped and brought
Schulmeister to his captain.
The captain listened and took the
newcomer still higher up. This seems
to be case for the general staff" ne
said to his superior.
The general staff was at the great
headquarters in Vienna. There IL was
! that Schulmeister was finally prougnt
to Field Marshal Mack himself and TO
him he told some OF the Things ne
knew
Highly interesting true" was
Mack's reaction.
CPIES were sent out to check up
- Schulmeister's detailed report OF
conditions In Napoleon's camp; what
was brewing in Paris; what France, as
whole was in the mood to do; what
the English were planning. Schul-
meister told the spies where they could
find confirmation of his statements.
The spies came back with their re-
ports. They had had gratityingly
easy time in the French camp and
what they gathered there checked up
perfectly with the information ScnuI-
meiSter had brought.
Field Marshal Mack was elated.
II wish I could get more of the same
kind of wares" he said ,beamlng on
Schulmeister.
General, you can have more If you
WISH" Schulmeister said eagerly. l
don't dare go back mysel1-at least
not until they forget my face. But
I'm not the only patriot who has used
his eyes in the enemys camp, and /
know a dozen men, each in a key
position with whom can get in touch
and who will keep sending me reports
If you say the word"
Marshal Mack felt he had nothing