Evening star., 1928-10-21

| Stieber laShed his poor horses up
| the street of the border town until
| he turned corner out of sight of the
angry mob He kept on whipping his
horses for several blocks until he turn
/ ed another corner.
Then still with as much speed as
he could force out of his nags he
drove straight back over the border
into Bohemia again to get ahead OF
the mob returning to their homes.
Finally he finished his work; return
ed to Berlin; washed, put on court
dress. pinned on all his decorations
and presented his report to the King
and his generals.
Field Marshal Won Moltke, famous
chief of the Prussian Army, read the
report. Coming from him, what he
said of Stieber was indeed praise.
If I had gone myself" Won Moltke
said, II could not have better prepared
the ground for our military invasion
of Austria"
And at the battle of Sadowa the truth
Of these words was driven home to
Austria when she lost her chance to
wrest from Prussia the leadership of the
coaleScing German States.
But before the King of Prussia
should become the Emperor Of united
Germany, there were other German
states to subdue. So Stieber was as
signed to Survey" Saxony in the same
way he had surveyed Bohemia His
which he did the job.
Luxembourg was next.
Then came the turn of still other
states And with each visit the power
of Prussia grew.
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MEANWHILE his spies Of the interior
service were keeping him so excel
lently informed Of the doings of every
parsonage at the court that they sue
ceeded only too well in their job. For
many men soon found their importance
threatened by the fact that Stieber
knew too much about them.
Whereupon they dropped fighting
each other and united to oust Stieber.
even the King was constrained to yield
| somewhat. He called Stieber.
THE Gar of Russia has been urging
me to lend you to him for while, "
he said to him. II am reluctant to
spare you even for short period. But
| perhaps even in Russia you may be Of
service to me-"
Stieber did not need to be told what
that service would be. He was to use
his eyes at the court of the Gear and
not always in behalf of the Gar.
Stieber went to st. Petersburg and
in few months organized the famous
Secret Service Of Czarist Russia, which
lasted up to the revolution of 1917.
Then Stieber demonstrated that he
could attend equally to individual prob
lens. A royal princess-let us call her
Zenia--was embarrassing the Cars
court by her exceedingly frank love
| affairs
Stieber had his Russian agents do a
little spying with German thorough
ness.
Then Princess Zenia found to her
distress that all her lovers began Sed-
ulously keeping away from her. She
cornered an officer who had been most
ardent.
What has happened?" she demand
ed. "A week ago couldn't get rid of
you. Now I can't get you to come near
mel"
Even as she said this the man was
edging out of the room.
1.-THE devil take that Stieber!" be
swore. Everything want kept secret
he has found out. And If am seen in
the same street with you 1t will be all
over with mel"
Not long after that Princess zenia
acceded to highly respectable mar
riage, recommended to her by the Gear,
and thereafter, at least publicly, she OBJ
served the conventions.
AS in Prussia, Stieber again succeeded
only too we'll in Russia. For the police,
whose power was being supplanted by
the secret service Stieber had organized
began to plot. For the time the duel
of intrigue between them and Stieber
must have been fascinating. But, like
the small dog who in his own backyard
can beat bigger dog, the Russian
police beat Stieber.
But only to the extent of cutting his
visit short. For the CZar lavished as
I,parting gifts on him the Order OF