Evening star., 1929-09-01
The Z1mA <zhont 1zmeymQm Spies During the HVorMHbm

in time had much to do with It, from boeh
moral and military standpoints.
For nearly 100000 allied troops from the
French front had rolled unmolested through
the Mount Gems tunnel to check the defeat, and
10 years later certain American was ~
minded Of this fact when he received the star
Of q Commander Of the Crown OF Italy.
American secret service has never received
due credit for getting through to Marshal Foch
one of several warnings of the date and place
Of the last great German offensive Of July Is,
1918, about which the allies knew so much that
it was doomed to failure even before 1t started.
Thanks to the work Of the Americans, the
news crossed Switzerland in record time.
A great place, Switzerland, where queer fish
fished in queer waters, and no one trusted
any one.
INTRIGUE did not die at the armistice, nor
did the German secret service few days
afterward Won x gathered all his agents about
him and delivered little speech whose bur
den was: Don't be downhearted
Arms, he said had failed to put Deutschland
Uber Allies, but other means might succeed.
For the next few years the other MEANS po-
: litical and economic, would be tried. Then, per-
haps another war would be fought.
Later q German lady came to the American
legation to ask for job there as interpreter
Investigation showed the brother had been an
oberleunant in the 11lth German Infantry.
He had come recently to Bern, where he lived
with pro-German Swiss family whose ad-
dress had been cover for German secret
correspondence. His sister" made business
Of getting jobs for German officers recently
discharged from the army. The republic It
seemed, was following in the footsteps Of the
empire.
They were still at It in June, when Won x
managed all German secret work In Switzer-
land, with q staff reduced but not demobilized.
Some Of them were high In Swiss society, an
interesting roster Of diplomats, special ENJOYS
and well known journalists, Swiss, Russians,
South Americans. Poles and some Hungarians
then very eminent In their country's affairs, to
whom Won x passed German marks.
Won x had one lieutenant whose Job was 10
make trouble for the peace conference by
spreading bolshevism in France and Italy. The
sideline Of gentleman Of title I'm Italy was
to make q propaganda campaign against
France. This sinister crew included o prince,
a rag-picker an old-clothes dealer good ex-
cuses on Investigations, bank employe (tte
password to whom was Prom Tante Lina,"),
q photograph enlarger (useful for passpoFts),
former curate and q renegade Belgian
How American spies forecast the end of the
war.
How they learned, q month before the armi-
stice, that the Kaiser would abdicate
How secret agents knew the Kaiser would
flee to Holland
How allied spies helped start the German
revolution.
How they kept the German republic from
bolShevism
Why and how American spies worked harder
after the armistice than they did before.
n-fi ar1inc ,knA f4n~
many's withdrawal from the peace conference
These fascinating stories are disclosed in the
next article in this series Of revelations about
the American spy system appearing In The
Stars Magazine next Sunday.
tcopyright. 1929,