Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08

Others like them to desert If they needed
money word to some allied secret service
usually provided it,
Part OF the German revolution was Matched
In a certain inn in Hamburg, rendezvous for
reVoutloEaries some of whom were desperate
men 1t was an underground railway station.
whence they struggled out of Germany and on
10 ships for Denmark information how plans
were progressing, and any brethren who were
too closely pursued by the Germans
Allied secret services knew the password
admitting to Shslter, but let their agents use
1T only If in great danger So it happened
that several owe their lives to a rather long
German compound word which, fortunately
they were able to pronounce
One German American almost lost his life
Tor the German revolution. For long he led
precarouS life in Amsterdam as an agent for
British and Americans. He published under
cover or his Office a revolutionary propaganda
paper. In its columns the German deserter in
immediate charge poured forth the vials of
MS wrath upon his late masters in words that
cracked. The Germans tried by every means
to find the source whence these germs psne-
trated their body polite. They finally sue
ceeded.
n June. 1918, this evil propaganda paper ap-
peared somehow in Germany with an ar
tlcle procaiming in type that screamed the
oHenSives that were to have won the war for
Germany.
In three months the paper said the Ger
man casualties had been no less than 840OoO
The German offensive had failed to win the
war, the allies were stronger than ever, Amerj-
cans were landing in France 100000 a month
A picture of looming defeat.
This must stop, said the German counter
espionage. Their secret service in Holland must
get the editor. They did
one morning the editor did not come to the
office. He had been kidnapped into Germany
All you can do is hope that his revolution
came soon enough afterward to save his life
The American secret service had a chance
TO start another propaganda newspaper, under
a rather distinguished editor furnished by what
might be called windfall. That is to say. the
editor came from the air. He was Prof Ncolai
not related to the chief of German espion-
age-a well known German pacfst who had
escaped from Germany in an airplane with
three other revolutionistS seeking food and
welcome in Denmark
1t was as tangled as most secret service
matters. The aviators had been told it was
the famous Karl Liebnecht they were to aid
I'd escape. When Prof. Nicolai appeared
they almost declined to start. The German
secret service Swallowed them all over Dem
mark. and tried by hook or crook to scare
or kidnap THIN back into Germany before
ehSF NHuid Sel III t0ucn with allied agents
especially the rich Americans The sum mem
tionsd was 5000 marks apiece
AT whatever price, the Germans bribed one
OF Prof Nicolai's companions to get them
all on Danish ship that was to be wav-
laid by German submarine that would take
the rest back to Germany and prison But
before the ship sailed they were interviewed
by IAN American journalist" who preached
the idea of their all going to the United States
as guests of its intelligence service, to which
In return they would doubtless tell all thew
knew, Those sturdy revolutionists knew their
worth. end. like some college foot ball PLAYERS
wanted scholarships and jobs" The AMER
cans wondered how much they knew. after
al, and finally dropped them
Prof Nicolai meanwhile, was discussing with
the Americans his editing propaganda news
paper to be delivered to some of his colleagues
N Germany by the long distance airplanes he
heard the allies were competng-as indeed
hey were
He wrote some pacifst pamphlets for Use in
Germany, but the German government finally
succeeded in getting the Danes to muzzle him,
.though thsir efforts to extradite him failed
lie predicted the German revolution three
~""thS before it began.