Show ESPIONAGE 11 IN FRANCE FIUME tire tho spy system as aa observed by a 0 visitor in paris A L city wooi anil and TI tin ir mu alito arn are constantly riding uni mill bogging I 1 the lie root foot ktelis of foreigners 1 on Str strangers angera the republic is no ito freer than previous pu french re regimes gilli sas ny a writer in the philadelphia times from tills this deep taint 0 of what the french c 11 ardise never before nt at tiny liny period pel iod of frances history lii story hua has tile reign of 0 been so bo widespread and I 1 ab nb solute in I 1 paris aris ns its now teiei 0 has been latterly Litt Lily much t discussion in ili the worlds world s press of tho the extraordinary ctr degree to which oili cial espionage espo nage obtains lit ITI pus ins sla bia und and very int cresting details have been on alio subject I 1 lain sun now tit in a n position to that alia in ili aaris 1 ito do riot not say throughout the whole of francc lra this meshes of the detective riot not tire lire woven even more closely round thu the entire population than lias has evor evir boon been the caso case in ili st petersburg evidence of tills fact might easily eally be found in ili tin tho secret history story lii of the I 1 out longist conspiracy sp iracy froin broin first to last every detail of f this his move movement was vuis lanom vil to t alie he p oil co more than three fourths of tin t 1 I 1 being be iny informers in 01 inci s tho the instant you an hi tit nt a paris station you yon are tit in the midst of spies t you tire are driven to akotel if in ditc itc acab lb in half an 11 hour tho the cabman will ill furnish furni sli the police with tiny any particulars lie may have been able to gather concerning your position destination business etc arrived at yot our r hotel you become the object of serl tiny as close as it is secret on oil the part of divers persons who though attached it to the place in ili tile capacity of manager or cashier or even porter poi tor or boots are arc in reality en enrolled rolle I 1 soldiers of the great detective army and here I 1 may mention a special characteristic act of the ir fr eccli bench detective ts ten its faculty of recruiting adlie adherents rents in all classes of r society french spies for the most part are arc not simple spies and nothing more they have hi c a trade or occupation occupation of their oiin to shiell they seem wholly and f E devoted dented while w liili yet assiduously puri jur tub ab rosa roba their spying u pecking gorAn aln paris liaa has dinner tit nt his hotel served by it waiter who as it a matter of course Is tile pay of tile police and will ivill subsequently report to them what conversation ili lie overhears during g tile meal ito ho then sallies forth primed with a glass or two of fine champagne for an evenings amusement of the true Pari parisian sinn sort bort first lie ho repairs to one of tit alio brilliant boulevard playhouses play houses A few r stalls away from litin sits n gentlemanly looking man with steady eudy fet observant eyes who alio glances now and again at I 1 our ur friend in such a way as tu to make the latter think 1 I wonder where ive soon heen that man before lie ile never lias has feen him before but it enter ili his licad head for a moment to suspect the man mail of being what lie really is a police spy The play over there is ju jut just t time for half an hours stroll under tile horse chestnuts in the 1 ardin de to V taris aris hero here antic nine tenths of the attendants are either cither spies or scalps scamps or may indeed be both at once for french police authorities ahre not very squeamish in choosing their instruments and see heem to have a sort of preference for scoundrels over oer others their theory runs that the greater villain ti a man is the alic better spy lie will malce make moreover tit alie 0 most efficacious enica cious means of keeping g a man under spy surveillance survell lanco is to have him become a spy himself for spies spy upon each eacle other quite as much as on tile alie rest of mankind hut but our foreigner finishes up the e evenin ing by turning into the cafe ameri caino caine for supper where lie ili has for next door neighbor it a seductive young woman with whom lie he enters into conversation she lias has a sweet donile displays two rows of glittering teeth rind and puts many questions to him concerning franco france and the french naturally enough our visitor ini imagines agines this is all done out of that bright easy gallic politeness lie admires so BO much for how is he to know that every word avord lie ho lias has said in reply will come to the car 0 of f tho the police not later than the following afternoon if our friend bo be fond of sport he be will soon bo be finding ills his way ivay to the racecourse con r so near tile the capital and into the hae carat clubs with which paris a inbounds find and here lie will be hourly in contact with police spies epics in greater numbers than there are arc racers on the alic course breard or cards sin in th the pack epack and so alic gamo goes on in every sphere of 0 paris life and society |