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Show v S II rf I I m Miu iirtN a . :v-' m" v-n ' P - V' v. " Mata Hari, the Stage Name of Marguerite Zclle, Who Delighted Paris with the '' ; f ' 1 . v - Art of Dancing Learned in Buddhist Temple. , ,: -"--c-rV' Astoniskm Career of tlie Fascinating 1; - ! '..' " ' ''fliif IPife? ' Dancer of Dutck-Oriental KHf;;:: , ; ' Sflf0Mt0M$A BirtliHow Ske Fooled " . Allied (Jthcers and , telSSSiiftfc: Sold tlie Secrets ; .:, 'Jlil kY:;&?&Shm& rtI la WWT,J Exited f '"V, - V - k,:V-V OT tlie 1 anKS tO in France. I , v. ' V-'- ' P8'-: Germany Before . fS . : ' , - : 4 - ,:i -.-rr-'i the Pecret Po"t - V '. iV i"--yr- ;'.--c''--.---v iJT-;. ' Labelled J C A , , with i , ; j photo 0y DCrVlCC Atf ttltS Words- . j One o the British 'Tanks" About to Go Into Action. Mata Hari Betrayed the & "Spy. f 11 Y ? ' 11 3 Secrets oi Their Construction to Germany. f I f -J TT A j k i ,''4? I "11 T)! PA f. I ei Traitor . ."- t: 5 . I TrrHEN Mata nivt, the Dutch-Oriental This was in the iwiod immediately pre- i ittJJCU Country" ' ' A;U;.i;c V--:; r.. v V anc?r before the bullets of ceding the war, when German imperial . o : v : . " - ' - the French firing party at Vin- agents were- spending millions in the at- Jk v:.'.. .-: ..... . ..-: 'C'Ti .- v.. " - Ceiines the other day, there passed one of tempt to make France subservient to their The Interesting Half Oriental Face of Mata Hari. ?:'- T .h: ry.Li'.i.iW: - -v '"' the most sinister, brilliant and fascinating plans. Mata'llari's charms and cosmopolitan 4 , t? -v ': s. r. , $ . figures of the war. experience attracted one of these Germans, -"-- -. . " y ' ! 'i : : -. .. - ..-v . . 1 After a long trial and two appeals. Mata a noted financier living in Paris. He estab- , .--i?w";. .'1;-' r -.v .- o" i ' : v' ? -. .-.v..-1 Hari was convicted of delivering the secrets lished her in a charming little villa in the y. " " . ' . . 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A cosmopolitan V- 4 -v -a v , s v"N. . h-vax-. -- s. a- : :':;-:,s -3 iJg and clever. crowd of men. including some Americans, ." -.v. ', . ' a " w , t .--.! t-$ ' ?.. . woww"- . ; ; ,aa -... a; Mata Hari's maiden name was Marguer- gathered at her lively parlies. Among them i x v V,. v ' , r ' 1 ite Zelle. She ivas born in the Dutch colony was a prominent young French banker, the . . - - ' v ' tS , . .K.r.v.!v :;: v . of Java, the daughter of a wealthy Dutch brother-in-law of a former French Minister -C- i" Wir- V- ' ,.a-SkMtu( . w: x- -- -.a..: -j planter and of a native Javanese woman. of Finance. This young man fell desperate- v . . s, ;.-S-t , X Her father died when she was a child, and ly in love with Mata Hari. lie offered her a . - . f' ' . to obtain this without slowly building up the evidences oi her her mother, knowing too well the fate that chateau and other luxuries surpassing anv- . ; , : . v" , dittuultj. lheie the guilt. f .. , r i ,c . ,,. ,, . ., ri ii -ii j ' : ' F.w.v. . ; secrets of the tanks Karlv tins Spring she came before the usually awaits girls ol half-caste parentage thing that the German had provided, and ........,.. ,: , ,T;r-:-.., . . , ... , , . . , , 1 i - . e 1 b '; .' . .rM ' - ; : were transmitted bv Parisian public as a dancer, her urst appear-in appear-in the East, placed her m a Buddhist temple. she succumbed to his offer. . ' 'V ' wireless to Germany."" anee afier a long interval spent in intrigue There she became a bayadere, a dancer After a brief period of this intrigue, the Xg XV'?.- ' ' '' In June, the allied and dissipation. Rather surprisingly, tlie sacred to the faith. banker's wife appealed to her brother, the . V' V" ' ' -' offensive on the Sornme Parisian police ordered her performances to She grew up with a superbly graceful former minister, to help her. TIeinvesti- s, , " bo"nn- thc hefl,;ift- be' stopped on the ground that they were au figure and a face which while not strictly gated, and finding that his brother-in-law . Idow yet attempted by offense against publ.e order. Veantiful, was highly interesting. She also had been using a bank's money to supply , ' combined bntish and I ns action was merely a c oak to coxcr acquired the skill as a dancer and the art of his favorite with luxuries, he exposed him, -s . . - VT 1 Lo i o "P i VT n P T "t 7, ul adorning herself in Oriental ways that after- with the result that the sinner was sent to . . . - ' a" l Z C ! against Mata Han. I wo weeks late, the One o the British '"Tanks" About to Go Into Action. Mata Hari Betrayed the Secrets oi Their Construction to Germany. TrrHEN Mata nan, the Dutch-Oriental A dancer, fell before the bullets of the French firing party at Vin-Ceiines Vin-Ceiines the other day. there passed one of the most sinister, brilliant and fascinating figures of the war. After a long trial anil two appeals, Mata Hari was convicted of delivering the secrets of the "tanks"' to Germany, and of many shameless acts of espionage and treachery. 1 All her life she had passed in ruining and fascinating men. In her early youth she had conceived an overwhelming ambition to rule the other sex. Her greed for gold was insatiable. in-satiable. As a spy she was wonderfully dar-Lig dar-Lig and clever. Mata Hari's maiden name was Marguerite Marguer-ite Zelle. She was horn in the Dutch colony of Java, the daughter of a wealth)' Dutch planter and of a native Javanese woman. Her father died when she was a child, and her mother, knowing too well the fate that usually awaits girls of half-caste parentage in the East, placed her in a Buddhist temple. There she became a bayadere, a dancer sacred to the faith. She grew up with a superbly graceful figure and a face which while not strictly teautiful, was highly interesting. She also acquired the skill as a dancer and the art of adorning herself in Oriental ways that afterwards after-wards made her a brilliant success on the stage. While she was dancing in a temple festival, festi-val, a Dutch army officer of Scotch descent, named Macleod, fell in love with her. He purchased her release from the temple priests and married her. According to some authorities Campbell Macleod was the heir of a Scotch baronetcy and at one time his wife called herself "Lady Macleod." Their married life was a stormyone, but lasted for several years, with interruptions. They had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy . died and the mother shot a man she suspected sus-pected of poisoning him. The scandal caused by this tragedy and the lack of mmioy, for she had used up all her husband's fortune, and other circumstances, circum-stances, made her feel that it was time to abandon tlie East. She left her husband and went to Paris. There she adopted the Javanese Jav-anese name ".Mata Hari," meaning "Star of tlie Morning," and went on the stage as a dancer. She gave adaptations of the dances she had learnt in the temple and won an immediate success. London, Berlin and Petrograd, as well as Paris, applauded her performances. This was in the period immediately preceding pre-ceding the war, when German imperial agents were spending millions in the attempt at-tempt to make France subservient to their plans. Mata Hari's charms and cosmopolitan experience attracted one of those Germans, a noted financier living in Paris. He established estab-lished her in a charming little villa in the Rue Saint James. Xeuilly-sur-Seine. At this point poor Macleod came to Paris to persuade his wife to return to him. AVhen he found the slate of affairs lie took to drink and fell into the gutter. Mata Hari's society was not monopolized by her German admirer. A cosmopolitan crowd of men. including some Americans, gathered at her lively parlies. Among them was a prominent young French banker, the brother-in-law of a former French Minister of Finance. This young man fell desperately desperate-ly in love with Mata Hari. He offered her a chateau and other luxuries surpassing any- . thing that the German had provided, and she succumbed to his offer. After a brief period of this intrigue, the banker's wife appealed to her brother, the former minister, to help her. He investigated, investi-gated, and finding that his brother-in-law had been using a bank's money to supply his favorite with luxuries, he exposed him, with the result that the sinner was sent to prison for two years. The action taken by the former French minister is believed to have given Mata Hari the fierce desire for revenge that led to her later acts of espionage and treachery against the allies. In the Spring of 1916 the English and French were preparing their great offensive on the Somme, which they hoped would end the war, in combination with simultaneous attacks by the Russian and Italian armies. For use in this offensive the English had been preparing the famous "tanks," the one great surprise, the one original feature they have introduced in the la; d war. The English had spent, mouths building these weapons, and their construction was surrounded with the utmost secrecy that it. was possible to imagine. Ma, a Hari was in Paris when she heard that the tanks were under construction. According to one account, ac-count, she obtained her information from a French deputy. She then told her friends that she was going on a trip to Holland to settle affairs with her husband, from whom she was obtaining ob-taining a divorce. She went, to Holland by way of England, however, and iher- ' i " "Co'pyrlcht, Mata Hari, the Singe Name of Marguerite Zclle, Who Delighted Paris with the Art of Dancing Learned in Buddhist Temple. .Astonishing Career of the Fascinating Dancer of Dutch-Oriental j BirthHow She Fooled Allied Officers and :Tr Sold the Secrets p ' X A. 1 " J Exited I " ' ox the 1 anks to inFr. s , v"" After w . f . 58 Germany Before - 1 , - ' the Decret , " ' Labelled ( .; - -i - a- . , Q ' A With t Service Agents ws: , . -Spy. f Trapped Her TAr L L Country." jf '.-.sr- "V..V,"Y..i J .: -A.vAi, . :. a- -: The Interesting Half Oriental Face of Mata Hari. "'' '' ' ' " : ; . ' pears to have spent much time trying to obtain ob-tain information about the construction of the tanks. She returned to Taris and was frequently frequent-ly seen with a young English officer in cafes and other resorts. This did not excite, much remark, for British officers have become noted as the liveliest persons in Paris, since Frenchmen have become serious. A month or so later she appeared before a police magistrate mag-istrate in Paris and applied for a safe conduct con-duct to visit a certain port, in France. She said that she wished to visit her fiance, a wounded British officer, who was lying in hospital there. Now, the port in question was the one at which the first consignment of the new-tanks new-tanks arrived from England. She had failed to obtain all the information she wished from her English officer acquaintance, acquaint-ance, but having learnt from him where tlie tanks could first be seen, she had gone there to complete her work. She returned to Paris once more, and her next act was to apply for a passport enabling enab-ling her to go to Spain. Her sympathetic i. .,,.; r.vn.alU ,."" ''l-.cil her ID17, bythe Star Company. Grtiat Britain nights Kei . to obtain this without dittieulty. 1 here the ; secrets of the tanks : were transmitted by wireless to Germany. In June, the allied offensive on the Somme .. ' began, the heaviest. ia- ' blow yet attempted by combined British and - French forces. The tanks then came into action for the first time, fhey proved a great success and helped to clean up many German trenches. To the higher officers, however, thero were some disquieting facts in the way the Germans defended themselves against thc tanks. For this purpose the Germans em-ployed em-ployed artillery of a different kind from that which they had lately used at the front. The tanks were frequently struck by armor-piercing armor-piercing shells aimed at that part of tlie armor covering the motor. These facts indicated in-dicated that the Germans knew in advance of the construction of the tanks and had worked out the best method of disabling them. This observation was one link in the long chain that finally led to Mata Hari's conviction. convic-tion. During the Summer and "Winter she continued con-tinued to lead her life of gayety and intrigue in-trigue in Paris. She enjoyed every luxury in a war-torn capital, where many, even of the wealthiest persons, had been reduced.-to distress. Her spy-work brought her unlimited un-limited money and she became intoxicated with prosperity. The agcuts of the secret service were, however, ou her tuaok and were served slowly building up the evidences oi her guilt, Early this Spring she came before the Parisian public as a dancer, her first appearance appear-ance afier a long interval spent in intrigue and dissipation. Rather surprisingly, tlie Parisian police ordered her performances to be' stopped on the ground that they were au offense against public order. This action was merely a clonk to cover up the serious steps that had been taken against Mata Hari. Two weeks later the announcement, was suddenly made that Mata Hara had been tried by court martial and condemned to death for espionage. That was on August 13. The dancer made a desperate tight for her life. She summoned every influential friend she had known in prosperity to help her. One of the best lawyers in Paris, Fdouavd Clunet, defended her. She obtained ob-tained an appeal, but the sentence was confirmed con-firmed by the Review Court on September 28. and later ratified by the Supreme Court, Every appeal having been exhausted, the sentence of the court martial had to be carried car-ried out. Half an hour before dawn she was taken from her cell at St. La.are, placed in an automobile between two officers and driven to the garrison town of Vin-cennes. Vin-cennes. two miles from Paris. The execution execu-tion took place at sunrise, according to military mili-tary tradition. The scene was 1hr court, yard of the old casile. Tlie prisoner was placed in a chair against a high wall wilh her eyes blindfolded. Twenty soldiers faced her. and at the word of command v:i-d their rtf.es and fired into her breast. Thus Mata Hari ended her troublous life. |