Show Mystery in Life Lif of Woman Executed as Spy Rev aled u PARIS April 20 AP APA AP-A A A mystery mystery mys mys- tery Involving Mata Hari woman spy has Just been solved The mystery was the identity of the war minister his name beginning with M I and ending with Y who wrote gallant epistles to the mystic Danseuse executed in October 1917 for espionage For years ears the enemies of Louis Malvy Mavy on once once e minister of or the interior Interior interior Inte inte- had implicated him but now Adolphe Messimy l former minister of war admits that intrigued by the beautiful spy dancer-spy he wrote the letters which she cherished until until until un un- un- un til they were seized at her arrest It was beIt believed ved by some that the senate which Malvy l of having haYing communication with the enemy and exiled him to Spain knew the authorship of the letters but other persons declared that they did not figure in his tion l Messimy's s admission Is contained in a letter to Mme Severing a Socialist So So- writer who in tn some way had learned that he was the author of the notes to Mata l Hari Harl The letter says You ask me to to bear witness s to to clear up an enigma and soften a 3 sadness You think this testimony may contribute to 1 lessen ss n the hateful hateful hate hate- ful vehemence of adversaries at at- at I tacking my friend and old colleague M. M I. I Malvy l You recall to me that the French alwa always s 's have been most Indulgent for the faults which brought l Fran Francis lan lancis cis I and the meaning Henry IV a good part of their pop pop- I know also that not only Frenchmen but blit perhaps French Frenchwomen Frenchwomen women are even more devoid of all tolerance and all aU amenity for the theman theman theman man who vho seeks to escape flattering advances tempting and direct of a woman woman above all If she is is' famo famous s and and beautiful Nevertheless that Is the true true story of my relations with Matl Mati Hari Harf During many months fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen years ago she by byall all the means of seduction which knew to employ In incomparable fashion tried to acquire the right to call herself my mistress I found her charming but full of mystery and just as enticing as she was dis dis- dis- dis quieting I had the impudence not only to tell her that but to write It to her Mata Mala Hari Harl was declared by some persons to be bo Dutch Others claim she was Japanese She was convicted convicted con con- of conveying to the Ger- Ger mahs the secret bf of the construction construction construction tion of off fl entente Hanks and died be before before be- be fore rore a firing g squad squa in on on the parn parade Je grounds rounds at |