Show r r J r Spy System W iri Stat F Facts Facts' Un Uncovered Service Are re Here Revealed d 1 U. U S. S Secret Service Servit f Agents gents Th The information on which the articles on the tile Teut Teutonic mic spy system In the United States are based was obtained 1 in part from the evidence on which three seventy persons and corporations have been indicted in the federal courts for alleged violations of neutrality laws The evidence was was devel developed d by the United States secret service under Chief William WilliamJ J J. J J Flynn and the Investigators investigator of the department of Justice under A. A Bruce Bielaski Other material was obtained by personal Investigation Of the three seventy defendants forty five were indicted in New York The cases were developed by Roger B B Wood assistant United States district attorney in charge of the criminal department acting under the United States attorney H. H Snowden Marshall Of the forty five twenty six corporations and persons have been found guilty and fined a total of months' months imprisonment and Mr AIr Wood has ob obtained ain d convictions in every case put on trial Other assistant t federal attorneys handling the cases are d I B. B who has prepared in four months' months work the vast amount of 1 evidence dealing with Franz and his plans to stop the the export export of war supplies to the allies alUes John C G. Knox who prepared the evidence inthe in inthe in the Fay case and Harold A. A Content S A I I PLOT f By JOHN PRICE JONES f MERICA is the great background of the European war war M y Though troops of ot soldiers do not throng the streets and the is not stirred by scenes such as may be lie witnessed in ih almost almos every city on the continent a silent battle is being waged 1 here here ere ere-a a ba battle not visible t to the eye It i is a conf conflict of wits pf pf's of f s 's statesman ates pitted against statesman of secret agent striving to out his opponent of a belligerent nation for tor in this country the w war war- rJ ring nations a are e engaged in a game that may may- decide the great greatest sf war of th the ages And New York is the center of it all This city is the heart of the vast systems of espionage established by the battling nations t td ta pull p wires radiating throughout the country to watch and outwit th the d of the enemy to unearth their schemes and to checkmate them then in turn to carry out plans that will bring victory A diplomat famed for his grace of man manner 1 r and his finesse was the center recently of a group group of talented talented talented tal tal- tal- tal b business businessmen iness men and attractive attractive women at a a reception The conversation was turned deftly b bygone oyOne ot or the trie ladies hales to spies and ann secret service The woman wanted to know if if the diplomat had encountered an any spies I i I r Well remarked remark d the diplomat softly is I I used to tot to stop at the Hotel Grandeur when in New York but Baron mentioning a a diplomat of a nation with whom his country was at war per- per sted isted in lI having haying my luggage searched every day So I t moved ro the Hotel but I found Excellency things no better there I i you complain to the management he was asked Ah no not I tIt answered the statesman his eyes twinkling but I every time time the the baron stops at the Hotel Elaborate 1 I have his luggage luggage luggage lug lug- gage examined examine too tool Perhaps the diplomat was joking but in these days when a t th the destiny of nations is at stake it is likely that the ambassador was Vas speaking lightly of a game that may have hav cost him him many an hour hou r of of br Keenest anxiety Imagine the dismay of of another member of a an n ambassadors ambassador's staff who discovered one day a neatly tucked the ventilator of th r om where he di dictated dictate d correspondence that he did not dare to the mails but dispatched dispatched dispatched dis dis- patched by courier to his fore foreign offic office He He never told told who waat was wa wasa wasat S at a at the other end of that wire ire but the reader may be assured that tha t it t w was s not the tile ear of a friendly nation t Of these secret secret- service secret service systems the most elaborate and mos most t nearly Ip machine chi lik like is Germanys Constructed ted fed in the ho hours rs o of peace with the utmost care car and foresight it w was was s easily expanded d into a vast network so that if a representative of the allies sud sud- suddenly denly nl retraced d his st steps ps 9 or hal halted d when aroun around a corner he was almost sure to 10 Dump slump the me sums or of a Gen spy Secrets ret by Strategy The mailed fist of the kaiser stretched out beyond the ring of steel that encircled d Germany The glistening knuckles ckles have be been Men en apparent at times in In America but more often they have been adroitly hidden The glove of steel steel has given impetus to the delicately hand of a society woman lifted apparently in jest to taunt a reply from a statesman that would reveal rev reveal re re- v veal al some secret diplomatic move It has filled the hand of of the bribe giver in iu which h lay gold as a reward for information that would be of help to the fatherland It has directed the hand stealthy of the evildoer that placed a Jorch t torch to a factory or applied dynamite to a bridge in Canada over 1 which troops w were re m moving t to ship to the front In Flanders The mailed fist has been waved romantically In New Yorks York's elect Ayoung A Ayoung young German received in th the inner society circle of ot l was suspected sus sus- sus petted of being engaged in a mysterious line of work w work rk in behalf of the kaiser but he eluded the most skillful espionage He was a followed followed in desperation toa to toa a ball one night There he was observed to dance frequently with a young woman and between numbers he was overhead to ask the g girl rl to telephone a a message for him the next day The girl who had professed sympathy for Germanys Germany's cause gladly consented cons con's con con- s 's stinted and received the message in writing She had scarcely time to tuck it away in her lace kerchief before the music started for the next dance As the young and his partner were gliding gIlding over the floor they suddenly sudS sud sud- S denly came in sharp collision with another couple In the c confusion that ensued her kerchief fluttered to the floor and when wh n after afew a few seconds It It was returned to her the note was gone But the American agent had r the information that he had sought t so long 3 That glove of steel also may deal harshly with t the le men mep who risk so much much to support It A German reservist unable to get back to fight offered his s service for important work He reported almost daily to a countess lives not far from Fifth avenue and in the course of his work he han han- dIed considerable c money He had ample opportunity for spending money t and nd became acquainted with an artist artist in one of Broadways Broadway's most popular cabarets A spy may make love if it in doing so he be gains the information desired I lih l twit lW to W let Jet the passion conquer him is unpardonable This German loved and tamed lanced too much for the woman of his infatuation also was playing her game She won A Al e A Jeu vr Leafs ys after the German discovered his mistake his own wa was n sl t r nt Ly from a tree in Central park parle The rho barrel on on which body he lie had Jd c d arf ae he ne fastened tt the noose had rolled a few yards This fir first t time the reason of his suicide has been told away is the Play Pla for lor Big Stakes I These episodes picturesque in their lightness or dramatic in itt their intensity in in- suggest only mildly the stake for which th the Germans have been playing Bu But to one me who for 1 months has been watching the of the tIte great skein of daily dally unraveling mystery daring intrigue desperate undertakings and crime rime which the iron hand of gs Germany has woven or attempted to weave in iii this tiis country there has been presented with tragic gic force lorce the readiness with which Germans have ve th thrown own themselves Into the task outlined for them While one may regret that Germ Germans ns after taking the oath of allegiance to this tins country have ha offered themselves for such work and resent the intrusion sion of men who would really make the United States a part of the battle field of Europe one cannot but admire at times the daring I man agents spirit of oC the Ger Ger- I IFor For the stake in point of the booty of war and the I destiny of the nations II involved ed is almost unbelievable To Germany the carrying out of her mans 1 J 1 TI I A I II l' l r rw f I t tn w I n I P i it I Lr r l r i 4 p l LW 1 II II'S I S 'S I r 1 zV k I I hi in America A means virtually w world domination for victory would practically put her in the position pos of ot having conquered the world To the allies de feat means means' the crumbling of the Saxon Anglo supremacy and of her ideals of liberty and civilization While the game has been going on the the- American government has been active To the skill of the United States States' secret service headed by Chief William J. J Flynn always ys alert and apparently unruffled in the most trying crises and to A A. Bruce Bielaski head of the special agents of the department department department depart depart- ment of justice has fallen the task of seeing that the representatives of the different countries followed the American maxim Play fair play according according ac ac- cording to the rules of International law and the laws of ofala ala country To these men at times times' haye have come secrets of Intrigue and conspiracy that must have made them even ven as as It has the president almost tremble with the import of impending events that had to be forestalled Upon them rests the credit of checking many of the plots that might have plunged this nation into the war ar This Country a Fact Factor r. r To Tomake make clear the prize for which the Germans have b been en contending in America It is necessary to show that while this country is the background background back ground of or the war itself she is potentially a gr great at factor in the armed con con- I Because of her economic wealth her resources in men and undeveloped undeveloped undeveloped I I military and naval equipment and her prestige among the powers of f the I earth she has stood out as a possible asset to either group of combatants I I in three ways namely as asun asan an ally in the war war as an aid In bringing peace an and andas I as an enormous supply bas base The United States should be an ally of Germany for both are contend contend- ing lug for the freedom of the seas is an argument frequently put forward by Germans The terms on which Germany would make peace have been sent already to President Wilson and the rally of the friends of peace in Madison Square Garden last summer was made significant by the immense gathering gather gather- ing of Germans Finally Germany herself has employed thousands of methods meth meth- to get ammunition and other equipment from this country while protesting protest protest- ing against the export of arms and ammunition to the allies To gain the help of the United States in any of these three methods methods- to prevent the al allies ies from utilizing this these country these have been the aims of Germanys Germany's vast secret service ser vice that ramified the entire country with wonderful a network Germanys Germany's intelligence office had foreseen these problems before the assassination of the Grand Duke Ferdinand set Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope in a blaze Accordingly plans plans' were ready ready had had been ready for years prior to the outbreak of war war for for the carrying out of a campaign that for detail thoroughness and daring has never been equaled Just as the cam cam- in Belgium had been mapped out outi in i advance so every detail was complete com corn pl te for throwing this city and probably probably ably aby many other central parts of this country into disorganization should war be declared red between Germany and the United States Details likewise were d devised and a plan perfected that entailed the employment of ot criminals crim crim- for the prevention of the export of war materials to the allies ames How flow vital to the success of ot Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many the embargo on the export of wat war equipment from this country was regarded by the general staff In Berlin Ber Ber- lin is shown by the assertion of the theone theone theone one man who backed by hundreds of millions of dollars dollars any any amount that was needed was needed was dispatched to the United States Slates to take absolute charge II of this phase of the campaign Said SaM he If I can prevent th the allies from om getting arms and ammunition from the United States I shall have done more than the army which captures Paris But before these plans could be put into execution it was necessary that a vast amount of Information should be gathered about the factories turning out munitions of war about the work of the allies' allies representatives es I here about the plans that the United Unite States had prepared In the event of war about the information that government government government gov gov- officials had obtained con ecu concerning concerning the preparations of the allies for war and the plans the latter had for getting supplies from American concerns Prepared for lor Big Task The task of learning and doing was big big- But Germany was prepared forthe for forthe forthe the work vork just as she was ready forthe for forthe forthe the war Her spy system had been developed gradually in the United States since the Prussian Franco-Prussian war I and under the direction of the mastermind master mastermind mastermind mind operating in his little office in I plans were perfected for every phase of activity that tile the Germanic genius noted notel for its attention attention atten atten- I tion to details and for Its foresight could conceive of The men on whom Germany depended depended de fe had been well trained in the farts arts of war the finesse and Intrigues of and were ready under the lash Jash of love for the fatherland to undertake any order the execution of which might be of help if not to the credit of the cause These men include trained soldiers naval men financiers commercial experts industrial experts lawyers publicists and scientists The work assigned to them has 1 been as as varied as the professions to which they belong The extent to which subjects ts of Germany or men who have undertaken to forward her cause ause have at times been askel J to togo togo togo go Is indicated by excerpts fr from m Germanys Germany's Ger- Ger many's war book of instructions to officers which says In part pan Bribery of the enemy's subjects I with the object of obtaining military I advantages acceptances of offers of treachery reception of deserters utilization util util- of the discontented elements in m the population support of the pretenders pre pre- tenders and the like are permissible Indeed international law is in no way opposed to the exploitation of the crimes of third parties assassination robbery and the like to the prejudice of the enemy I Considerations of ener a I I and honor may may mayd d denounce n u h In such cases a hasty and unsparing exploitation tion of such advantages as indecent and dishonorable but law which is iR less touchy allows It The ugly and inherently immoral immor l aspect of sue suc such methods cannot affect the recognition of or their lawlessness The necessary aim of war gives the belligerent th the right and imposes upon him according according accord accord- ing to circumstances the duty not to let slip sUp the Important It may |