Show I Swiss wiss Capital Capita Hotbed of f Spies t Secret Agents of All AIl Warring Nations Continually Wage Secret I Warfare in Berne I BERTIE Switzerland's Switzerland's capital has 1 become the center of ot the worlds world's spy systems hotel houses suspicious characters characters characters char char- who come and go without giving giving giving ing any indication of ot their business The cafes and theatres are crowded I nightly with faces which have become become be be- come familiar since America entered I be-I the war but were never seen prior to that As well as being a hotbed for tor Cerman Ger German man intrigue Berne Is Js the mecca I Ger-I forthe forthe for forthe the secret service agents of or England England En En- I gland France Russia and nearly allot all of ot the allied nations nations' So serious has I Ithe the situation become that the government government government govern govern- ment has been forced to take tale cognizance cognizance cognizance cog cog- of ot itA it A decree has been Issued that all aliens entering Switzerland must re report report re- re port to the police within twenty four hours of at their arrival and obtain I permission to settle in the country No alien is allowed to cross the I frontier unless his passport has been by the Swiss minister or consul at his last place of ot residence This excludes a large number of ot free lance adventurers but it Is Ineffectual in ineffectual in- in effectual against legitimate secret I I I service agents of the belligerent I nations The governments government's chief fear tear is of ot the tho German spies for it realizes the danger of the progress of penetration of Switzerland A new institution financed by Krupps has been established in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Swit Swit- in the shape of ot th the Ala agency Its object Is the tho methodic molding of ot Swiss public through newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper advertising and other propagandist propagandist methods This is only one of ot the German attempts to sway the Swiss people against the allies alUes by insidious inI intrigues In Intrigues in- in aimed to poison the international International Inter inter- national relations of Switzerland similar to those practiced in America prior to the declaration of ot war The allies alUes have recognized the Teu Teu- ton peril in Switzerland and have taken steps to counteract it Hence Berne the principal neutral capital of ot Europe surrounded by nations eager to get at each others other's throats I occupies a unique position among European cities I Secret diplomatic warfare continually continually continually contin contin- goes o 0 nand the Swiss people i I are wondering how soon It will drag them into the war |