Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-25 | Page 6 | U. S. Ready to Grab 20,000 Spies If War Comes

I I jU U. U S. S READY ADY TO GRAB I I SPIES IF WAR AR COMES Sleuths Work for 2 Years in operation Co With Scotland Yard By J. J H. H Duckworth NEW F. YORK Feb 21 Uncle I.-Uncle Undo Sams Sam's secret service agents claim today that they have hav a a. list of at OOOO persona per suspected suspected sus sus- Ul n as spies on whom hom the they can t lay their hands th the instant war war I Is declared de do- b by or against Germany German For two to and nd a 1 half halt years Ct the they have been working In unofficial operation co-operation with Scotland Yard Yaro TO Together tho the organizations have compiled the long list of ot men who they thY believe ml might ht tr try to blow up munItions munitions muni munI- plants arsenals and other government gov JO buildings railroad bridges powerhouses and waterworks Ono list containing names of ot 1000 loyal German subjects Is said to have ha been found among amons tho the papers of ot tho the German agent von on Igel when t fed fed- l leml oral detectives es raided and searched his hI office In Wall street a year ear ago Clo Close c stud study has been rondo mao df tho the way WilY Great t Britain handled her spy and amt enemy alien questions at tho the start of ot the war Arrest of ot men suspected here hero a as German German Ger Ger- man spies following Senator Overman's Overman's Over Over- mans man's statement on tho the s senate nato floor that there are aro spies In this country countr points towar a close parallel hero here to conditions that existed In InEn En England Within twenty four hours of ot Great Britain's declaration of ot war Germans were arrested and placed In Internment camps These people had been left unmolested by the secret service ser vice Ice for tor years I was In England then and the policy struck me mo as showing unusual foresight for tor the thA English It was Justified for tor at the ps psychological psychological psycho psycho- ho- ho logical moment tho the authorities knew who was who and where among amons the tho Germans and all spies and possible spies we were e corralled with the minimum effort Cort and amI placed where the thc they could do dono dono dono no halmIn harm halm In London GOOD Germans were cre housed In Olympia the tho Madison Square gar garden en of ot tho the town until unlit quarters quarter were built for tor them on tho the Isle of ot Man I 1 saw 1000 others other behind barbed wire at near Aldershot The Tho United States has hns ma made e a study on tho the spot of ot tho the wa way England bandIed handled handled han ban dIed her spy trouble Imperfect as It was with the result that on word of hostilities s between this country and Germany German dangerous an erous would be put under lock and ko key Three thousand men could easily bo cared for In Madison Square garden they could bo be kept until concentration concentration concen concen- camps had been built What hat to do with the tho remaining subjects subJect subJects sub sub- of ot tho the kaiser would be another problem As Aa subjects of or enemy countries countries countries coun coun- tries the they could not possibly be permitted permitted per per- to roam at will Big ig camp cities would have o to be built to take lake care carll of ot them and It would take quite a small arm army to guard JUard them Th These sc camps campA of or course would bo ho only for tor those who remain In this country country country coun coun- try as German Austrian or Hungarian citizens not citizens not for tor Americans Americana of or Ic le or Mag ar birth