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Show THAT MONSTER, THE SECRET SERVICE. Nothing in the clash of nations was so wonderful as the secret service serv-ice of America and Great Britain. Admiral Sims tells us that not one of the U-boats went out to sea that the British admiralty did not know the destination of the submarine. At all times the British navy could tell the number of submarines operating and their movements. The British must have had several men working in the German navy who had high position and access to means of communication. But more remarkable is the statement of a British major that the British secret sen ice had a man in command of a German army corps who remained in command to the end of the struggle, and, on the other hand the Germans had a man on the staff of the British admiralty. ad-miralty. How this treachery is accomplished would make a story of double-dealing double-dealing that might shake the faith the average man places in humanity. hu-manity. To successfully gain the confidence of a great leadership, such as was represented in the head of the German army at the beginning of the war, and to be able to work into that organization a traitor must have required the master hand of a Niccolo Machiavelli. Could the commander in the German forces have been Mackensen? 1 Is it possible, in this subtle play of wits, that the British allow gift ed families to ostensibly expatriate themseKes, with deep secrets bur- ! ied in their souls, and that the alienated men and women go on for generations secretly obeying the dictates of their country, waiting the Opportunity to be of inestimable service to the motherland? !f that is the depth of the scheming, then we are appalled at the treachery and the machinations of plotting and undermining that goes on between be-tween nations under the guise of honorable conduct. By the way, how did America intercept so many important German Ger-man messages during the war, from South America and from Ger" many to this country and to Mexico? How did our seiret service so quickly discover plots? How were all the movements of German Ger-man agents blocked? When the financial agent of Germany, with a confidential message to Bernstorff arrived in New York under a disguise, dis-guise, he was met at his hotel by a secret service agent who impersonated imper-sonated Bernstorff's private secretary, and the German confuted all his plans to the suave and genial visitor. Later when the Kaiser's per- sonal representative discovered hrs mistake, he was perplexed beyond be-yond measure and so embarrassed that he hurried back to Berlin. Such is secret service cunning, craft, treachery, in which everything every-thing is counted fair, even murder |