SUPER-SPY AND HIS ARMY

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 2

SUPER-SPY AND HIS ARMY

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;; H. Jy -Gi^einwall,;, a'Special pondont, writes;!frdin■.•'Paris:'•—-!

a& gen/tleinah Jhasvjxist; arriyediy in PaHi from Holland, where :he has been, investigating German . espionage/ loethods and ■ propaganda- work. | •''Both: are most marvellously organised," he ' said to me, "Of course, it Avas -known long before; the Avar that Germany was spending a great deal of money in Holland,v but during the past 18 months she has about 200 agents there, all under the. command of one man, who travels \i;p find; 'down the country spending; thousands of ' pounds,. /It was this main /_ whp ■ seeuredv the .- 'arrest of Captain Lux, who Escaped ii qm a fortress in Germany aiboitt ■six.'years ago. ' "■.;• -,s :■■■•■" -'//■■ :"--://;- ' ./...•/ ; In Flushing, my /"informant, went on to say, this mari has J 2 German detectives y watching arrivals and departures'" of the boats, but in The Hague he has surpassed himself. \Qne hot-el in. iliat city i isl a centre• of espionage, and the- /head porter.'.is a •brother of a former; German Ambassador,-. to on© of . l\,the;. .European countries-. '• ■' ■ ■■•■'.- >'S} y '':- .:<':--'':.:' '■■"••'■'■■■.■ MARK OF THE :;I3EAST, ;' The i>ropa-garida. A\-ork ; is simple, but it requires sliilful handling. 35yory. town in Holialld is,' flooded with literature expounding the man cause.■.-'"■ The 'bopjes are published, vi French amd English—never in Germaiii or, Dutch—but i they' bear the'.'.''miark of the beast'? in the clever way the lies are dipped in truth! . The Allies have no propaf ganda work in Holland. ." : UJ'Accuse," by ;■ * a /German actulcmician) is; supposed to be a reply . .to. the' famous "J'Accuse" recently published nx Switzerland. There ■ is. another book of tip sadYie starpt), ■''■■called.'' Y''A Reply -to ; the Aixthor of!■"'• J JAccuse.,"Two other, works are entitled '"'The Official Telegrams of the "VVar" and gium' and the European. :; Crisis'." Ther is also a. splendid , volume of war- photagrapha, of; course showing everything from a .Oerman point of -view1. ■' •" ■' ": : :-;' ■■■■•"•■, ■(•■.•-■. ':'■'-..'.■:'■'' ;■■ ",■ S-o, well have the : Germans done their work that they have /undoubtedly captured the jsympa&liies of many Dutchmen, who were, once much ; enamored. of German /''Kultur.V;■■■ - ;.■ .■:•..•■■";.:■; !: ■ /-•■■'^

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work in EhglaiidV w«nt to Antwerp arid ■■ founded'.'•■•:i;..'--school for {spies. This was organised, only with more sinister effects, ml thesame way, as Fagm's school for jwekpockets. Young Dutchmen .were obtained— ' and vpaid' very \yell indeed—and sent toY Aritivei"p; to begin, a course of. lectures. Tlie first thing.that they had '■■'• to learn was )how to answer • off -hand' 200 , questions; which miglit he put. to them during: the-course of ■ (their travels. . ■ The whole vobjject of these questions and answers was to gjiin rapidly, the knowledge of the presence of a bro;ther ; spy i] :;■ f spies for Lq^ppN. :?% When ihe yoniig inqn were - pro-^ ficient they were ]>J'ovi<Jed Avith Dutch passports' and commercial, ■credentials and sent to England: as • ''commercial ■■■travellers;"^'/ ■ ',/':■■•. '■'■ '■■■■'.':• ■'.■'/■".■ ■' \\: 'It was in AntAA rerpth4^ they first began- to /make -the,. forged/ American passports. I have handled dozsens ' of them, amd take ofE my h'a,t to the mani who ,< niakes them;.1, they are perfect.- Even the water-mark has been copied, ,b.it- here 'again, the goings and comings of the men wjith the ,''American" 'passports JiaAre been brought .tol an end. //// / '■■'/■:.

.■A certain international, "crook". Avent to Beriißj, Aras arrested, and sentenced to <feve' years' imprisonment. Then 'the Avar/ broke out, 'and he and another/man/ of;the same kidney Ayere offered the> choice of completing tlietr ; sentences or. going to London as spies. /' They chose the latter Avar',1 and so successful '".were they that"" the Berlin authorities released' all [~ the interriatioaal "crooks" -they Irad in their prisons and turned them loose in England: These men,' all .of doubtful nationality, could by .reason of their cosmopolitan maniiers and polished dress-part of their: stock-in-trade---go anvAvhero, and mix in every grade of

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' Blackmailin.jy met|iods get Germany niany spies, both maile and female, but the spies they send to France-are ObtaiiKid differently. They are offered the choice of;, going. into the' trenches and beins; exposed to the hell-fire of the "7o's," ,or risking their lives in France as spies. ■[■ All these /men speak fluent French, and when they accept the conditions; they are1 pro>Aadecl with SAviss.passport's. :•;..;