ABE GERMAN WAITERS SPIES?
: "I .' invariably ask :my German barber or waiter, 'Na, haben Sie gedient?'— Well, have you served your time in tho army?' — and in about ; four;. casos out 'of . five—certainly three : out of- four—: answer :is in the negative, with the, addition of some such explanation as 'short sight,' . 'weak heart,'; 'insufficient :, breast-girth,' 'flat feet,' ,or other physical dofect. • "It is another ; great, mistake to suppose that many young Germans ; como. over here to escape their military service. I should say that the number of ; those was exceedingly small. '.:-■" On- the ; contrary, the bulk of the Germans in this "country are men who" have little or no military training at. all, and :he residue ..would mako but a poor, show, numerically."— v Charles Lowe, in an article.:■'' About = German Spies" in the Contemporary Review for: January. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 9
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139ABE GERMAN WAITERS SPIES? New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 9
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