Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1912 — EUROPEAN "SPY” SWINDLER [ARTICLE]

EUROPEAN "SPY” SWINDLER

Bogus Plans of Mobilization and War Made Profitable, According to German Publisher. London—A message from Berlin publishes the details of an extraordinary “spy” swindle by which several European governments have been imposed upon, according to the Deutsche Mittags Zeltung. A certain Glitch bought a few German military handbooks, ordnance maps and time tables relating to the German provinces near the French frontier and succeeded with their aid In concocting a “mobilization plan” of the Germany army, to be used in the event of war breaking out with France. He added elaborate notes and invented a secret cipher. Glitch dispatched hia forgeries to the general staff of the French army, dating them from Berlin. He said be must have the documents back in forty-eight hours. In due course the plans came bach with £SO and a request for morn. Then Glitch forged similar documents for the nse of Russia, and these were returned to him with £IOO.

As the\ officials of the two general aeked for still more documents. Glitch worked out a secret plan of a German mobilisation against Russia, France and England. In this plan It waa stated that Austria would send •a army to the Russian frontier, and that the German emperor would take

command of the whole fleet in order to defeat the British fleet. Glitch himself handed this document to three French officers in Basle, who gave him £I,OOO. He sent a similar document to Russia and England. -