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"Written Ily I..VTV TRAILS A SIXHKT SKRVICK MANY Korr h- the pp!ei of one nation gather information ;:i anothr nation's territory and forward the pame to their own government? Now this must be stated definitely that it Is much faslnr to collect information than to forward it reguleriy and expeditiously to one's covcrnmnt, especially in time of war. This Ls tho common practice prevalent among the espionage systems of various governments: Bach government employs every skill and artll!rn In lulling ihs enemies into a false fchs of security. Tl. Inmfdiatp apprthf r.sion of an enemy spy, either In time of rem- or war, would serve notlco to your exponent to change hN tactics and rail in his army of ag-r.t for the tlm blr.c. In the dellcato game played by ths espionage and Intelligence departments of principal nations the plan is to give your enemy as much rope as possible without jeopardizing the Interests of your country. Whichever government plays this game more skillfully and without in tho 1 ast becoming hysterical wins the final p' WHY STIIIMfAULTL IWILFD. Steinhauer, the chief of the German espionage bureau and the creator of Germany's modern intelligence department, failed miserably in this respect, Be?ldes tho peculiarities of the German framo of mind there were several other roasorui for the utter collapse of Germany's spy organizations. First: It Is very Ufiicult for a German to hide hi nationality; his accent. hlH general hearing, his facial featuros will always giv him away. Second: Tho German is not nlmble-witted he U rather clumKy. and lacks quick Inspiration. lie is not resourceful, but mechanical, and does everything according to plana laid out for him. If the plarus go wrong and they sometimes must h becomes helpless. Third: The German Is too thorough and In nearly every crao he was caught through his very thoroughness. Ho must put everything on the paper. Almost eery German spy, upon his arrest, was found to carry a all?e full of highly incriminating documents. Fourth: German spies alr.Ryu prow bo confident as to boast and become careless. Thfs is the recruit of h!s peculiar mentality which belittles th abilities and f kill of others. nAHliKI) IN IIIUTAIN". On the outbreak of tho war Ftelnhauer found himself completely ba tiled by the sudden closing down of all the avenues of exit for his army of agents in Britain. "According to the plan" Germany' 8,000 agents throughout Britain were to destroy all transportation sysr.M-.s nnd raise havoc along tho water front. 'Hut something happened, and that something was that for five, years before tho war Rritish and French intelligence departments had complete knowledge of the ' plan" and at a given moment gathered In Germany's "octopuses" In every largo center, completely discomfiting Stelnhauer and his bureau cldefa. It was then lhat men like Lody, Kupferle and a score of other "American citizens" of both sexes were dispatched with false passports Into the lion's Jaw to fill the placed of tho-o arrested. But It was useless. Germany's spionago system had crumbled beyond repair in war time. None of these substitutes lasted more than one week. thi: "ocTorrs" in spydom. In a previous sentence I have mentioned a system which I termed the "Octopus." Now before I proceed witn my narrative let me make this term plain. There ii one universal system of espionage which is utilized in large cities by all or nearly all nations. In smaller details this system might slightly vary, but in substance the principle rules. Tho "Octopus" is the chief rusldent secret aent, and the tentacles his multiple local sub-agents, or "satellites.' The "Octopus," or tho chief resident agent, is generally a business or commercial nian with International relations, puch as exporter and Importer, steamship agent or member of a banking bouse. As often as it is deemed safe the "Octo:us" is a native of the country -where the prospective belligerent selects Iiis man nnd the largo business house over which he rules is subsidized and behind this hueo camouflage the system set to work. A letter bot is engaged nnd the "Octopus," under an assumed name carries on his correspondence with his sub-agents or tv satellites, whom we will hereafter term the tentaoh-s. The tentacles forward all information, reports and all big and small intelligences to the "letter box." There they are collected by the "Octopus." Then comes a third medium; he is the intelligence otTeer who is constantly traveling to and trura tho country which is being spied upon. The traveling secret service man 's a commercial traveler, ar.d in time of war a "neutral" nationality is employed. The- traveling secret service agent visits the "Octopus." to whom the material thus collected is handed. During pence time he reads them over and if very important item are found in the collection these are forwarded to the embassy of their government and in turn the name tin da its way to the embassy mail bag. which Is immune. Yet often it happens that if the authorities of the nation spied on nre suspicious of a certain embafsy, the embassy mail bag has been ingeniously opened, its contents photographed and the supposed Immune pouch cleverly sealed up and forwarded to Its destination. That is one of the tricks of the game and is played by all first-class spy-employing nations. In the early days of the war quite a few of the Gfnn.m "Octopuses" in Britain were "American citi7.enH." but when our relations becan to grow terious with Germany their places were taken firt by SpanhirJ. then Dutchmen, an 1 finally the citizens of South American countri1. Th "Octopuses rhoo thfr own satellite, who Hie either the ratlor.p.Is of the country spying or, quite often, the rin?,r.-4 i f the country in whiL th ppyir.i, :s dene. These s.u.-ihtes arc gc rural iy limited fr. ia th fo'.lwinc material: Tili: M ATIiKIAL I SKI). It is very essential to r-gage a maid or th g..vrr.tf in a i..n.r.i hou.'l;ol.i, and it thH is found po.'s;b'e a young n;an or a woman is found ar.d financed to aen:ire th. ;ti of such persons. know of a case vh-n a t ertain fenral's goverr.ts.-j vas Induced to leave the household on offfr of a hu--e salary. Am tnr w i in "hich Siiety" was found wno acquired ir.t t C v t the '-:en rai's if. llHi t"n thr'iuh r '.ii:s a governess and : rr.:ii 7 were fur:ihed to the , g r.erai's household. Iiut this I not the o-.Iy k iroi of ;-py a Thor1 are otr.ti s: Wait- rs ai:.i y.ng nation dei;:t Jams a prinzipal hotels, army and r. ivy whb'h are fre.-j-i :;t. ! 1 ' j.-ar a camp or a w. : a. --tresses who are. or :ir tourin.gs; a o-rr;:;.! ..r..i-o';t r" witii I"1t.t - ..:;::::. r: -ot:; a . I -' -' , l.,-. s th b .'. appf r ji-.-o.-e ditit: o ; n.- : a a eoraic-oj. r.t t iv ' V.OUod ha t-.e lr.;t-d S'a:. and o'l.( r n-. n tn.e Know t:: amp it lb.. we r a bnrl'er actors or .Me n l e bock d t'(,r etei".o :P..- r, a s-.r-p. :. a "ii"V. n- ! " T.o.-otio:-..-. a Ij Cros to-.:.i-ta!kin' p.iTi i.a :- .4 f..r- " j:: Insta:.-. -s of the? " o in "U.- own e.-.un.try. -th. in.-i.h-i'.: -, hioii ended o.it hol it t.ot. b--n lr a " at s-atr-5di" f..jTin: m ri:i amfkic . bki:f.

representative of the Perlin espionage bureau met In secret conference an American banker to acquire whose Intimacy and good will Germany had spent several thousands of dollars. However, the personage representing the German espionage bureau hid his true Identity under another clcak. Ho represented himself as the president of an association (I will not give the name of the association as It might involve court litigation); but for the purpose of this Incident let us call it tho Association of Flute Makera It was represented to the good-lntentloned and "patriotic" American banker that this German association has a surplus of several thouband dollars in its treasury and that they w ished to extend this Industry to tho United "State s of America. They knew that the American banker was intensely interested In llutes, had in his music room dozens of odd flutes as made by various countries and also had a wide acquaintance among the flute makers. He was begged to become the patron of the German Ilute-making !ndistry in the United States. lie w;is told that Germany's purpose in this venture was simply to teach Americans to make flutes, and incidentally, they observed, it would give positions to several hundred German master Ilute makers and bring fame to Germany. Tho misguided American banker could boo no harm fn becoming the fiscal a,;ent of the German Association of Flute Makers in America, avl consented to pose as a patron of this art; there was no harm in the transaction, especially when the personages approaching him guaranteed the beautiful sum of $100,000 per year to defray the expenses of such an ofTico as the "patron" of the "Association of German Fluto Makers!" AVIIKUi: COXTKHKNCi: TOOK TLACi:. Now this conference took place at Hotel Du Lac. Zurich, Switzerland, and a master flute maker of Germany was Instantly put at the disposal of the American banker. From the day the group of German subsidized flute makers reached the shores of America

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Lord Hnldano, Mr. Asquith and Viscount Grey have hitherto been considered the "big three" of independent liberalism. In tho following article Lord Haldane, formerly lord chancellor and secretary of war, makes the definite declaration that "It is with labor that the hope lies for tomorrow." rv loud iialhaxi:. There are some who believe that British liberalism and labor might be got to work together, but that is plainly impossible. There is much in the old liberalIsm that I revere, much that must not be lost. But rs I have told the liberals to their faces, liberalism as we used to know It is passing into something new. Anl it Is with labor that the hope lies for tomorrow. I say this with the greater confidence because the signs are increasing every day that labor is realizing that it must unite within its ranks the brain that plans as well as tho hand that performs. I hold the faith that it is neither capital nor labor that creates wealth, but mind. Mind is the first essential thing. The brain must do its work before the material toil can begin, and if labor had left out the brain worker it would have crippled itself. Today, however, we s" tho brain workers turning more and more surely towards tho labor party, and that party Is more and more ready to welcome them. And the combination of those who work with their mine's and those who work with their hands must be irresistible. THi: TASK OF LABOR. The labor party alone has a vision which will enable it to possess and serve the future. But if it Is to realize all the possibilities which are enshrined in its' ideals it must make its roof wide and high enough to cover very many different kinds of men and women. The state is nothing more or less than all the people of the nation, and you want to unite under one banner as many as possible of the best people, the people "Learn f fergit." said Mis-; Fawn Lippincut, in her address f th' Colonial Bridge club yesterday, "an' be happy." Then th speaker said. "Life is made up o' th bitter an th' sweet u ith th bitter largely pre -tb.minatin'. If we kin trainj our minds t banish th' bitter an' retain only th" sweet we've solved th' pron-I-m o" happiness. Th bitterest pills o life com. after th' pin feather ape after youth has lied an' th real-t'ersure things o' life crowd upon us. Th' disappointments an' sorrows as well as th pleasures o" t hildhood an' youth aie iialelo'V stamped in our memories, but lime. ti" S"',t n r. makes us chuckle as w ' r-. -all 'em in th" twlllight o" life. Th' o.br o' th rose geranium awakmemo th' VS

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the natht flute makers turned to outdoor carpentry or became stape hands. The German flute makers had the entire country as their field of oj)eratlon, and from the four corners of the land was heard the praise of the great banker-patron. For many years neither the banker-patron nor the American public knew that bohind the Association of German Flute Makers there lurked the mighty German espionage system. The inlluoncc of the German a-ssociation and the standing ejf the patron-" jatriot"-banker was so mighty that those who knew dared not speak, and those who spoke felt the secret hand of the vicious influences. Finally it was through the persistent and courageous work of one ef the American secret service agents that the huge black cat had to be let out of the bag and the German flute makers were kicked out of tho country bag and baggage. Kurri:nLi: Tin: fool. However, not all the spies are mercenary. The German spies, especially after the utter failure of the Steinhauer plan in the beginning of the war, were men of great fanatical zeal and patriotic aspirations. Anton Kupferle was one- ef these unfortunates whose foolish venture cost him his lifn without being able to serve the fatherland as he undertook to do. Kupferle was brought to America by his parents when he was only S years of age, and was educated in this country. Shortly before the outbreak of the war he had received underground information regarding the impending war. He hael answered the call ef the fatherland and served at the western front for a while, was wounded, and upon his repeated applications to the Berlin bureau he was sent to America to do what lie could for Germany. Anton Kupferle, while in the United States, conducted a woolen establishment under the firm name of Kupferle. & Co., in Brooklyn, X. V. On his return to the United States he fell in with the German embassy gang and became an easy victim to a scheme concocted by Von l'apen & Co. I knew 9? whose principles and motives are similar. You mut make your roof to cover them. For the business of ruling a country is complicated and diflicult in a thousand ways, of which no one without experience would ever dream. To legislate is comparatively easy. Rut to administer yeur laws when you have made them in the spirit in which they were mad that Is hard. Take a concrete instance. Take, for example, th matter e.f nationalization. The oppon. nts of nationalization always think they have scored a tremendous point when they ask if we should like to see the mines and the railways run by civil servants. thi: CIVIL SURVANT. Now, I know a great deal about the civil servant, and I admire him. In his own sphere, doing his proper work, he is magnificent. But he has his limitation:'. Before lie does anything he likes to have a, minute signed by somebody eis instructing him to do it. He lacks initiative, because he is trained to lack initiative. It is his business to carry eut faithfully the instructions which he receives, and he does that splendidly. But for the administration of great services you want something more. You want men who will not be afraid of taking responsibility upon themselves, who will be able to anticipate and even, upon occasion, to disregard instructions, and above all you want men who have the knack of leading other men. Take such men as those, train them for the particular job you wish them to undertake and you will have a new kind of civil servant who will make all things possible. F.xaetly. Take the mines. T raised this very point in my evldenco before the Sankey commission, and in the majority report it was declared that nationalization should n.ot be effected for three years. I don't think Smilli' would object to that, for I think he understands tho n d. During the three years you could be finding and training the men who would administer the mines as a national service. And given such men I can see LEARNT FERGIT.

it wuz th first kiss in some leafy bower or th' first epuarrel in th' shadows o' some deserted mill, th' ol rose geranium seems t' have b'en ever near t' perfume th' air. Maybe a whiff o' cologne or hair cdl '11 recall some pleasurable occasion when th' heart wuz young an' open t reason. A nibble at a peppermint drop '11 often waft us back until we almost feel that we are again meanderin along some quiet country road in a narrow buggy. Nothin' takes us back- t' childhood's happy state like bitin into a green pear. Th' tingle o' sleigh bells nev r tails C awaken memories o' th' glcrious winters of cur youth, snowy landscapes with dark windin trails o'er hills .an thro' valleys, cold glistenh moonlight night, rincrin" lauchter. -;rand bulls an' uyt'ter suppers, not V

mention th' frozen, glassy surface o th ole mill pond. All o' those bright memories o' th days when th' heart wuz your.g an th' future seemed like an enchanted garden are worth prcservin. But th' sorry trials an rebuffs an disappointments that come t us in th' Indian summer o' life, that all too brief period between youth an' ole ag. should be banished from our minds as fast as they bob up, an' not allowed t light in our systems. No matter how well ordered our lives may be we're goin' C have t' swallow a lot o bitt'-r p;Ils. Let us swallow 'em gracefully an fergit it. Our lives are too much dominated by unpleasant memories. Yesterday is cone t' stay an' we should huy ours. Ives with th' present. L t -s Krit that vt cer kr.ew bvium

Kupferle personally before the spy "bug" had entered his head and on one of the early days of January. 1915, he sought me and from the questions he asked mo I suspecteel that he was about to undertake a foolish journey. I solemnly warned him against -a h enterprise. I told him he would be walking into t!ie very mouth of tho lion, and the old lion was fe. ling quite ugly in those1, days. TALK ATI VI ' AN'TOX. To the experienced eye of a person knowing the Intricate methe ds of the secret service profession it was apparent that Anton Kupferle was not fitted for such a dangerous undertaking. Anton was too talkative, and although he spoke the average foreigner's Knglish with American accent I knew he could not jia.-s himself off as an American. He was not fit for the job and it was a shameful crime on the part . f the German embassy to assign such a man to such a hazardous job. I do not know when he left New York, but 1 think it was early In March. 1915. when the young lady to whom he had been paying respects informed me that he was caught.. Indeed, the cable messages had still earlier described how he had committed suicide in his cell on the second day of his trial. Anton Kupferle reached Liverpool on Monday, Feb. lä. it appears. "Within five days of his landing he wrucaptured with the complete evidence of Iiis spy activities on his person; on the sixth day he was brought to trial and on the seventh day he committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell. Kupferle's shortcomingsas a spy were typical of all German spies. He talk-d too much, was too efficient, and had sublime contempt for other people's intelligence and a high estimate cf his own mentality. THOROUGHNESS COST HIM HIS LIF1.. On landing at Liverpool he at once addressed a letter to Rotterdam. This commun.eation was apparently harmless, but between the lines he had written with Invisible irk. He did not have that much respect

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nothing but good to be derived from nationalization, whether of the mines, the railways, or the new superpower stations. TRAINING Tili: MIND. And that brings me to the matter which is, in my opinion, of the highest importance for the future education. And by that I mean adult education, and not merely the education of the child. Because labor is devoting more and more attention to this subject, my faith in the future of labor grows deeper. Given those ideals of public service and good citizenship which the labor party possesses, and given also that steady, purposeful training of the mind, and you ar moving towards that inspired democracy which will build the state c f tomorrow. As I said jus-, now, it is a matter of making your roof wide enough. There was a time when the cry name of the labor party in England was almost a disadvantage. It seemed to insist so violently on the hand and to exclude the brain. But that time is passing it has already passed. Today the brain worker who has vision sees in labor his natural ally, and labor is ready as never before to receive him in comradeship. PAST MISTAKES. There havo been crudities. In tho past labor was apt to confuse legislation and administration, to think that you had only to make a law and that everything would be all right without further trouble. But taking as it is an increasing share in the working of the state, laaor has learnt the importance of administration. Contact with realities is bringing an increasing wisdom. The organization of the party is such that it gives the best opportunity wo possess in this country for bringing the soui of the nation into the legislature. That was the first step, and the second is following now in the growing multitudes of young men and women who are seeking to lit themselves for tiie service of the state. It is from their ranks that we shall be able to choose those who will administer the laws which a labor government will make. people, that we evf r got stung on a pair o' shoe?. Let u? fergit our last suit o clothes. We neeJn' f rg.t that we still owe fer it. but we kin fergit that it turned red on th' shoulders, an' resolve t' use better judgment th' next time. Let us make a specialty o' bani.shln' ever' unpleasant experience from our minds. Let's make th' best o' th' things we can't change or dodt:: an' live so that when we go over th' top an' start down th" steep, straight path t' rothin'ness an' night th' mc-mer.es which are sure t pile up e.n us '11 be pleasant memor.es an' not th' memories that poison an' shrivel no' th' memories that au.-e bitter faces an' sad faces, but s'ejfrh rides, radiant fac--. gre--n sv.-e. t m modes :n em or it 3 o' fr"v:y pears an' first kisses."

for the Intelligence of the British p-c- rr to kno that about this time every letter that pa- -d throiish tho postal system was being subj.-c'ed t - .in ordinary hot iron process which hrmus out ::...''.' writing. Thi process brought out the hi,M"-i v - - ;e. h h r. ad: "Will be in Dublin t-.morrow." r.n:;h .soor-1 s rvlce allowed him to depart for I '.m. Fr-cn the latter place he again addressed a letter ; .;tr!am. asking them for more money an 1 m farm in .r i'ot.-i

that he would depart within a day or Bthe British secret service m en decided to put him under arrest. Here is the I am. icing ovbl ":-, t a-ai: h!:n th.it was found on his person: First: Vm.-s- ..f the letters he hal a.Mre.-so.l to I : tt . r.Ia m. S-. cid: Two halves of a b nnci, one h ilf a lit:!- s ;u -?. i. Tb.rd: A bottle of liquid used for invi-i writinc Fourth: His fountain pea the tip of whi- h st 11 h M atetr.s of lemon jtli'-e. Kupfe rle was - n ndow-d w :tll the common Instinct essentiil to ;h- pr.-f. i.r of a spy. A r al spy would not hi e v. ritt u to iPdt rd'irn, especially w h-n lo was about to depart for that port. H' should not have kept the ,ap.,s of th" haters lie so foolishly wrote. A r a I sov v. . r.o to so Minn as to keep two hal - ot a :::on in hn " writing). handbag ib-n.on jui'-o is us. I m And he should have been cautious e:i'-::h to i'ati off the end of hi fountain pn. lie sio..d :r:al or... day and on the following day rhe.it d the Briti-h courtmartial by hanging himself jr. his e-::. KARfi HANS LORY, GFVTI.F.M N M snr.Dir.lt. Perhaps or.1 of the most patln lie f.:;ur s in tlie i-.- rman e-sjdonago ' sy.etern w as that of k.,: 1 Hans l.o.iy. A gentleman through and through, ho n tho ia'a :.e admiration of even the British .-.r-t s--n m' u who I f i a , e every effort to save him " utim. i r.d would have .succeeded had :t n-at been f..r tl; üad that Lody was the f.rst unfortur it to ! appre hnded and .the British authorities- de. m- 1 it. .-. t , t i a I to . . -ut,. h. im in order to strike terror into th- hearts ..f the many other German r alots wh w r- awaiting transportation to Bngland. As in th- -.-i. of Kupferle, Lody was dispatch,. d to Britain without preparation. He was r.ot eeu furnished with an invisible ink formula i'.nd lasted only days in Fnuland l cfore li-.x capture and execution. He is known throughout th" world to tens of thousands of men ;u;d v. -men ar.d no loul.t when hi xocution was m.c! pul he a sjmpa-Ihc-t'c sigh went out from the bo.m of many people in all lands. He had be. n lor many -ars a t.ojr ing guide in tb.e employ of the Hamourc-Am rika Steamship line. Through this avo. atiou he b id had opportunity to tour Britain on many orcaa-us aval w ;s no doubt iamiiiar with tlw F.ritish waterfront r.e-A s. LORY A I.HIADV KNOWN TO BRITISH. Considering that this long training tU'a d him to be an invaluable spy, he was summoned to the , -y pr -- ence ( f the r x-kaiser him.-- If atal from him r-ceiv l his assignment and instruction-?. But a ra i n B rli'i overlooked one fact, and that fact was the hi.-ovle iof Body's pre-war connection with th" G rtaa n py syst m on the part of tb.e British seer t rvio s .-:!!;. Lody had resided In America for many year. a- d spo';p Bnglish with a cjuite American accwr.t. Soon aftr the war h was ordered to Germanj' and furro-bo-d w:th a fake passport which, in reality, ! longe.j p on- bona lid-- American by the name of Ch ".rhs A. Ir.glK L.aiy j'oaclied Bdinbur.g, Scotland, ar.-l tool-; un h;s r-sM ra e at the North Brittsli Station hotel and imm-.i.at -;y began to make motorey!- trii to nri':s n a ! st itlons. He left IMinburgh und went to London, and posing a.s an Am. ri' an touri-t -topTted at a r.l-.nr-bury hotel, .vft r doing Lo.c'.on he procc.de J to Dublin and stopped at tb.e edresham hotel. From thnt place he began to addr cs ommunica Hons to one Burchard at 1 -tookhol n. 1 h n he decided to go to Kilb'u--ney, froni uhioa place h again ad-lrcssr-d letters t. his ehi f at Stockholm, ar.d was about to proceed to Cjue e-nstow ti when the British authorities put him under arrest and took him to London. i .o i v iNi 'ii i : pa r i : i . The trouble with Lody was that h v. rot his letters in long hand and aIdre-s:--d tliem throut-'n the mail. livid -ntly he dil not know that th- Britisii postal censor was alr-ady in full forr,. from the hrst day of Fnglatnl's e iitran into th a r. In posc-s -don was found, the eopj s of the- four lette rs which he had a ddr e-.-.-e d to I lanhur. Stockholm. Bergn and Berlin. (vr au-1 eiv r again it is s- n that the German must keep a -.py of the communication h- has adi!r SM-d. So Karl Hans Lody's aptur- was not e xe.mttd throui-.h th" intrepiaity of the Brit.h secret service syst m. but was th" natural r-sut of the workings of tiie jiostal cnsir-hi;), and n!y criminal r.-gli-ge-nce would have allowed I"ely go uride-tected. 11" was tried befor' Lord Ch-yb sm.Te and was con-d-laio d to de-ath. He put up no de fense other thanr that his grandfather was a general who fought against Xapoleon and that he preferred to stand in court as a w orthy eb-sce ndant of that gre at G-rman g n r.J. Throutrh his c.uns.d h" infern.' l th- j-r-alding judc that h 'lid his eluty to his fatherland as a .-obii r and would like to b tre-ate-il as sin h. BRITISH IRIIil) TO S.Wi: HIM. The auth'u-;ti"s who conducte.i hs tr:;.l later appe ab-d to the h-ad i the British s-cr-t -'-rvi department fer lenb'ncy, hut this r qust as nv. rrul'-d for e-onslde-rati'ms w hich I have alre ady f plalne 1 in the beginning of the narrative. Lody was a g' -ntb-man beynnel r -pr -t h ar.d acted as su h to the very last mem-nt. To e.-.e of . fd'..cer who came to his e-ll to accompany him to h- plac of xe-cutior he said: "I know you would r.ct are to shake hands with a spy." "No, not with a spy; but I would shake hands with a gentleman." re sponded th- Brlfi-h :'.. r as :. h Id out his hand. Tears had gather-.', hi h - -y s. L',dy left a ring with the pri n 'dl.-uals t- ' -:.t to a woman in Ameri a. who r . : .' .-. ! : tim; a woman beyond r-proa'h. He v. a i .n November 0. 1'j14, the f.rst spy viei.ra : th" v a r. an 1 the first pe rson to be execute. I in the- To". r .f Lo:pb-n in 15 'J years. Th news of his ':'--uti n v ; u-p-. -ly given wide j.ubllcity by the Rritiiu f- r w hat v r :f ct it might have over other pro-p'- c;.r:: ..; . li:tti:r to his rfi.mivi . At Stuttgart many people m.ourr. I h . :: the letter he- was permitted to s r.d to r - f- re his exe. ut.on was printed in blaoa-h-rd. r- i ; - rds and rircuiat'd through e;-rrnany. Th: - . :. ;.:- b.i a. .'dressed to his relative s just b fc-r- h - . ;: :.: Lar Ones: He has decide-! in whose hands I put : y 'ru t. The time lias ceune for me to start on the t.-.r-.uj-i thr 1 lack valley, wh: h road h is air :; 1 a t ii-.. a t-y so many of my comrades in this h- rr: '. -A ir f nations. May my i.ame. to.-, h- ret:. :;.' - r ! ... h.ini'dej offering n the a. tar e f the fath r! in 1. 1 Ii- h. rthe country f th- -r.e-my. I weuid loa- p: t the eieath of a h-r on th" 5 a.t;-f.'-Id. u: .: w i- : t -e. llow-ver, it makes d-ath -asy f -r r . :. . I real: e tie! 1 die in thI V .1 . .i or Se-Ute nceij t:) U th tr v. London for military con.-n.!. l'.I b-e I V. . - ' j I ' 1 s lit - - i ! a : - and .hall di- as an :!'.( r, and jou. l'arewe'.I all