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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS. FRIDAY. JANUARY 22.1015. a Revelations of the Kaiser's renonat Spy YwlW^I e*wa»m Wm • ww^Maeeaw^Pm ^Pm I ^j B^ralta En«Ui»d . iXfurted Penooal Spy* tray army greatcoat with no distin- guishing1 marks, stalking along, ae- companled by orderlies carrying camp stool, and table, night glasses and electric torches, halting repeatedly, Bit men taking down In writing the short, croaking sentences escaping be- tween tha tMry iwfflSfeflBgfl-'Upsv the There is no man alive who know* one-half as mash about the stmtojBjfaat position of Mats and the surroundlag country as General von Heerlngen. Often on stormy, bitter cold winter nights, sentries on outposts statioaad at and guarding the approaches of Mets have been startled to And a in one oTWsUU _.,.sl military acade- mies, of which Gross-Lichterfelde-bei- Berlin la the most famous. ' The real backbone and stiffening of the German army and aavy are the noncommissioned officers recruited from the rank and file. In fast, this gaunt, limping figure, covered by a body of men la tha mainstay of the "Gelst at. Mets" . has prowled round, measuring every foot of ground fifty miles east, west, north and south of his beloved Mots. The visible head of this vast organi- satlott Is called Osr Gross* Stab* with headquarters In Berlin. Bash army corps has a "Klelne Gen- eral Stab," which sends its most sbls officers to Berlin. These officers, la conjunction with tha oast able scl.| all placed la strategical positions, entists, engineers sad architects tha, Tha control of tha army la pesos empire can produce, compose the1 •* « war liesi with the emperor. He great general staff, Tha virtual head thrones la the German empire, espe- daily of Prussia. These men, altar about twelva years of service la an army where discipline, obedience sad efficiency are tha first and last word, are then drafted into all tha minor administrative offices of tha state, such- as -miner-railway,-peat,-excise, municipal and police. Tha reader will saa tha significance of this whoa It la pointed out that not only tha empire but tha war machine has these welt trained men at Its beck and call. Tha same thing applies to tha drafting of officers to most of the higher and highest administrative positions Is the state. There are twenty-five army corps mlmmmmmmmâ€" "March separately, but nght con- Jointly." Only hi a country where all rail- roads, highways and waterways, and where post and telegraph are owned sad controlled by tha state Is It pos- sible to evolve sad perfect a system off transportation such as Is at the disposal of the German general staff. Every mile of Ganasa railroads, es- pecially the ones built within the last twenty years, has been constructed mainly for strategical reasons. Ninety par oaat of all tha railway officials are ex-soldiers. Five minutes after the signing of tha mobilisation orders by the emperor the whole of the railway system Is under direct military control. Specially trained transportation and railway experts on tha general staff take over tha direc- tion of affairs. Besides this, there exists la the Ger- man standing army a number of Bison- bahn Regtmentar (railway corps)â€"all trained railroad builders and mechan- ics. Elaborate time tables and trans- portation cards are In readiness to be pat Into operation on the instant of mobilization, superseding the ctvie time tables of peace. Theoretically and practically tha schedules are test- ad twloe a year during the big maneu- vers. Its Railways From One Room. a period. year thee* rating tboun dally Opera Tha i is tha German emperor. Tha actual executive la called "Chef dss Grossen General Stabs.? . Tha Maker of Wsr. There Is a small, dingy, unpreten- tlous room la tha General Stabs Go* baude where, at moments of stress sad tension or International complica- tions, assemble five menâ€"his majesty, at the head of the table; to the right tha chef des Grossen General Stabs; to the left his minister of war; then tha minister of railways sad the chief of the naval staff. You will notice tha total absence of the ministers of five man mast the influence of diplo- matic and financial affairs has ceased. They are there to sot The scratch- iing of the emperor's pen in that room imeans war, the setting In motion of a iflghtlng force of 4,500,000 man. I Here Is another Instance: : "When the feeling and stress over Ithe Moroccan question, la 1011, was 1st Its height General von Heerlngen ion leaving his quarters for bis usual idrlve la tha Thlergarten was eagerly questioned by a score of officers await- !'4a1^ debt's lost"TDo v (begin?") Grimly smiling, returning their s lutes and without pause, limping to his waiting carriage, he gave tha an- swer: '" [ ' "Sleben Buchstaben, meine Her i ren!" ("Seven letters, gentlemen! "> i In German military parlance this ! means the omperor's signature, Wil- helm II, to the mobilisation orders. . In order to give thS reader a fairly correct view Of this mighty organisa- tion I have to explain each group sep- arately. The whole system rests oa the question of mobilization, meaning {the ability to arm, transport, clothe land feed a fighting fores of 4,500,000 I men in the shortest possible time at any given point la either eastern or | western Europe. For let it be clearly understood that tha main point of the (training of the German armies to the Ireadlness to launch the entire fighting force like a thunderbolt to any given 1 point of the compass. Germany knows through past experience the advisabil- ity and necessity of conducting war la an enemy's country. Tha German army la built for aggression. There are four mala groups: 1. Organization. S. Transportation. 3. Visualization. 4. Intelligence. Each of these groups is, of course, subdivided Into numerous brsnehes. which we shall go Into under each to* dividual head. Pirst comes organisation. The Ger- man army Is composed of three dis- tract parts-tho standing army, tha reserves sad Landwehr, or militia. The standing army comprises 790,- 000 officers sad man. This jtody of men to ready at an Instant. It is tha reserves who need an elaborate sys- tem of mobilization. Tha reserves are divided into two classes, first «*<» sec- ond reserves, io » the fcaaawahr. having two leviesâ€"the first and sec- on Aufgebot " . Every able-bodied man on reaching the ago of twenty-one may be called upon to serve the colors. One in five only is taken, as there IS more ma- terial than lbs country needsâ€"the fifth being selected for one of five branches Infantry., cavalry, artillery. Genie corps or the navy. The time of service in the infantry to two years; irihr tevairy three, ia *n srtiiiery three, In tha Genie corps two. aad la the navy three. Well-conducted men gat from two to four months of their timer la the sole arbiter and head. No po- litical or social body of men has any control la army matters. No political Jealousies would be permitted. Obe- dience and efficiency are demanded, Mutual Jealousies and political tricks such aa we have aasa la tha Russian aaapalgn In tha East are impossible In thS German system, tor the emperoi would break instantlyâ€"in fast, has done soâ€"any general guilty of even the faintest indication of aueh an offense. And there la no appeal to a congress, a chamber of deputies or po- litical organ against tha emperor's de- cision. Tha War Chest. Last but not mast under the heading of organization comes the financial as- pect Out of the five milliards ol francs, the war indemnity paid by Prance to Germany in 1871,100,000,000 marks In gold coins, mostly French, were put away as the nucleus of s ready war chest, In a little medieval looking watch tower, the Julius Thurm near Spandau, lies this ever-Increasing driving fores of the mightiest war en glne the world has ever aeon. It Is svsr lnsrsssing. for quietly and unobtrusively! 6,0(10,000 jgaTtfa let aroso between »* instructor and my- ZSSTSSl aSS^Su we'talre'fff Priv-Sely-cr by corporations be called! self a. 4 the'J&Unee between two upon if considered necessary. i townB on the Lincolnshire coast. He Through this vast and far-reaching pushed a button and requested the an- system of transportation Germany is swering orderly to bring map 64 and to throw a million folly the officer la charge. oa the part off the authorities, bat a well-thrashed and deep-laid schema to circumvent tha relchstag, for it gives tha emperor another 76,000 smb. A certain class of ssaa passing sa year by year and added to the store, On the first of October esch year Sines 1871 three ammunition wagons full of bright and glittering 20-mark pieces clatter over the drawbridge, and those pieces are stored away in the Bteel-plate subterranean chambers of the Julius Thurm, ready at an In* stant's notice to furnish the sinews to the man wielding this force. This is s tremendous power In itself, for thers are now doss to 500,000,000 marks ($180,000,000) In minted gold eolnsga In storage there. This pro* vldes the neossssry funds for the Ger- man army for tea calendar months. The authorities have no necessity to ask the country, warring politiciansâ€" in this instance the relchstagâ€"for money to start a campaign. They have got It ready to hand. This money to under the sole con- trol of the military authorities. It has often been declared a myth. 1 know ft to be a fact* Notwithstand- ing the financial straits Germany has gone through at times, or may go through, this money will never be touched. It la there for one purpose only ond that purpose is war. Needless to say, It Is amply guarded. Triple posts in this garrison town, do- viflM to flood instantly the whole un- der fifteen feet of water from the River Havel, are bat Items fa the sys- tem of protection. Twice a year the emperor or his heir apparent person- ally inspects this war chest. Mechan- ically balanced devices are employed to check the correct weight It to a marvelously simple mechanism by mesas of which If less than two hoars the whole of this vast hoard of gold can be accurately checked aad the absence of a single gold piece de- tected. Almost Perfect Transportation Faclll- ties. One of the moat Important parts of the organisation la the question of transportation. Napoleon's central Be- in a great measure. If not wholly, to his quickness of motion. This applies about tenfoM In modem warfare, la actual armament the leading powers off Europe are practically oa a par. The personnel, aa regards personal courage, stamina, or whatever you wish to call *j; totSftxy equal also. There fa little differeaesi In theie. dividual prowess of French. *«•â- *•. English and German soldiers. This Is to military export*, difference Is mainly a question of dis- cipline, technique and preparedness. examination called Eiejahrfgea nlss or possessing a diploma called Abtturtenten-Examen (the equivalent off a B. A.) serve only one year la am* branch. Thm elasa prorides asaat off icera. The aettve off*- lhe*sone of the oM euntary or tsedrj famines off Oerassa* are the ability to throw the greater anm- ber of troops in the Smartest possible tie seamy st say gives country to the therefore aed enervating a traversed. It Is to have numerous Tata later toil Stoa off off traffic at arteries off 1 will toad ee ebmely see off Melt*** attests: same applies to the waterways and highroads of the empire. A keen observer will often wonder st the broadness, solldness end excellent state of repair of the chaussees sad country roads, out of all proportion to the little traffic passing along. They are simply strategical arteries kept up by tha state for military purposes. The heads of the transportation and rail way eerps In Berlin sit before huge glass-covered tables where the whole of the German railway system to Its minutest detail Is shown In relief, and by pressing various single buttons they can conduct aa endless chain of trains to any given point of the em- plre. To ahow the accurate workings of this system I shall relate an Incident During the kaiser maneuvers in West Prussia a few years ago I happened to be at headquarters in Berlin deliv- ering some plana and records of the English Midland Railway system, when s general staff officer entered the signal hall and made Inquiries as to the whereabouts of a certain train having a regiment on board destined to a certain part of the maneuver field. One of the operators, through the simple manipulation of some ivory ksys In the short space of 2 «/a minutes (as I was keenly interested -J timed it) could show the exact aporof the train between two stations, the train being over 500 kilometers distant from Berlin. As every elass Al veasel In the mer- chant marine of Germany, especially the passenger boats of the big steam ship lines, can be grossed into govern- ment service, so can all motor vo- hides, taxis and trucks owned either replaced. Teas of of tana of foodstaffs. espe- ere sold far below their value to the poorer rtaasia, notably farmers. likewise tha material need by the army Is as far as possible supplied by the farmer direct . To give hat another instance of the sclenti fie thoroughness la detail, take a Single feai preparationâ€"the Erbsen- wurst (pea-meal sausage)â€"a prepara- tion of peas. meal, bacon, aalt and seasoning, compressed in a dry state into sir sad water tight tubes hi the form of a sausage, each weghlng a quarter of a pound. Highly nutritious, light la weight, practically indestructible, wholesome, this Is easily prepared into a palatable meal with the simple addition of hot water. Of this preparation huge quan- tities are always kept la stock for the *mr' Intelligence. Without doubt tha most important division of the general staff and upon whose information and efforts the whole machine hinges, to the intel- ligence department really covering many different fieldsâ€"for instance, general science, especially strategy, topography, ballistic*, but mainly the procuring of Information, data, plana, maps, etc., kept more or less secret by other powers. In thia division the brightest young officers and general officials are found. The training and knowledge required of the men in thia aervice are exacting to a degree. It requires la moat cases the undivided attentionâ€"often a life studyâ€"to a sin- gle subject. It has been the unswerving policy of the Prussian military authorities to know aa much of the rest of the Euro- pean countries as they know of their own. In the war of 1870-71. German commanders down to the lieutenant leading a email detachment had accu- rate Information, charts and data of every provincetn Prance, giving them more accurate knowledge of a foreign country than.that country had of It- self. It is a notorious fact that, after the defeat of the French armies at Wets- enburg and Worth and later at Mets, the French commanders and officers lost valuable time and strategical posi- tions through aheer ignorance of their own country. This is impossible under the Prussian system. Today there ia not a country in Europe of which there are not the most elaborate charts sad maps, topographically ex- act to the minutest detail, docketed In the archives of the general staff. This applies ss a rule to the general staff of most nations, but not to such pains- taking details. Exhaustive Knowledge of Enemies. While undergoing Instructions In the admiral stab, in the Koniggrstser Strasse 70 previous to my being sent on an English mission, a controversy fa alwaya log. and time and again I returning from a mission like see off those to the naval baas in fswaSJsssflj have sat by the hear verbally amplify- ing my previous reports. A part of the intelligence system is tha personality squad, whose duty It is to acquaint themselves with the per- sonality of every army aad navy offi- cer of the leading powers. I have seen reports aa to the environments, habits, hobbles aad general proclivities off men sash aa Admiral fisher, com- manding the Channel squadron of the British navy, down to Colonel Rlbaalt, fa charge of a battery fa Toulouse. Ta military or naval officers sad men of affairs the reason and benefit of such a system ere obvious. The general reader, however, amy not quite see the point. The position of a commander In tha field to analogous to the executive head of a big selling concern. A semi-personal knowledge of the foibles and characteristics of Thia waa the total charge from the residence fa Evanston to the resi- dence Id Champaign. If thto trunk had been seat ss railroad baggage it! would have cost flJSâ€"50 cents to go . to the station, 23 cents rati charges, and 60 cents delivery In Champaign. Ia aueh cases the passenger Is reliev- ed of showing tickets, does not have to accompany the baggage and makes a quicker trip. This article is not intended as an advertisement for express companies, but is a statement of facts showing b the sensibilities of a change is the manner of transporting â€" him an advantage over a rival corn, neglecting the personal equation being really more important than is generally understood. This has long been recognized sad fully taken ad- vantage of by the German army au- thorities. Aerial Weapons. Within the tost few years sa en- tirely new, sad, according to German ideas, most Important factor has en- tered snd seriously disturbed the rela- tive military power of European na- tions Thto to the aerial weapon. Since the days of Otto LiltSttths! snd hie glider, ft baa been the policy of Germany to keep track of all inven- tions likely to be embodied aad made use of in the war machine. It is a tar cry from Lllenthal's glider to the last word In aerial construction such as the mysterious Zsppelln-Psrseve! sky monster that, carrying a complement of twenty-five man snd twslve tons of explosives, sailed across the North sea, circled over London, and returned to Germany. Lillenthal's glider kept aloft four mlnutea. but thto new dread- naught Of Germany's flying navy was aloft ninety-six hours, maintaining a speed of thirty-eight miles an hour, thto even la the fees of a atorm pres- sure of almost sight meters. Such feats aa this are significant. They are at the same time the outcome and the cause of the development of thia part of the war machine. It is Say purpdee here to tell yea how far Germany haa advanced and progressed in this struggle for mas- tery of the Bky. I ahall disclose facts about her ayatem that have never ap- peared in printâ€"that have never been heard la conversation. They are known only to the general staff at Ber- lin, not oven In the cabinets of Eu- rope. Secret Aerial Strength. Germany without doubt has the moat up-to-date aerial fleet ta the world. The budget of the relchstag of 1908- 1909 allowed ami provided for the building and maintenance of twelve dlrigiblea of the Zeppelin type. So far as the knowledge of the rest of the world to concerned this to sit the sky navy that Germany possesses. It to a fact, though, that aha haa three times the number that one officially acknowledges. TELEPHONE. W1LMEJTE 1640 West Ada aa the Lake Slots News are charges' st tie following rates Real Easts Claaaificatioaa. 7*4 ceats per line. AH Other Classifications. S cents per use. • hto customers without doubt gives'! Miaumam Price. IS ceats. No advertisemeat charged for less than 25 ccatt. 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Not » hummock, road, roadhouse. even to tanners' residence* see bmcksmlta shoo, of which he did act have exact quarters of a million men fa ttoee is work eaoaghr It becomes a serious problem in the event of war, especially In a country like Ger- many, which at somewhat dependent on outside source* for the feeding of her millions. ThS authorities, quite aware of a Ger- foodstuff far man of imports, have rations with their usual inaa completeness. At say ana oeasc suaâ€" aaa and the large private concerns to feed the satire German army flat twelve months. Thto Bright but it Is not, tha authorities sr la Europe at I expressed astonishment st thto most unusual anquatataaas with the locality, sad suggested that he must have spent considerable time la resi- dence there. Conceive my astontsh- t whoa Informed that the only voyage ever uneenaaen htm aa fa? as Helgoland. 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PATTERSON BROS, lte (To be continued.) CHEAPER BY EXPRESS. Since express charges throughout the country have been materially re- duced to meet parcel post rates and railroads have ndvanced the charges on excess baggage, much of the latter ia now going to the express companies. Imaginative railroad of- ficers say It to not entirely a dream that before long passengers may ship all baggage by express. For several months there has been a growing Increase la the amount of baggsge carried by express com- panies. The latter are ta hot com- petition nowadays to build up a new kind of business, or rather several news kinds of business. Before the advent of the parcel post, and under high rates, the express companies had a monopoly of everything transported over railroads that did not go either as baggage or freight. Everybody knows what the parcel post hsa done In the wsy of taking package business sway from express companies, and most kinds of freight traffic must al- waya go to railroads. With the cards on the table to this extent, express companies must carve out new ttnes of business, and this ta what they are doing In many ways. As for trunks aad general baggage, the railroad companies would wok come the day when passengers would prefer to send their baggsge by ex- press. It would mean the elimination of clerical forces end save the fi*tmm>« of dollars ta service for which, they do not now receive a cent. Taking over of baggage busln by express companies will ant forced, bat will be brought abont a tsar rate ami a of the ef ssw-tf MISCELLANEOUS shewing that with the price of toll hag trunks from the railroad dence at the constdemtioe. tan these transfers will ameSr what service and relieving the traveler of all work aasssasry to have trunks de- le a