906 to 1913; 113
persons were found guilty of attempted or accomplished espionage of a
grave nature. The methods employed by these spies included theft,
attacks upon military posts and the employment of German officers'
uniforms as disguises. The court proceedings threw a clear light upon
the organization and operations of espionage in Germany. This espionage
was directed from central points in foreign countries, often in the
small neighboring neutral States. Repeatedly it appeared that the
foreign embassies and consulates in Germany assisted in this work; it
was also discovered that Russia, France and England were exchanging
reports which they had received concerning Germany's means of defense.

This espionage system was supported with large funds. It endeavored
whenever possible to seduce military persons and officials to betray
their country, and, when this was not possible, it devoted its attention
to doubtful characters of every sort. It began its work with petty
requests of a harmless appearance, followed these with inducements to
violations of duty, and then proceeded with threats of exposure to
compel its victims to betray their country further. Exact instructions,
complete in the minutest detail, were given to the spies for the
carrying on of their work; they were equipped with photographic
apparatus, with skeleton keys, forged passes, &c.; they received fixed
monthly salaries, special bonuses for valuable information, and high
rewards for especially secret matters, such as army orders, descriptions
of weapons and plans of fortifications. Principal attention was paid to
our boundaries, railroads, bridges and important buildings on lines of
traffic, which were spied upon by specially trained men. With the
reports of these spies as their basis, our opponents have carefully
planned the destruction of the important German lines of communication.
The extraordinary watchfulness of the German military officials
immediately before the declaration of war and since then has been able
to render futile the whole system of foreign attempts against our means
of communication in every single instance, but a great number of such
attempts have been made. All these things prove beyond doubt that a war
against Germany has long been planned by our opponents.

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LIES ABOUT GERMANY.

The machinations of England and France to put Germany in the
wrong--Lies on all sides.

Germany