as an unconditional surrender,
and meant the end of the "unspeakable Turk" in Europe.

THE SECRET SERVICE

The United States did not declare war till nearly three years after the
war had begun in Europe. During most of that time the situation was
this: Germany, to win at all, must win at once. The longer the Allies
could stave Germany off, the more time they would have to collect arms
and armies, powder, food, and ships, and the more certain they would be
of winning in the end. Therefore they sent to America, which was rich
and had many factories, for tremendous quantities of every sort of war
provisions. Of course it was necessary for Germany to prevent the
Allies from getting these supplies. It was in the effort to do this
that the German spy system became so widespread in the United States.

The German government had always kept in direct touch with a number of
Germans in America, and in indirect touch with a great many more. So
when Germany needed help in America, she called on the German-Americans
to hinder in every way possible the sending of aid to Great Britain and
France. The United States could not allow any one to blow up American
factories and railroads and start strikes among American workmen.
Consequently the United States Secret Service and its fellow agencies
set to work, and the great fight was on.

The opponents, the German Intelligence Office and the American Secret
Service, were not so unevenly matched as one might imagine. What
advantage the Germans lost by being in the enemy's country they made up
by being prepared far in advance, and by knowing just what they wanted
to do. And there is always an advantage on the side of the hunted
animal. Let us see briefly just what each organization was like.

The German service in its heyday was a fearful and wonderful thing.
Little by little, as spies were "shadowed," captured, and their papers
examined, the whole far-reaching tangle was revealed. One can tell
only a little here about this tangle--for to tell it all would take
more books than one.

In the German system there were five or six names to be remembered.
Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador and chief plotter; Dr.
Heinrich Albert, his assistant and treasurer; Franz von Rintelen,
reported to be a near relative to the Kaiser; Captain Franz von Papen,
the military attache; and his partner, Captain Boy-Ed, the naval
attache. From this group at the top, the lines spread down