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Revelations of the Kaiser's Personal Spy By Dr. Armgaard Karl Graot Who, for a Number of Years Prior to His A r res t and Betrayal in England in 1912, was Emperor William's Most Trusted Personal Spy. German War Machine the Most Elaborate Ever Devised by Man. (This article on the German war ma chine was written by Dr. Graves sev eral weeks before Germany's declara tion of war upon Russia precipitated the European war. In reading the article it would be well to keep this fact in mind.) The numerical strength, disposition and efficiency of the German army are more or less well known. The brain, and all-prevailing power controlling a fighting force of 4,500,000 men is. how ever, not known. Here for the first time Is published an account of the inside workings of the German war machine so far as It Is possible for any one man to give them. Through my intimate connections with the Ger man and other secret service sys tems, through constant contact with prominent army and navy officers, I r have enjoyed special facilities, of : which I have availed myself to the r ll to gain the Inside knowledge rich I here commit to paper. The Fighting Force. The most elaborate system ever de vised by the ingenuity of man, used not only for war and destruction, but as an Intelligence clearing house for the whole of the empire, is the Ger man war machine. Conceived by Gen eral Stein in the days of the Napole onic wars, added to and elaborated by successive administrations, solely un der the control of the ruling house, Its efficiency and perfect and smooth working are due to the total absence of political machinations or prefer ences. Brains, ability and thorough scien tific knowledge are the only passports for entrance in the Grosser General Stab, the general staff of the German empire. You, will find blooded young officers and gray-haired generals past active efficiency, experts ranking from an ordinary mechanic to the high est engineering expert, all working harmoniously together with one end in view, the acme of efficiency. Con trolled and directed by the war lord in person through the chief des Gros sen General Stabs—at present Gen eral Field Marshal von Heeringen— this Immense machine, the pulsing brain of a fighting force of 4,500,000 men, ts composed of from 180 to 200 officials. At the peace of Tilsit, after the crushing defeat of the Prussian armies at Prussian Eylau and Friedland, Bo naparte had Prussia and the whole of central Europe at his mercy. Con trary to the advice of his generals, es pecially the succinct advice of his often unheeded mentor, Talleyrand, pletely to disintegrate Prussia, Napo leon, through his fondness for pretty women, let himself be tricked by Lou ise of Prussia. The interesting historical story of this incident may be apropos here, showing how the world's history be changed by a kiss. At the peace conference In Tilsit Napoleon, on the verge of disintegrating Prussia, met the beautiful Queen Louise of Prussia. Through her pleadings and the Im print of a kies on her classic arm. Bo naparte granted Prussia the right to maintain a standing army of 12,000 That In itself did not much, but It gave able and shrewd Prussian patriots the opportunity to circumvent and hoodwink Bonaparte's policy. , com can Beginnings of German Army. Prussia has always been fortunate in producing able men at the most needed moment A man arose with a gift for military organization. He had every province, district town and village In Prussia carefully scheduled and the able-bodied men thereof put on record. He selected the 12,900 man permitted Prussia under the Napole onic decree and drilled them. No sooner were these men drilled than they were dismissed and another 13.000 called In. From this point dates modern conscription—the father of which was General Stein—and this also Inaugurated the birth of the war machine. In three years Prussia had 180.000 well-drilled men and 120,000 reserves, quite a different proposition from the 12,000 men Napoleon thought he bad to face on hla retreat from Moscow, and which played a decisive factor in the overthrow of the dictator of Europe. Through the wars of 1864 and 1866 to 1870, the Franco-PrusBian war, the war machine of Prussia was merged into that of the German empire and la a record of increasing efforts, en tailing unbelievable hard work and a compilation of the minutest details. The modern system of organization— especially the mobilization schedules —Is the work of Helmut von Moltke, the "Grosse Schweiger," the Great Si lent One, the strategist of the cam paign of 1871. Its Present Head. It is curious that there is a great similarity between the late Moltke and Heeringen. They have the same aqui line features, tall, thin, dried-up body, the same taciturn disposition, even the same bobbies—Moltke being an incessant chess player, using every one of his spo to play with lead soldiers. He to re puted to have an army of 80,000 lead soldiers with which he {days the mo ment he opens bis eyes—much in the •Sine manner »« Moltke, who used to request his'chessboard the first thing In the morning. In military circles Heeringen is looked upon with the same respect and accredited with quite as much strategical knowledge »s Moltke was. It Is « significant fact that, when ever there has been any tension In Europe, especially between Germany and France, Öenerel von Heeringen Heeringen re moments 0 ■ of of his comrade in arms. General von Hul sen-Haeseler—also a great strategist and an iron disciplinarian—immedi ately has taken command of Mats, the most Important base and military poet In the emperor's domain. There is no man alive who knows one-half as much about the strategical position of Mets and the surrounding country as General von Heeringen. Often on stormy, bitter cold winter nights, sentries on outposts stationed at and guarding the approaches of Metz have been startled to find a gaunt, limping figure, covered by a gray army greatcoat with no distin guishing marks, stalking along. Ac companied by orderlies carrying camp stools and * table, night glasses and electric torches, halting repeatedly, his men taking down in writing the short, croaking sentences escaping be tween the thin, compressed Ups, the "Geist of Mets" has prowled round, measuring every foot of ground fifty miles east, west, north and south of his beloved Metz. The visible head of this vast organi zation is called Der Grosse General Stab, with headquarters in Berlin. Each army corps has a "Kleine Gen eral Stab," which sends its most able officers to Berlin. These officers, in conjunction with the most able sci entists, engineers and architects the empire can produce, compose the great general staff. The virtual head is the German emperor. The actual executive is called "Chef des Grossen General Stabs." I The Maker of War. There is a small, dingy, unpreten tious room In the General* Stabs Ge bäude where, at momenta of atresa and tension or International complica tions, assemble five men—his majesty, at the head of the table; to the right the chef des Grossen General Staba; to the left his minister of war; then the minister of railways and the chief of the naval staff. You will notice the total absence of the ministers of finance and diplomacy. When these five men meet the Influence of» diplo matic and financial affairs has ceased. They are there to act The scratch ing of the emperor's pen In that room means war, the setting in motion of a fighting force of 4,600,000 men. In order to give the reader a fairly correct view of this mighty organisa tion I have to explain each gronp sep arately. The whole system resta on the question of mobilization, meaning the ability to arm, transport, clothe and feed a fighting force of 4,600,000 men in the shortest possible time at any given point In either eastern or western Europe. For let it be clearly understood that the main point of the training of the German armies Is the readiness to launch the entire fighting force like a thunderbolt to any given point of the compass. Germany knows through past experience the advisabil ity and necessity of conducting war in an enemy's country. The German army is built for aggression. There are four main groupa; L Organ i za t ion. 2. Transportation. 3. Virtualization. 4. Intelligence. Each of these groups la, of course, subdivided into numerous branches, which we shall go into under each In dividual head. First comes organization. The Ger man army la composed of three dis tinct parts—the standing army, the reserves and Landwehr, or militia. The standing army comprises 790, 000 officers and men. This body of men to ready at an Instant It la the reserves who need an elaborate sys tem of mobilisation. The reserves are divided Into two classes, first and sec ond reserves. So Is the Landwehr, having two levies—the first and sec on Aufgebot. Every able-bodied man on reaching the age of twenty-one may be called upon to serve the colora. One In five only la taken, as there to more ma terial than the country needs—the fifth being selected for one of five branches—infantry, cavalry, artillery, Genie corps or the navy. The time of service in the infantry is two years; in the cavalry three, in the artillery three, in the Genie corps two, and In the navy three. The real backbone and stiffening of the German army and navy are the noncommissioned officers recruited from the rank and file. In fact, this body of men la the mainstay of the thrones In the German empire, espe cially of Prussia. These men, after about twelve years of service in an army where discipline, obedience and efficiency are the first and last word, are then drafted Nnto all the minor administrative »Ikes of the «täte, such as minor railway, post, excise, municipal and police. The reader will see the significance of this when it la pointed out that not only the empira but the war machine has these well trained men at its beck and call. The same thing applies to the drafting of officers to moat of the higher and highest administrative positions In the state. There are twenty-five army corps, all placed In strategical positions. The control of the army In peace or in war lies with the emperor, is the sole arbiter and head. No po litics] or social body of men haB control In army matters. No political jealousies would be permitted. Obe dience and efficiency are demanded. Mutual jealousies and political tricks such as we have seen in the Russian campaign In the Bast are Impossible In the German system, for the emperor would break instantly—In fart, has don# so—any general guilty of even the faintest Indication of auch an offense. And there ts no appeal to a , congress, a chamber of deputies or po a to In He am ■ lltleal organ against tbs emperor's de cision. The War Chest. Last but not least under the heading of organisation comes the financial as pect Out of the five milliards of francs, the war Indemnity paid by France to Germany in 1871, 200,000,000 marks in gold coins, mostly French, were put away as the nucleus of a ready war chest In a little medieval looking watch tower, the Julius Thurm near Spandau, lies this ever-increasing driving force of the mightiest war en gine the world has ever seen. It is ever increasing, for quietly and unobtrusively 6,000,000 marks In newly minted gold coins sre taken year by year and added to the store. This money is under the sole con trol of the military authorities. It has often been declared a myth. 1 know It to be a faot. Notwithstand ing the financial straits Germany has gone through at times, or may go through, this money will never be touched. It Is there for one purpose only and that purpose Is war. Almost Psrfsct Transportation Facili ties. One of the most important parts of the organisation Is the question of transportation. Napoleon's central Eu ropean wars owed their success In a great measure, if not wholly, to his quickness of motion. This applies about tenfold in modem warfare. In actual armament the leading powers of Europe are practically on a par. The personnel, as regards personal courage, stamina, or whatever you wish to call It, is fairly equal also. There is little difference in the In dividual prowess of French, Russian, English and German soldiers. This la well known to military experts. The difference Is mainly a question of dis cipline, technique and preparedness, the main factor being, ae Indicated, the ability to throw the greater num ber of troops in the shortest possible time against the enemy at any given point, without exhausting man and beast unnecessarily and enervating the country to be traversed. It is therefore necessary to have numerous arteries of traffic at. disposal. This will lead us later to the question of visualization, Germany closely one of Moltke's "March separately, but fight con jointly." Only in a country where all rail roads, highways and waterways, and where post and telegraph are owned and controlled by the state Is it pos sible to evolve and perfect a system of transportation such as Is at the disposal of the German general staff. Every mile of German railroads, es pecially the ones built within the last following axioms: % •A v' ,'1 J L [<i m ' A Gaunt. Limping Figura, Covarad by a Gray Arm# Greatcoat, With No Dis tinguishing Marks, Stalking Along. twenty years, has been constructed mainly for strategical reasons. Nlriety per cent of all the railway offlqlals are ex-soldier». Five mlnut< after the signing of the mobilization ordert by the emperor the whole of tfee railway system la under direct military control. Specially trained transportation and railway experts on the general staff take over the direc tion of affairs. Operata Railways From One Room. The same applies to the waterways and highroads of the empire. A keen observer will often wonder at the broadness, solidness and excellent state of repair of the chaussées and country roads, out of all proportion to the little traffic paaeing along. They are simply strategical arteries kept up by the state for military purposes. The heads of the transportation and rail- way corps In Berlin sit before huge glass-covered tables where the whole of the German railway system to it« minutest detail la ahown In relief, and by pressing various single buttons they can conduct an endless chain of trains to any given point of the em- pire. - To show the accurate workings of this system I shall relate an incident. During the kaiser maneuvers in West Prussia a few years ago 1 happened to be at headquarters in Berlin deliv ering some plans and records of the English Midland Railway system, when a 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 keys in the short space of 2% minutes (as I was keenly interested I timed It) could show the exact spot of the train between two stations, the train being over 600 kilometer» distant from Berlin. As every class A1 vessel in the mer chant marine of Germany, especially ■hip Unes, can he pressed Into gorern ment serrioe, so can all motor ve hicles, taxis and tracks owned either privately or by corporations be called upon If considered necessary. Through this vast and far-reaching system of transportation Germany Is enabled to throw a million fully equipped men on to either of her fron tiers within 48 hours. She can double this host In 60 house more. Visualization. Napoleon's dictum that an army marches on Its stomach Is as true to day as It was then, adequate provi sions for man and beast being the most important factor in military sci ence. The economic feeding of three quarters of a million men In peace time Is work enough. H becomes a serious problem in the event of war, especially In a country like Ger many, which ie somewhat dependent on outside sources for the feeding of her millions. The authorities, quite aware of a possible blocking and consequent stoppage of Imports, have made prepa rations with their usual thorough Ger man completeness. At any given time there is sufficient foodstuff for man and beast stored In state storehouses and the large private concerns to feed the entire German army for twelve months. This might seem Inadequate, but It la not, the authorities being well aware that war In Europe at the pres ent time could not and would not last longer than such a period. Once a year these storehouses are overhauled and perishable or deterio rating provisions replaced. Tens of thousands of tons of foodstuffs, espe cially fodder, are sold far below their usual market value to the poorer classes, notably farmers. Likewise the material used by the army Is as far as possible supplied by the farmer direct. Intelligence. Without doubt the most Important division of the general staff and upon whose Information and efforts the whole machine hinges. Is the Intel ligence department, really covering many different fields—for instance, general science, especially strategy, topography, ballistics, but mainly the procuring of Information, data, plans, maps, etc., kept more or less secret by other powers. In this division the brightest young officers and general officials are found. The training and knowledge required of the men in this service are exacting to a degree. It requires In most cases the undivided attention—often a life study—to a sin gle subject. It has been the unswerving policy of the Prussian military authorities to know as much of the rest of the Euro pean countries as they know of their own. In the war of 1870-71, German I found that the commanders down to the lieutenant leading a small detachment had accu rate Information, Charta and data of every province In France, 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 Weta enburg and Worth and later at Metz, the French commanders and officers lost valuable time and strategical posi tions through sheer Ignorance of their own country. This is impossible under the Prussian system. Today there is not a country In Europe of which there are not the moat elaborate charts and maps, topographically act to the minutest detail, docketed In the archives of the general staff. This applies as a rule to the general staff 1 of most nations, but not to auch pains-' taking details. Exhaustive Knowledge of Enemlag While undergoing instructions In the admiral stab In the Konlggratser Strasse 70 previous to my being sent on an English miseion, a controversy arose between my Instructor and ex my self as to the distance between two towns on the Lincolnshire coast He pushed a button and requested the swerlng orderly to bring map 64 and the officer In charge. With the usual promptness both map and officer appeared. The officer, who could not have been more than twenty five years of age, discussed with me Iq fluent colloquial Engltah the whole of this section of Lincolnshire, hummock, road, roadhouse, even to farmers' residences and blacksmith shop, of which he did not have exact knowledge. an Not a Subsequently, through careful in quiries and research—my work bring ing me Into constant contact with the various division whole of England, France and Russia was carefully cut Into sections, each of those sections being in charge of two officers and a secretary whose sole duty It was to acquaint and make themselves perfectly familiar with everything in that particular locality. Through the far-reaching system of espionage, the latest and most up-to date information Is always forthcom ing. and time and again Imyrolf. often «turning from a mission like one of those to the naval base in Scotland, have sat by the hour verbally amplify ing my previous reports, A part of the intelligence system is the personality squad, whose duty It Is to acquaint themselves with the sonallty of every army and navy offi cer of the leading powers. Aerial Weapona Within the last few per years an en tirely new, and, according to German ideas, most Important factor has en tered and seriously disturbed the rela tive military power of European na tions. This is the aerial weapon. Since the days of Otto Lillenthal and his glider. It has been the policy of Germany to keep track of all Inven tions likely to be embodied and made use of in the war machine. It Is a far cry from Lilenthal's glider to the last word in aerial construction such the mysterious Zeppelln-Parseval sky monster that, carrying a complement of twenty-five men and twelve tons of explosives, sailed across the North sea, circled over London, and returned to Germany. It is my purpose here to tell you how far Germany has advanced and progressed In this struggle for mas tery of the sky. I shall disclose facts about her system that have never ap peared in print—that have never been heard in conversation. They are known only to the general staff at Ber lin, not even In the cabinets of Eu rope. Secret Aerial Strength. Germany without doubt has the most up-to-date aerial fleet in the world. The budget of the reichstag of 1908 1909 allowed and provided for the building and maintenance of twelve dirigibles of the Zeppelin type. So far as the knowledge of the rest of the world is concerned this is all the sky navy that Germany possesses. It Is a fact, though, that she has three times the number that she officially acknowledges. The diriblgle-balloon centers in Ger many are five, and they are situated at vitally strategic points. There are two on the French border, one on the Rus sian border, one on the Atlantic coast, and a central station near Berlin. The exact places are Strassburg, Frank fort on the Main, Posen, Wilhelms hafen and Berlin. This does not In clude the marvelous station at Helgo land in the North sea, this being a strategic point in relation to Great Britain. Nothing is known about this Helgoland station. None but those on official business are permitted within a thousand yards of It I shall tell things concerning it. Besides these purely military posts there are a number of commercial sta tions necessary as depots of the regu lar transportation aerial lines that operate for the convenience of the publie; Like Germany's commercial steamers, however, they are controlled and subsldzed by the government. At a few hours' notice they can be con verted and made use of for govern ment purposes. Taking these trans portation lines Into consideration, it Is safe to state that by now Germany could send fifty huge airships to war. Revolutionizing Discoveries. It may be a puzzle to Americans why, in the face of disasters and acci dents to these Zeppelins, Germany is spending about $4,000,000 on her aerial fleet. Now we come to a very signifi cant point. I know, and certain mem bers of the German general staff know as well ae trusted men in the aerial corps, that there are two conditions under which airships are operated in Germany. One is the ordinary more or less well-known system which char acterizes the operation of all the pas senger lines now in service in the em pire. It is the system under which all the disasters that appear in the newspapers occur. Airships that are used in the general army flights and maneuvers are also run under the same system as the passenger dirig ibles—for a reason. The other system Is an absolute se cret of the German general staff. It is not used In the general maneuvers, only in specific cases, and these al ways secretly. It has been proved to be effective in eliminating 75 per cent of the accidents which have character ized all of Germany's adventures In dirigibles and heavler-than-atr ma chines. These statistics are known only among the German general staff officers. Critics of the German dirigible who rate the French aeroplane superior point out that the Zeppelins have three serious defects—bulk and heavi ness of structure, inflammability of the lifting power—the gas that floats them —and insufficiency of fuel carriage. In other words, they cannot ship enongh gas to stay in air a desirable length of time without coming down. The se cret devices of the German war office have eliminated all these objectionable features. They have overcome the condition of bulk and heaviness of sfnicture by their government chem ists devising the formula of » material that Is which density' and which has also the flex ibility of steel. Airships not among the twelve that Germany officially ad mits are made of this material. Its formula is a government secret and England or France would give thou sands of dollars to possess U. The objection of inflammability of the lifting power has also been over come. The power of the ordinary hy drogen gas in all its various forms bas been multiplied threefold by a new gas discovered at the Spandau govern ment chemisai laboratory. This gas has also the enormous advantage of being absolutely uninflammable. Let me show you how the German aerial corps is made up. It is called the Lttftschiffer Abteilung and is com posed of ten battalions, each consist ing of 850 men. They are all absolute ly trained tor this branch of the serv ice. Only the smartest mechanics and artificers are selected. In the higher positions the most intelligent and bravest officers hold command. The wonderful system of the Ger man war machine has been insulted with rare detail In the aerial corps. The equipment of the different sta lighter than aluminum, yet pomeeses all of that metal's tions Is really marvelous, for every thing human Ingenuity has been abla to devise concerning the dirigible you will And In application. Bach station Is fully equipped and Is an absolutely Independent center In Itself. Take the base at Helgoland. It Is the newest and the one that is always cloaked with secrecy. Guarding the Dirigibles. At the extreme eastern comer of the island of Helgoland one sees, amid the sandy dunes, three vast oblong iron-gray structures. At a distance they are not unlike overgrown gas ometers. I say at a distance, for It Is Impossible for any visitor to get within a thousand yards of the sta tion. The solitary approach is guard ed by a triple post of the marine guard. If you walk toward the sta tion, before you come within a hun dred yards of the guard, you will fir.d large signs setting forth In unmistak able and terse language that dire and swift penalties follow any further ex ploration In that direction. Not only English but German visitors to Helgo land have found out that even the slightest Infringement of the rules of these signs Is dangerous. I shall, how ever, take you a little closer. Walking on until you are within fifty yards of the great balloon sheds, you pause before a tall fence of barbed wire, this connected with an elaborate alarm bell system that sounds in the two guard houses. For instance, if an enterprising secret agent of France were to try and steal up on the sta tion, if he came by night and cut through the barbed wire, a series of bells would immedately sound the. general alarm. Having passed through the six strands of barbed wire a tall octag onal tower meets the eye. In this tower are Installed two powerful searchlights as well as a complete wireless outfit. All the Zeppelins carry wireless. By means of elaborate re flectors it le possible with the search lights to flood the whole plaoe with daylight in the middle of night. Thus ascensions can be made safely at any hour of the twenty-four. The three oblong sheds stand In a row, the middle being the largest, hav ing spaces for two complete dirigibles, while the other sheds house but one each. They are about 800 feet long, 200 feet broad and 120 feet high. The whole structure itself can be shifted to about an angle of forty degrees, this being worked on a plan similar to the railroad engine turntable. The rea son for it is that with the veering of the wind the sheds are turned so that the doors will be placed advantageous ly for the removal of the airship. The whole layout and the vast area of space show that It Is the govern ment's Intention still further to In crease the plant. In fact, on my last visit to Helgoland—and it was nearly three years ago—I saw the evidence of another shed about to be built. At the station is the most efficient me teorological department of all the sta tions. The most sensitive and up-to date Instruments connected with this science are there in duplicate and the highest experts Germany can produce are in charge of the department. Helgoland has long been a sore spot of British diplomacy. Seised from Denmark In 1807, It was formally ceded to England In 1814; now It is a menace to her. While Lord Salisbury was prime minister of England he conceived what he believed to be a shrewd diplomatic move. He offered Bismarck Helgoland in exchange for some East African concessions, and It became a German possession in 1890. Helgoland is now the key and guard of Germany's main artery of com merce, being the key to Hamburg. With the dirigible station of Helgoland to guard her, Hamburg is considered impregnable. Let us consider one of these new war monsters, the latest and most powerful, the X 15. The latest Zeppe lins, charged with the newly discov ered dloxygenous gas. giving these sky battleships triple lifting capacity; the perfecting of the Diesel motor, giving enormous horsepower percent age with light fuel consumption (fifty of these Diesel engines, their work ings secret to the German govern ment, are stored under guard at the big navy-yards at Wilhelmshafen and Kiel, ready to be installed at the break of war In submarines and diri gibles), have given the German' type of aircraft an importance undreamed of and unsuspected by the rest ef the world. Guns on the Zeppelins. The operating sphere of the new balloons has extended from 100 to 1,400 kilometers. Secret trial trips of a fully equipped Zeppelin like X 16. carrying a crew of 24 men, six quick firing guns, seven tons of explosives, have extended from Stettin, over the Baltic, over the Swedish coast, crossing the Baltic and landing at Swlnemunde, with enough gae, fuel and provisions left to keep aloft other 86 hours. The distance all told covered on one of these trips 1.180 kilometers, for itself. Helgoland to London, or any midland towns In England, corresponds to the mileage covered on recent trips. Picture the havoc a dosen such vul tures could create attacking a city like London or Paris. In attacking large places the Zeppeline would rise to a height of from 6,000 to 8,000 feet, at which distance these huge cigar shaped engines of death, 700 feet long, would a.ppear the size of a football! and no bigger. 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