-in two short years. Yet the doctors cannot come, because
every man of them is already doing more than human energy allows. It is
a heartrending sight to look down upon this helpless mass and to realize
that many of them have been sentenced to painful death for mere lack of
primitive medical attention.

One wonders whether, now that half Europe has been transformed into a
vast slaughterhouse, appeals for sympathy can be other than in vain.

*ANOTHER "HAPPY THOUGHT."*

By WINIFRED ARNOLD.

The world is so full
Of a number of Kings!--
That's probably what is the
Matter with things.

*Spy Organization in England*

*British Home Office Communication, Oct. 9.*

In view of the anxiety naturally felt by the public with regard to the
system of espionage on which Germany has placed so much reliance and to
which attention has been directed by recent reports from the seat of
war, it may be well to state briefly the steps which the Home Office,
acting on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, has taken to deal with
the matter in this country. The secrecy which it has hitherto been
desirable in the public interest to observe on certain points cannot any
longer be maintained owing to the evidence which it is necessary to
produce in cases against spies that are now pending.

It was clearly ascertained five or six years ago that the Germans were
making great efforts to establish a system of espionage in this country,
and in order to trace and thwart these efforts a Special Intelligence
Department was established by the Admiralty and the War Office which has
ever since acted in the closest co-operation with the Home Office and
metropolitan police and the principal provincial police forces. In 1911,
by the passing of the Official Secrets act, 1911, the law with regard to
espionage, which had hitherto been confused and defective, was put on a
clear basis and extended so as to embrace every possible mode of
obtaining and conveying to the enemy information which might be useful
in war.

The Special Intelligence Department, supported by all the means which
could be placed at its disposal by the Home Secretary, was able in three
years, from 1911 to 1914, to discover the ramifications of the German
Secret Service in England. In spite of enormous efforts and lavish
expenditure of money by the enemy, little valuable information passed
into their hands. The agents, of whose identity knowledge was obtained
by the