MY SECRET SERVICE
BY THE MAN WHO DINED
WITH THE KAISER
MY SECRET
SERVICE
VIENNA, SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE,
NISH, BELGRADE, ASIA MINOR, Etc.
BY
THE MAN WHO DINED
WITH THE KAISER
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1916,
By George H. Doran Company
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION
OF THE KEEN INTEREST HE
HAS SHOWN IN THESE
ADVENTURES, THIS VOLUME IS
DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| PAGE | |
| Introductory | 19 |
| “Were You Afraid?”—About Myself—War Finds Me in England—The German War-Machine—My Travels—The German Spy System—My Three Journeys—I Become a Workman at Krupp’s—I Travel in Chocolate—My Most Important Trip—The Risks—Proofs—My Reception in England. | |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Vienna in War Time | 26 |
| I Set Out for the Enemy Country—The German Official Mind—Turned Back at the Frontier—Arrived at Vienna—The Kindly Hofrat—Hatred of the English—A Subdued City—Hardships—The Hidden Scourge—The Toll of War—Austria’s Terrible Casualties—The Tragic 28th Regiment—“Mr. Wu” in Vienna—Interned Englishmen. | |
| [Pg viii] | |
| CHAPTER III | |
| In the Balkans | 48 |
| I Leave Vienna—Gay Bucharest—The Bandmaster’s Indiscretion—“À bas les allemands!”—RoumaniaEager for War—German Devices—An English Cigarette—A Terrible Journey—The Spoils of War—The Wily German—Bulgarian Poverty Under the Germans—Austrian Satisfaction over the Serbian Victories—Compulsion in England—Bulgarian Anxiety about the Attitude of Greece—The German Language in Bulgaria. | |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| Constantinople | 69 |
| I Leave Sofia—A Valuable Document—The Change in Adrianople—The Bulgars in ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |