POSING AS A JOURNALIST--CREDENTIALS--SUBTLE SUGGESTIONS--SUSPICIONS--A FALLEN STAR--SOLD TO THE POLICE--INSTINCTIVE WARNINGS--TEMPTATION--INTERCEPTED ADULATIONS--A SERIOUS BLOW--TESTS--DANGER SIGNALS--FLIGHT--HERR SCHMIDT--DOUBLE TRACKING--ARREST WARRANT POSTPONED 170 CHAPTER XIII DODGING FRONTIER GUARDS AND SEARCHING FOR ONE'S SELF FRONTIER GUARDS--SMUGGLERS--RIGOROUS SEARCHES--UNEARTHING VALUABLE GERMAN SECRETS REGARDING SUPER-ZEPPELINS, SUBMARINES AND THE PARIS BIG CANNON--A LOQUACIOUS WAITER--HEAD-MONEY FOR MY CAPTURE--25,000 MARKS, DEAD OR ALIVE--LOOKING FOR ONESELF--A CAPTURE--CROSSING THE SCHLESWIG FRONTIER--A FRIEND IN NEED--DANGEROUS ENTERPRISE--KIEL HARBOUR--SAFE RETURN 180 CHAPTER XIV AVOIDING COLD MURDER SWARMS OF BAGMEN--JESUITICAL METHODS--MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES--UNACCOUNTABLE ACCIDENTS--AVOIDING A DUEL--FASCINATED BY A HUNGARIAN--A LUDICROUS TRAVELLER--FRACAS AT A THEATRE--INSULT, ASSAULT AND CHALLENGE--CHOOSING WEAPONS--DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME--FIXING DETAILS--EARLY TRAVELLING--DÉNOUEMENT--"AM TAG" 190 CHAPTER XV ESCAPING FROM A SUBMARINE A SHIP OF ILL-OMEN--ATTACKED--HELL LET LOOSE--PANIC--FIGHT FOR THE BOATS--COWARDLY CONDUCT--POWERLESS TO ACT--SHRAPNEL AT SEA--SURRENDER--TAKING CHARGE OF SHIP AND CARRYING ON--VALUE OF SMOKE BOXES--TERRIBLE ANTICIPATIONS--LAND AT LAST--REMINISCENCES UNTOLD 200 CHAPTER XVI THE CASEMENT AFFAIR GRAVE IMPUTATIONS--NORWEGIAN CHARACTERISTICS--CASEMENT'S LETTER TO SIR EDWARD GREY--IRISH INTERESTS--SURREPTITIOUS VISITS TO THE EMBASSY--ENVOYÉ EXTRAORDINAIRE--£10,000 FOR CASEMENT'S SERVANT--CASEMENT'S EXPLANATIONS, COMMENTS, KIDNAPPING AND MURDER ALLEGATIONS--SIR F. E. SMITH ON CASEMENT'S LIFE AND ACTIONS--A BAD MISTAKE 211 CHAPTER XVII PERTAINING TO MYSTERY SHIPS "YOU BRITISH WILL ALWAYS BE FOOLS AND WE GERMANS SHALL NEVER BE GENTLEMEN"--SILHOUETTE LIFEBOAT FOR GUN-COVERING--A SECRET OF THE WAR EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED--MORE IDEASFOR MYSTERY SHIPS DESCRIBED--SECRET THANKS--SUCCESSFUL RESULTS FROM CAMOUFLAGE AT SEA--THE GRATITUDE OF THE ADMIRALTY 225 CHAPTER XVIII THE SINKING OF THE "LUSITANIA" BY GERMAN TREACHERY HOW THE DASTARDLY DEED WAS PLANNED--COMMEMORATION MEDAL PREMATURELY DATED--SINKING ANNOUNCED IN BERLIN BEFORE THE VESSEL WAS ATTACKED--GERMAN JOY AT THE OUTRAGE--BRITISH SECRET CODE STOLEN--VIOLATIONS OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY--FALSE MESSAGES--AUTHORITY FOR THE FACTS 235 CHAPTER XIX MINISTERIAL, DIPLOMATIC, AND CONSULAR FAILINGS