It was currently reported that all the passengers when entering or leaving a country at war, in Germany as well as in France and England, would be required to remove all their clothes and undergo a thorough examination. This proved to be the case in this instance, except where travelers could make an unusually good showing of neutrality and fairness, under which condition I passed the scrutinizing officers to my utmost satisfaction. When the steamship was crossing the Baltic Sea, I looked in vain among the passengers for Miss Bross, who, according to subsequent reports, was retained as a spy. The examining officer, a German lady, had found a plat of the military grounds at Spandau pasted to the sole of her bare foot. I never saw her again. This gave me the liberty to do as I pleased with the scrap of paper Miss Bross handed to me on the train. On examination I found it embodied a somewhat faulty plat of the military camp at Döberitz. It occurred to me immediately that I had assumed a dangerous and unnecessary risk in permitting her to place it in my custody. Had I known the contents of this innocent looking scrap of paper, it would have been utterly impossible to have induced me to even touch it. However, the matter ended without injury to me, and I was extremely glad that I was sailing on the Baltic Sea, instead of being at the inspection rooms at Warnemünde with the scrap of paper in my pocket. (The author continues his interesting narrative with an illuminating description of the methods of spying and many other phases of his journeys.--EDITOR.) FOOTNOTE: [2] All numerals relate to stories told herein--not to chapters in the book. "THE ADVENTURE OF THE U-202"--THE KAISER'S ARMADA _Hunting the Seas on a German Submarine_ _By Baron Spiegel Von Und Zu Peckelsheim, Captain Lieutenant Commander of the U-202_ This is a thrilling day by day story of the daring, hunting raid of a German submarine, told by the officer in charge. He tells how the undersea boat is maneuvered; how the English and French attempt to guard the channel against the enemy's deadly U-boats. He reveals the emotions of the officers and crew of the little 202 in the presence of what seemed death the next moment, and tells of their marvellous achievements in the midst of their sinister tasks. This is one of the most astounding personal narratives that the War has yielded. These selections are taken from the German Commander's logbook with the permission of the publishers, _The Century Company_, copyright 1917, published by arrangement with the _New York World_. [3] I--STORY OF THE SUBMARINE CAPTAIN What peculiar sensations filled me. We were at war--the most insane war ever fought! And now I am a commander on a U-boat! I said to myself: