TAILIEUCHUNG - The Dark Invader

Men engaged in Intelligence Services during a war divide their particular opponents into two classes. One consists of neutrals who go out of their way to help the enemy for the sake of gain; and for such men we have not much compassion should they fall upon misfortune. They are interfering in great matters with which they are not concerned, in order to make a little money. The other class is made up of men who, abandoning the opportunities of their own careers, go secretly away in the sacred service of their country, play a lone hand, and run the gauntlet of foreign laws. For. | 1 PROJECT GUTENBERG THE DARK INVADER Captain Franz von Rintelen The Dark Invader War-Time Reminiscences of a German Naval Intelligence Officer by Captain Franz von Rintelen WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A. E. W. Mason PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED HARMONDSWORTH MIDDLESEX ENGLAND First published 1933 First Penguin printing 1936 TO MY DAUGHTER MARIE-LUISE From Admiral Sir Reginald Hall the Chief of the Naval Intelligence Division during the War. HAWK S LEASE LYNDHURST. August 13th 1932. Footnote The anniversary of my capture by the British--off Ramsgate. 2 MY DEAR RINTELEN I wish to tell you to-day that I as you know have the greatest sympathy for you. I know well that you have suffered more than a man should be called on to suffer and I am full of admiration for the manner in which you have retained your balance of mind and your courage. That the fortune of war made it my job to bring so many disasters on you that is my sorrow and if by anything I can do I can in some manner assist to get you peace and happiness I shall feel happy myself. Sincerely yours W. R. HALL. PREFACE Men engaged in Intelligence Services during a war divide their particular opponents into two classes. One consists of neutrals who go out of their way to help the enemy for the sake of gain and for such men we have not much compassion should they fall upon misfortune. They are interfering in great matters with which they are not concerned in order to make a little money. The other class is made up of men who abandoning the opportunities of their own careers go secretly away in the sacred service of their country play a lone hand and run the gauntlet of foreign laws. For such we can have nothing but respect while the fight is going on and friendship when it is over. Captain Franz von Rintelen belongs to this latter class. A young naval officer with every likelihood of reaching to high rank he went abroad in 1915 and only saw his own country again after the lapse of six strenuous and in part unhappy years. The .

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