London, Dec. 4.
Of all the schemes that have been registered for the enlisting of the services of educated ex-officers of the Public School and University types, that for the establishment of an "Amateur Secret Service Agency" is surely the most enterprising and original. The Agency has not yet come into being, but will start its thrilling and exciting work on January 1, 1920, when a head office in London will have been established.
Colonel Cecil Bevis and Major Straight are the originators of the scheme, and two men more) eminently suited for the work it! would hardly be possible to find. Colonel Bevis is late Provost-} Marshal for Home Forces; for some time he was A.P.M. of Lon-iden, which experience. he says, is invaluable to him in the new work he is undertaking. Colonel Bevis ce-chief, Major Straight, has been interested in criminology for many years, and was Inspector General to the Police in India.
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