Marder " From Dreadnought to Scapa Flow ":
" A most readable authorised account of the career of Hall, focusing, naturally,
on his remarkable performance as D.N.I. in 1914-18."

Contents

AUTHOR'S FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

I. Early Years—Lieutenant-Commander—Captain of H.M.S. Cornwall—Visit to Kiel—Arrest of Commander Brandon and Captain Trench—Captain of H.M.S. Natal—The Blind Stoker —Captain of H.M.S. Queen Mary—Revolutionary Programme of Reforms—Visit to Russia—Outbreak of War—Health , Breaks Down

II. Director of Intelligence—Early History of Room 40—Establishes Liaison with Scotland Yard—German Spies in England —Interrogating Suspects—Mata Hari and Marie de Popowitch—Censorship of Mails—Introduces a New System—The War Trade Intelligence Department

III. The Sinn Feinn Movement—The Cruise of the Sayonara - Spain—Sir Hercules Langrishe—The Cruise of the Vergemere

IV. The Scarborough Raid, December i5, 19 4—Turkey Attempt to Bribe the Turks to Allow Free Passage of Dardanelles

V. Battle of the Dogger Bank, January 24, 1915—Faked Photographs of Damage to Lion Passed to Germany—Direction finding Stations—German Code-book Found in Cellars of India Office

VI. Ruses to Deceive German High Command—The International Conference of Women—Discomfiture of the British Delegates —The False Code Passed to Germany—The Adventure with the Blonde Lady in a Rotterdam Hotel—Ruse to Destroy the Raider, Kronprinz Wilhelm—Lord Fisher and Mr Churchill— Lord Fisher Leaves the Admiralty—Lord Fisher's Attempts to Return to Admiralty

VII. Early History of the Political Section of Room 40—The Indian Revolutionaries—German Activities in India, Persia, Afghanistan and China—Von Papen's Activities in the United States—Von Rintelen's Sabotage Mission—Von Papen's Cheque Stubs—Arrest of Von Rintelen—German Saboteurs in South America—A. E. W. Mason's Exploits in Spain— Saving the Serbian Army from Destruction

VIII. The Arrest of Sir Roger Casement—The Casement Diary— The Ruse to Secure a German Signal-book—The Battle of Jutland—The Anti-submarine Campaign—Zeppelin Raids-Relations between U.S.A. and Germany Strained by Submarine Campaign—Ruse to Deceive the German High Command—The Special Edition of the Daily Mail

IX. Room 40 Becomes an Intelligence Centre—The Discovery that the Swedish Foreign Office was Acting as Post Office for German Foreign Office—The Germans in Mexico—The Forged Notes and Arrest of the Innocent Englishman—Copies of German Messages from Washington to Mexico Obtained— The Famous 'Zimmermann Telegram'—The Difficult Problem of how to Handle it—Mr Balfour Instructs Hall to Handle the Whole Matter—The Successful Issue of his Plan—The Efforts of the Germans to Discover where and by whom the Telegram was Read

X. German Attempts to Raise Revolt in India, Japan, China and Afghanistan—The Luxburg Telegrams—`Sink without Trace' —Disclosure Angers South American People—The Strike of Dock Labourers at Buenos Aires—Assistance Sent to Italian Intelligence Department—Battle of the Atlantic—Visits to Beatty—German Attempts to Foment Trouble in American Army and Secure Submarine Bases in Mexico—The Sinn Feinn Movement Again—A. E. W. Mason's Adventures in Mexico—Weekly Press Conference—The Emperor of Austria's Attempt to Stop the War—Ruse to Deceive Germans by Plan of Imaginary Barrage at Dover Straits—The Last Sortie of the German Fleet—The Last Hours in Room 40

XI. Farewell to Admiralty—Services Unrecognized—Not Permitted to Attend Peace Conference—M.P. for West Derby Division, Liverpool—Maiden Speech—LL.D. CambridgeD.C.L. Oxford—Principal Agent of Unionist Party Organization—Made the Scapegoat when Party Defeated at Election M.P. for Eastbourne—The General Strike—Organizing Manager The British Gazette—Meets Amos Peaslee—The `Black Tom' Case—Visits to America to Prepare the Evidence— Decision Given in Favour of American Companies after Twenty-three Years—Illness Compels Retirement from Politics—Foreign Travel—Outbreak of War—Refuses opportunity to Escape English Winter—Invited to America to Advise on Anti-saboteur Measures Joins Home Guard— Death on October 22, 1943

XII. Appreciations of his Character and Gifts—His Powers of Leadership, his Sense of Timing, his Attention to Detail, his Vision, his Courage—His Reasons for Keeping in his own Hands the Intercepted Political Messages

INDEX

Illustrations

• `SUCH EYES AS THE MAN HAS'. Sketch by Louis Raemaker.
• CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. QUEEN MARY
• THE OWNER AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE YACHT SAYONARA
• ADMIRAL SIR REGINALD HALL. Bronze by Lady Scott
• MINUTE BY LORD FISHER, dated August 2, 1917
• PROGRAMME COVER FOR INTELLIGENCE DIVISION CONCERT
• `FALLEN BY THE WAY'. Cartoon by E. T. Reed
• ADMIRAL HALL AT HIS DAUGHTER'S WEDDING and WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
  

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