The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-13

# was glorious fall evening in Par
We were seated In the club, OF
me boulevard Germain, discussing tn,
stirIing events OF the day. There ha,
peen rumors ana reports of disagree.
ments between France and Germany
20 20, man could say what would hap.
2ui .Vlves. armed, modifying, ready &c
brsngere, the. sculptor, drew up q
game Of the fascinating American pok-
er, which had just become all the rage
IA France. We had just dealt the
banker T FofeS oq Frenes a the
bassador to ST. Petersburg, and myself,
made up the party.
suddenly Latour. the correspondent
were sparkling. Latour's eyes always
contained message OF some kind.
,aeve you heard the latest?" he in
40. What has happenedY"
War Is declaredP'
We jumped to our feet in astonish-
Mutual insults have passed. Yhe
GermanB have burned the French am
oessadcr in eff1gy. The French retail
streets are full of mobs, all OF one mind
--Germany must back down. In Ber-
street, ,r Inc Re IDnd,r are ,sSwaarmng the
ssiannnnd upon her dignity. So there you
And what from the War Officer
asked Mongerval
~ Kissed the words: THE Germans
have already invaded France They
are gwarmlng across the frontier. And
on, the shame of tive are not ready.
There are no troops in the field. 1t
~ the asininity of the Government;
the Influences, the selfishness, the
Freed q the commanders and the min
Latour's breath gave out. He was
alwayg tragic. Our game was forgot
dumb establishment. For nome knew
better that we the unpreparedness of
the French, against which stood the
ing population, every man OF which
had been trained to carry a gun, to
shoot, to. obesA orders. And the Ger
mans had chosAn their season well, !
recalled procurement of the Ger
man General STAFF in 1905, when they
said, we shall impose on the French |
q winter campaign. Our soldiers. COM
Ing. from the cold regions of the north, |
will march toward a temperate cli-
mate, and the advantage will be alto
Latour LETT US on his chase for news |
Our party was broken up. The Inn
pending crisis was too much for us
Il shall go to the front and gather
material for q wonderful group-the
dying Genernlissimo," said Brangere,
throwing back his broad shoulders;
me Erench VIII Wln,. SAID Ouv- /
rard. smiling, ''and I shall loan them
funds--as much as they may need
without charge, for the sake of my
beloved France" And here he lied,
for knew that he would demand in
teFest to the last SOU.
"Adieu," said Mongerval. st go to
the President. I shall urge meditation,
and I, myself. shall be an ambassador
to arrange terms" He withdrew
yrandiloquently.
was left alone--I, James Adams,
q plain American OF adventure, to per-
form q part Of whicl had then no
conception.
Germany either, for that matter, to be
secretive. Suspicious are sure to be
aroused IL your business Is not well
known and openly stated. Therefore
Il was well that ! was allied. with large
American manufacturing firms, with
offices In Berlin, Hamburg, Paris and
Calais. In France ] was careful to be
French In sympathy. ana ourspoKcn,
too. In Germany I became a. Teuton
to the core. In addition TO this ready
/ was personally ac-
uualnted with the French and German
rulers, had excellent German connec-
tons, and was well known In Belgium,
Holland and Italy. And Inc smuch as
1t often became necessary for me toJ