New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

lre sea IN the attempt to fend off +L Deds IN
ruler OF the waves against the island
As they advanced Co,..:
navy arrived III London in Tee,oC Vi TINS great
summons and hastened to fba 70 urgent
aLiu an they We're asked to r1aec ,iy ny.
~ Oh Ihe condition of the Dreado,,PtIII o,,P
liiu oier solution of the rne+b[rI W uShI'
oflng her to that singular ancba1oS, t-as used to
IiNer but, Ike children pror,i11 =. III the
1tley could formulate no tenabia +bol- Cne INST
give any lucid explanation The, ioCiy nor
ar,d SIe: 80 III dIlazement, wagged their bead
ana admitted their inability P1an,., ,; neaqs;
nave lett dead men at Their -,e+as would
"ou!u nave lett more serious scars 81 D"tIle
cutting away OF the fighting mastc "a IL 'lle
ing OF the stacks: but even then Nj ri ~ "IeCh-
-'is So AeI 10 nome waters, and what co,,id
account Tor her presence in a r,lace ,,ilu o'lu
a small sea going craft could not o"5 =. Yen Yen
hauon IN the West had a sl1broar;1e s - 1.i'
49, ana unknown power, it might r,erba--
1eStIoy SNIP but by what means could =
and steel2 0' Soiu masonry
And so the men of the sea passed dow, a.,.,
pack While the people of London sDent The 49,.
IN Trying to see the latest evidence of d;S. -
% 1oCN Turns IN crowdIng to the enbankmen+
anu ulen went to their homes Business carne
10 d nalt' shops were unopened and dosI.
were closed. In the Government of4ices -.
moved heIpleSSly, and IN homes throuCbo,,+
tne country families sat within doors or ,,eI,,
N4SS uSSills Ihe latest manifestation of rov,er
NOT was the public aware that in bioba-
NHN'es another cause for anxiety had been nm
covered which was nothing less than the die
appearance OF the Prime Minister a KinC
frllne Minister, and Il first Lord of the Gd
l'lii'lIN taken at one mel II was sufficient
10 make Others OF prom nenCe look al one an
olhtr questioning when heir turn might come
ana What the end wouQ be. No one was safe
III TINS great CTlSls, wheu thrones tottercd or,
.leH settings and men were whisked away in
lhe nght, when the most powerful vessels of
war created 10y all the wisdom OF science and
ingenuity OF invention might be do1ninatcd
and handled like TOYS
There was no ground for belief that any
power other than the United States might
nave betn the controlling spirit IL this long
series Of un-oward events, but from that ma
uon came no word, only silence more men
aeinE than the thunder OF distant guns, and
more terrible and omIuous than an open dis
pay oi mNlncihle arms 1t took no great
SiTetgh OF imagination TO people the AIR with
l.',-.@i1N on phal4nN ot stern and implaCablc
l'ttncn bent un INVASION when the time seemed
Tit'e a country which could tiaunt the world
W. capable OF anything, and II was not be
y, ,.-te lha' she was acting without a purpose.
but what means did She intend 10 take? What
would ne her next novcs How had she ac-
conpAsncd those victories already scored upon
hcr tally Sheet Only one hope for partial
explanation remained, and that was based
upon the return 70 sanity OF - ruAddenet sailor
VINO ha. come 10 them on life raft from the
u1hnoWn. as the only witness OF a disaster
and the only living link.
And even while the anxious officials thought
oi HIM group of surgeons and specialists
were standing round a cot in . hospital watch
ing tins man breathe his last. Now that his
Importance had increased q hundredfold Death
was intervening and sealing his lips He passed
away as silently as he had been found. his
1umoled wits giving no new and tangible
clue. Speeches. he had been picked up on q
-.+f he
aged out into another world.
Night fell over London, Unfolding q stricken
city where none came upon the streets and
men within doors whispered TO each other
9readlng what the morrow might bring forth.
The heart 81 Britain, beating with dogged de
termination 10 the last Wa broken. America
Wa the master OF fate and could deal out IT.
awards or blows with thc ineXo-ableuess OF q
god.
t te ccg.rrac5 ret Sm11y