The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04

serve no useful purpose
\ to disclose them. "Jor-
~ dams" and Stevens"
stand, however, for well-known per-
sonages in American public life for
whom literally nothing is impossible.
1t was about six weeks after my re-
turn from my mission to Admiral Ro-
~Jestvensky and the adventures in the
North Sea, which l have previously
~recounted, when l received an urgen
summons to the foreign office. l
found Lord L~ansdowne there, in the
company of a young man to whom he
introduced me. The gentleman was
Mr.. Gardiner, the third secretary OF
the American embassy.
Captain Adams," said Lord, Lans.
downe, II think it will be best for you
to hear Mr.. Gardeners report and
then we will take up the matter of
acting upon it,"
MI. Gardiner plunged into the mat.
ter without preliminaries.
Il may begin by saying that my
father is a colonel in the Grand Army
of the Republic" he began, (which
consists, as you may know, of the vet
Grams of the federal forces who fought
during u Civil war. He is in Wash
ington at present, where the veterans
are holding their annual reunion, and
learned of the affair from an old com
rade In arms, tho personal secretary
of Stevens, the millionaire senator,
whom he encountered for the first
time since the close of the war. The
two old gentlemen met, drank a few
juleps, and then, somehow, Stevens's
secretary found that he had allowed
the julep to play havoc with his
tongue. There is a plot afoot for
nothing less than the establishment of
a monarchy in America.
"As you probably know, for many
months relations between the presi-
dent and his congress have been very
strained, chiefly on account of the
presidents desire to effect the passage
of certain antitrust legislation. He
has opposed to him the entire power
of the trust magnates, who are pre-
dominant in both houses of the legis-
lature. %Jordans, the multimillionaire,
who is said to control the food supply
of every American, and Stevens, his
millionaire %son-in-law, who has the
senate under his thumb, are thus face
to face with the president in a des-
perate encounter. There can be no
compromise. 1t is a fight for popular
rights against a plutocracy.
"The president has the country with
him, and, knowing this, the plutocracy
is prepared to resort to a desperate
device-nothing less than the over
throw of the republic. Unfortunately
the president, by his reforms, has an
%tagonized the army, and Jordans has
bought over General Bramwell, the
commandments. Now this is the
scheme:
"Bramwell has fifteen thousand
troops camped down in Maryland, just
outside the capitol, ostensibly for the
maneuvers. Tomorrow week the presi-
dent entertains the National Chamber
of Commerce at the annual banquet
in the White House. Jordans and
Stevens and fifty lesser lights will be
there, together with the president, the
speaker, the leaders of both parties,
many of the senators, General Bran
we'll, and a dozen or more army Off
GERS. Practically all Of these are
privy to the conspiracy. At midnight,
when, by arrangement, the regulars
will have entered the city, General
Bramwell will rise and announce that
the republic no longer exists. Jordans
will be acclaimed emperor, a company
of soldiers will be brought into the
White House, and the president will
be made prisoner. To sur the
loyalty of the troops, I may say that
enormous sums have been placed at
General Bramwell's disposal. 1t is
calculated that each of the men will
receive several thousand dollars"
"This-in modern American" l ex-
claimed.
That's just the point" Lord Lans-
downe interrupted me. 1T is precise
ly the incredibility Of the scheme that
will insure it's ucces Your entire
regular army" he continued, address,
ing Mr. Gardiner, amounts to less
than seventy thousand men, and half,
at. least, of these are cooped up in re-
mote and inaccessible army posts on
the western frontier, from which they
can never be transported, the railroad
lines being under the thumb of the
conspirators. Half of the remainder
is in the Philippines. So you see,
Captain Adams, there is absolutely
nothing to prevent the success of this
coup. Before America awakens to a
realization of what is happening, she
will be in the hands of Jordans and
Stevens who, by their complete or
.ganization of all industry, a actually
starve the people into submission"
Then how a I prevent this?" I
lnterpolated.
by conveying a message to Jor-
dans," Lord Lansdowne answered.
THAT is u only hope. AS you know,
it is a cardinal point Of English policy
to keep America strong. Let her once
weaken and the Monroe doctrine falls
into allegiance; Germany will over