Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-14

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! fairs has turned completely round. Ev-
| cry otheN day there is a scathing article
| in it attacking the entente with Eng
/ land You've read them, of courseF
so has everyone" Julien replied
gravely. THE people here talk of little
else"
ct is known" Hendricks continued,
that Falkenberg has made every use or
his frequent visits to this city to IN
gratiate himself with certain members
of the French cabinet, and TO impress
| them with his views. To some there Is
no doubt that he has succeeded. me
German press-the inspired portion of It,
at any rate-is backing all this up by ar
ticles extremely friendly toward France
and deriding the friendship with Eng
land"
This. too, have noticed" admitted
Julien.
''Carraby is in hot water already"
Hendricks went on. HE had chance
on Monday in the house, when he was
asked a question about the German gun
boat which is reported to have gone to
Agdar The fool muddled it. He gave
the sort of suave, methodist reply one
expected, and the German press jeered
at him openly Julien, it's serious.
The French people are honest enough,
but they are impressionable. A Liberal
German government was never popular
/ with them. You were the only Liberal
| foreign minister in whom they believed.
This man Carraby they despise. Besides,
/ he has Jewish blood in-his veins, and
/ you know what that means over here.
Jesens articles come laundering out,
and already other papers are beginning
to follow suit. The poison has been at
work for months. You remember mon
/ sieur and madame and mademoiselle,
with whom 1 talked so earnestly? Well
/ they were but types. 1 talked to them
because 1 wanted to find out their point
of view There are many others like
them They look upon the entente with
/ good-natured tolerance They doubt
| the real ability of Britain to afford
practical aid to France, should she be
| attacked. This good-natured tolerance
is being changed into irritation. Falk-
enberg's efforts are ceaseless. The mo-
ment he has the two countries really es-
tranged, he will strike"
| Against which," Julien asked quickly.
Heaven only knows!" Hendricks an
swered. For my part, l have always
believed that 1t would be against Eng
| land. There is no strategic reason for
war between France and Germany.
Germany needs more than France can
give her. She does not need money,
she needs territory. Falkenberg is
rabid imperialist, a dreamer of splendid
dreams a real genius. He is fighting
! today with the subtlest weapons the
mind of man ever conceived. Now, JUL
len, listen. 1 am here with direct
proposition to you"
But what can 1 dor Julien ex-
claimed.
This" Hendricks replied. 'It is my
idea. I saw Lord southwold this morn
ing and ne agreed. We want you to
write for our paper a series of articles.
dated from Paris and signed in your
own name, and we want you TO attack
Falkenberg and the game he is playing.
| We will arrange for them to appear
simultaneously in one of the leading
/ Journals here. We want you to write
openly Of these German spies who infest
Paris We want you first to hint and
then to speak openly of the purchase of.
lie Jour by means of German gold. We
want you to combat the popular opinion
here that our army is a wooden box at
fair, and that we, as a nation, are too
crassly selfish to risk our fleet for the
benefit of France. We want you to
strike a great note and tell the trutho
Julien, those articles. signed by you and
dated from Paris, may do magmheent
work"
JuIien's ewes were already agleam.f
"splendidr' he muttered. rising to his
feet IF only 1 can do it,
"Of course, you can do it," Hendricks
insisted firmly Before you spoke so
often YOU used to write for the Nine
teenth Century every mouth. You haven't
forgotten the trick. Some of your SEN
fences remember even now. 1 tell YOU
Julien, they helped me to appreciate
YOU. I liked you better when you took
I'm the spen sometimes than liked you in
| those perfect clothes and perfect man
lner IN YOUR office at Downing street.
Your tongue had the politicians trick
| Of gliding over the surface of things
Your pen scratched and splpttered It's
.Way into the heart of affairs. \ Get back
to il. Julien / want your first article be-
fore leave Paris tonight"
''TH do my best" Julien promised
IT'S a great scheme. I'm going to COM
mence now.
"I hoped YOU would" Hendricks replied
you've got the atmosphere here. You're
sitting In the heart of France that be-
longs 10 the French. 1t isn't for noth-
ing that I've taken you round little
with me since we were here. Chance was
kind, too, when 1t brought US up against
Freudenberg. Remember, Julien, journal
ism isn't the gentlemanly art 1t was ~
| or 20 years ago. You can take up your
pen and stab. That's what we want"
TITS fine" Julian declared. 1t is
wari"
| Hendricks rose to his feet.
I'm going TO bed" he announced. The
last month has been exciting and there
plenty more to come. 1 need sleep. Ju-
lien, Just word of caution"
Fire away" Julien sighed. He was
already gazing steadfastly out of the
window, already the sentences were franz
ing themselves in his mind.
'sl'he day upon which your first article
appears" Hendricks said, "Freudenberg
will strike. Your life here will never be
wholly safe You will be encompassed
with spies and enemies. Why, this wild
cat scheme of his of sending you off ON
some expedition was solely because you
are the one man of whom he is afraid
He feared lest Carraby might make some
hideous blunder I'm a crisis and that the
country might demand you back. That
Is why he wanted you out of the way.
You may be right" Julien admitted
whats that striking-1 o'clock? Till to-
night, David!'
Hendricks nodded and left the room.
Julien sat for a moment before the open
4 window. It was rather an impressive
view of the city with it's millions of
lights. the fine buildings of the Place de
la Concorde in clear relief against the
deep sky, the Eiffel Tower glittering in
i the distance. the subtle perfume of pleas
ure in the air. Julien stood there and
raised his eyes to the skies. Already his
brain was moving to the grim music