Charlevoix county herald., 1914-11-28

teach me the saying: Take time by
the forelock?' You are of the war
party yourselfW
al am a soldier" Oshitu replied.
and" said the other, "as a SOL
der an a Nipponese you know tha'
the Philippines mus one day be
ours. Geographically they are ours
already. They are an unopen mine
of grea' wealth, my frien'. There
coul' be no better time than now,
wen the Americans are not only I'M
prepare, but t'ink in their heart
that we are vat they call 'bluffing.
Give Nippon the islands, an Nippon
will become grea'-a worP power
sometbin' to reckon with. An so
J say we want war--so soon as we are
ready-before The Americans expect
! it"
"But We are not ready-yet,"
Oshitu interrupted.
THAT is the point" persisted the
other. "You are soldier-an engi-
neer. You are in close touch, in
high favor with government, as your
family has been for generations.
You were SEN to America for edu-
cation, an after that to their mill
taU\ school, where the fools have
| e,acaNe' other of our sons. After
pa yoT 1were accorded the honor of
;.Snsnil,sk assignment to gain infor-
success was so grea' that they be-
| lieve one of their own officer guilty
an your honor was greater when
suspect. 1t was for tha' that you
! ,f he
| manufacture of these blue bomb
Careful" snapped Oshitu. 81 told
| you not to mention those words"
"Your pardon, honorable Oshitu,"
his companion apologized. But it
is you who sail know wen they are
/. ready. A word from you, and J.,
| Yamata, sail know that il is time to
lay lines to secure government con-
| tract flavor. 1t is not often that
! word can make a man rich"
"As | have told YOU" returned
the other, 1.-The things are not
ready"
But they will be-"
''Of course"
And them"
I'VE also will be ready"
And after that ?"
"A pretext," Oshitu finished.
THAT should be easy" declared
Yarnata. "They still pass their alien
land laws in State after State. They
discriminate unjuGtly against our
citizens. Then-when it is certain
We can surely find our pretext. A
word to me at tha' time, o 0shitu,
an we are rich men. How near is
! it, my illustrious frien'?"
A matter of days"
$50 near? All! An this man Kar-
loff-this insane nihilist who dreams
of making war so terrible that it
will become thing impossible-has
he divulged his final secret?"
"He still Dreams" said Oshitu,
with a chuckle. "He is both as wise
as wizard and as simple as a small
child. Even now he is causing delay
because he insists upon making the
firing devices with his own hands.
When that is completed there will
be- demonstration.
These firing devices are the prih-
cipa, secret?
Exactly; though the whole thing
is wonderful enough. The drawings
for the firing mechanism are the
only things we have not obtained
from him already. | doubt myself
if they exist outside Karlcff's mind.
He refuses TO giv, out any definite
information until after he has made
his demonstration and been paid"
"And then? ?" suggested Yamata."
I'VE Will have the whole thing
and Karlof his GOLD"
But what will he do? Where will
he go? What guarantee have we
that he will keep our secret when
he has been paid and disappears ?"
Oshitu chuckled. "Thou hast said
it, Yamata," he said lightly "Kar-
loft is apt to disappear. He came
from Russian cruiser, as you will
remember. He is doubtless reported
lost in action in his own country"
And you are sure these things
are practical, there can be no mis-
take ?"
"None. Personally Karloff has
demonstrated to me with small
one. The coming demonstration is
for the government.
ut is wonderful" Yamata ex-
claimed.
at means that we hold the world
in our hands," declared Oshitu, with
his first trace of excitement. One
will destroy the greatest ship afoat.
A dozen will lay waste city or an
initiate an army. The yellow race
will triumph. What cares Nippon
how terrible war becomes so long as
she holds the instrument of supreme
destruction ?"
There" said Yamcts., "is your
cause OF war, my Samurai There
could be an accident. The Ameri-
cans fought quickly enough when
they lost their Maine. If one of
their vessels on a frienly call were
TO he destroy"
"Or," interrupted Oshitu, eff ore
of their diplomats or high officials
or a member of his family should
drop out IF sight"
"Excellencyw gasped the other
What dost thou mean ?"
Perhaps" drawled Oshitu, you
noticed the cruising yacht in the
harbor, my gooo Yamata 2"
Eyes, | saw it, as you suggest"
"Or noticed the man and woman
who came from il this EVENING""
Them, too, | saw. The girl is a