The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-01-27
Il merely wish to chat international

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peace"
Never peace" denied Allison.
There win never be friendship be-
tween phlegmatism and mercuriallsm.
You might rest for centuries with your
neighbors to the west. but rest is not
peace"
Excuse me, but what do you mean?"
and the visitor stared stolldly.
"In your affairs of mutual relation
ship with the land to the west, there
are not less than dozen causes upon
which war could be started without
difficulty" went on Allison. "In fact.
you require perpetual diplomacy to
prevent war with that country"
The visitor locked his thick fingers
quietly together and kept on stolidly
staring.
"You are about to have war" ALL
son advised him.
mo, II is not true" and the visitor
went so far, in his emphasis, as to un-
lock his fingers and rest one hand on
| tue DdCk Ol tue OluII.
81 think | am a very fair prophet"
said Allison easily. 81 have made
money by my prophecy. ! have more
money at my command at the present
time than any man in the world. than
any government; wealth beyond han
ding in mere currency. II can only be
conveyed by means Of checks. Let me
show how easy II is to write them"
and, drawing a blank book to him. he
wrote a check, and signed his name,
and filed out the stub, and tore 1t out,
and handed II to theNvisitor for inspec-
ton. The visitor was properly pleased
with Allison's ease in penmanship.
81 see." was the comment. and the
check was handed back. He drew his
Straightforward derby towards him.
Il have made q mistake" said ALI
son. q have left off a cipher" and
correcting this omission with a new
check, he tore up the first one.
81 see," commented the visitor. and
put the second check in his pocket
That had required considerable out.
lay, but when Allison was alone, he
went over to his globe and made an.
other long, red mark.
A neat-waisted man, with a goatee
Of carefully selected hairs and a lux.
uriant black mustache. called on ALI
son, and laid down his hat and his
stick and his gloves. in a neat little
pile, with separate jerks. He jerked
out cigarette, he jerked out match.
and jerkily lit the former with the
latter.
81 am here" he said
Il am able to give you some impor'
tant diplomatic news" Allison advised
him. Your country is about to have
war with your ancient enemy to the
east. II will be declared within q
month"
1T viii be finished in week"
prophesied the neat-waisted caller, his
active eyes lighting with pleasure
Possibly" admitted Allison. 81 un'
derstand that your country is not in
the best Of financial conditions to un-
dertake a war, particularly with that
ancient enemy"
THE banking system Of my country
is patriotic" returned the caller. Its
only important banks are controlled
under one system. am :he head OF
that system. am a patriot" and he
tapped himself upon the breast with
deep and sincere feeling.
How much revenue does your po.
sition yield you personality"
A shade of sadness crossed the
brow Of the neat-walsted caller
1T does not yield you this much,
and Allison pushed toward him lit
tie slip of paper on which were in
scribed some figures.
The callers eyes widened as they
read the sum. He smiled He shrugged
his shoulders He pushed back the
slip Of paper
IF your banking system found II
impossible to be patriotic, your gov
ernment would be compelled to raise
money through other means. 1t would
not withdraw from the war"
Never" and the neat-waister caller
once more touched himself on the
breast.
ut would be compelled to negotiate
loan. If other governments, through
some understanding among their
bankers, found 1t difficult to provide
this loan, your government would find
1t necessary to release its ownership
or at least its control of its most valu.
able commercial possession"
The caller, who had followed AL
lison's progressive statement with in.
terest, gave a quick little nod of his
head
THAT most valuable commerce Al
possession" went on Allison "is tn ,
state railways You we're convinced b.
my agent that there Is neN' and
powerful force in the world, OF you
would not be here. Suppose p,int
out that 1t is possible to so cranp
your banking system that you coul0
not help your country, II you would;
suppose show you that In the end,
your ancient enemy will lose his iden-
tity, while your country remains in
tact; suppose ] show you that tb
course have proposed is the only
way open which will save your coun-
try from annihilation? What then?"
Cro BE coNT1NUED)
Its big job" said the visitor.
But | guess even Napoleon IL he had
had all our troops to fight with here