The Washington times., 1918-07-21

could have ten or even five years from
now II she should start TO prepare.
It Is the children of today who are
the potential soldiers Of tomorrow.
With most of them dead, and the ma
jority of the remainder crippled with
paralysis where could an army come
from? And IL would stop all this
feeling against Germany. Bereaved
fathers are not fighters, heart-broken
mothers do not enter into struggle
for an ideal, America would be spine
less"
Germs DIse0vered In Budapest.
Hendric Won Lertz had cut short the
impassioned outbuEst OF the scientist.
he knew how the germs of which
Wolf had spoken had been discovered
in Budapest and that a full report on
the occurrence was on file in wash
ington.
of that 1 do not care to hear" he
said CURLY. Here is money Each
month you will receive the same
amount for your living expenses
will read of this poliomy-infantiie
paralysis-in the book which you
have brought me, and will decide II
you can beneft humanity by having
some Of the germs: In the meantime
you must not come here. There are
some who might misconstrue my mo-
tives IN supplying you with the
germs"
DR.. Wolf took the money eagerly.
I VIII notify you as TO where !
can best establish a laboratory" he
said. 'Tt will be best in a crowded
tenement section. II / can be of use
to Germany you will notify me
there"
Won Lertz nodded. and Wolf smiled
well pleased when he saw that the
other was already reading the article
in a medical journal telling OF the
Isolation of the poliomyelitis germ,
the cause OF infantile paralysis. by
two scientists in Berlin. woIf left the
office satisfied that his scheme would
receive sanction from Won LeEtz
Won Lertz believed himself more
competent than either Won PspSh or
Boyd as q field leader for the plot
tiers and spies His natural Teutonic
egotism caused him to Shame every
one except himself for Sne n.iscsr-
rage OF so many plans. He was
anxious to prove his worth and
therefore the inaction of Won Bern
storT and Albert nettled him. With
this feeling came the decision to
back Wolf in a plan to cause an cpl
demic Of infantile paralysis in Ameri-
ca Won Lertz found that the results
would in all ways agree with the
teachings OF German kultur, and the
detectives OF the Imperial Board OF
Strategy.
Germs Arrive In Pewter Stein.
He had ordered the germs from
Germany. , They had arrived con-
cealed in the hollow walls Of a pew
ter stein which had been mailed to
German farmer in Illinois as a
keepsake OF his father, who had but
recently died. according TO a letter
which accompanied it, Wolf had re-
ported that he had been extremely
successful with his cultures. Won
Lertz had visited his small labora-
tory twice and had become convinced
that the scientist was able and will
ing to perform his part in the dfaboI-
ical scheme. So Won Lertz deter >
mined to supply the necessary money
and proceed with il. He was afraid
to breach the matter to either Von
Bernstorff or Albert for fear they
would refuse him permission He
could finance the small demands of
DIR. Wolf, without the aid of Dr.
Albert So he pledged himself to
give DR.. Wolf the funds necessary
and in order TO be sure of success
he spent many hours in reading all
that Ohere had been written about
poliomyelitis or infantiIe paralysis,
and everything he read made him
gloat He found that il was a dead
ly disease
He was INDUCING in one OF his
dreams in which he pictured himself
! as governor general OF America. az
ter the German occupation, as a par
| tial reward for the services he had
| rendered in making the country so
easy to conquer, when Dixie Mason
entered They had seen but little