The Washington times., 1921-09-04

agent.
You are Mr.. Vanderbilt"
assured my impressive visitor
that such was the fact. He demanded
to inspect my passport, and ex-
planned that he represented the GRIM
inaI police Of Scotland Yard. After
scrutinizing those documents, he
said, interrogatively:
1T see you have thirty days In
England-show long are you going
TO remain?' ......
BRITISH OFFICIAL MANNER
RUFFLED GOOD NATURE.
There is something about the Of
ficiai British manner that ruffles my
good nature. / flared up.
Until midnight of the thirtieth
day." told him. sharply.
'"The British government desires
to inspect your contracts" he said.
TELL the British government to go
TO hell" said.
"why, Mr.. vanderlip. you surely
do not wish me to write that down
then you absolutely refuse to show
US your contract?"
"I certainly do" ''@.'.+'''
AS he bowed himself out, stopped
him. Pointing to my several cases
and bags, I said:
1T propose to be out Of these rooms
frequently. These are new cases
that set some store by. do not
care to have their locks broken. The
contracts you yearn for are not in
them. They are already on their
way to America by steamer"
He looked at me quizzically. with
out suspecting. however, that the
interesting documents nestled under
seals upon my very back. But they
did not remain long in this intimate
hiding place. hastened with them
to a safety deposit box.
CONSUL IN Los ANGELES '
ALSO GOT BUSY.
While this little comedy-was be-
ing enacted. in the Carlton Hotel in
London, the British consul in Los
Angeles was sounding the members
Of the vanderiip syndicate as to what
they would do II the British govern
ment should find 1t necessary to ar
rest and Jail me.
do IT," said my friends. "and we
will. turn your government top side
down."
within an hour after the Scot.
land Yard scout left me. o corre-
spondent Of the Associated Press
obtained from me the outline Of the
Kamchatlxa concession and Of the
tentative purchasing agreement. He
spread the story over the world i'm
mediately.
All that day I was occupied with
newspaper reporters, and I enlarged
upon the $4,000, 900 contract, giving
an exact list Of the goods to be pur.
chased.
I would like to mention some Of
them here. not only because of the
topics placed in my narrative, but
because thee list 30 illuminatingfy
reveals the destitution of Russia's
industries today. 1t will explain to
you why English labor instantly be-
came interested and excited, and
why ] was able. as I predicted TO
Lenin, to drive England into trade
relations with the Soviet.
Here are some of the goods to
be purchased:
Leather. $4,000 tons; hemp and
max manufactures 125,so0 tons;
condensed milk, 100000. .ooos' Tins;
meat and other conserves, 5o0.0o0.-
900; raisins. $4,000 tons: copra. 1o.-
900 tons; joiners'. turner's. and pre-
cision work. 10000 tons; saitpetre.
$4,000 tons; chemical products and
materials. 10000 tons; tanning ma
teriais. $50. 900 tons; dyes and dyeing
materiais, 10000 tons; automatic
block systems. 5000 sets; grain
storing elevators. 1000; cold
storage plants. 1000; dredgers for
gold mining. a5o; railroad exca.
vators. 1000; dredgers, $50; power
house installations. 1000.
Tool steel. 10000 tons; type
writer's. $4,000; weighing scales and
measures. $4,000; cotton. 100000
tons: shoes and boon. as.ooo.ooo