Evening star., 1925-09-03

Continued from Yesterdays Starr
They subsidized into easy chairs. The
admirals blue eyes were still twin
king.
"By the by he confided, I'm the
man who handled your reports from
Archangel and Berlin"
you didn't throw them into the
waste basket, l hope?"
mot on your life" was the prompt
assurance. Il acted upon them, and
jolly quick, too. They tell me you've
been doing S. S. work for Washington
for the last two years"
Two years and a half, to be eX
act" Grant admitted. I'm beginning
to piece things together now"
Interesting lis companion mur-
INJURED. There have been rummy
things going on all over the world
heaps of loose threads we've got hold
of ourselves. | wonder whether your
conclusions are the same as mine?"
There is no secret about my con
clusions, so far as you're concerned"
Grant replied. Il am convinced that
there is a most venomous plot brew
ing against my country. That is why
! am so thankful that the question of
our joining the pact has been raised
again. My only fear is that it's a
trif1e late.
The admiral selected and lit a cigar
with deliberate care.
We'll" he said, the world knows
my opinion of pacts and lirnitation. of
armaments conferences, and all that
sort of twaddle. They are started by
philanthropiC fools to be taken adVan-
tage of by rogues. I've given YeoVil
seven questions to ask the Japanese
representative at Washington, and I
tell you that there isn't one of them
I,iD1, h Ill 10 l.
Thank heavens the conference
comes before the matter of joining the
pact is voted on by the Senate" Grant
exclaimed ferVently.
Damned good Job. | should think.
the other agreed It's easy enough
to see that your countrys being
riddled with propaganda. AS regards
that conference, how long is IT sup
posed to last"
Usually about a fortnight"
Veil, I'll tell you something. This
time it won't last for twenty-tour
hours"
Go on, please" Grant begged.
There II be an unholy row" the ad-
miral confided. The only t.~o countries
who have kept to their program are
yours and mine France has bullt twice
her allotted number of submarines, |
and. to be frank, We've winked at it. !
Germany and Russia between them, !
as you found out, have kept on eX
changing ships and building ships for
one another till even the experts /,
can't keep pace with conditions If !
YOU take my advice, Slattery-and
they tell me you've got the ear of /,
your Government-youll cable home ,
and urge your administration with all I
the eloquence you can pump out of
your brain 90 accept YeOViiS invita- .
ton and join the pact and fight il |
out with the Senate afterwards. You |
people have got lots of the right stuff 1
in you, l know, and you can't believe
that anything on Gods earth could
hurt you. but you take it from me, |
there's a hell of lot of trouble brew I
ing. Get 'em to sign on the pact, !
Slattery. We shall all have a finger /
in the pie, then, anyway"
Il went straight back to Washing
ton from Monte Carlo" Grant con-
hded, ''and I can assure you that |
have done my best. The trouble of
At is-just as you pointed out a few
minutes ago-theres a propaganda ,
going on over there which one can't /.
deal with. unless something happens
which will drive the truth home to
the people. That fellow Cornelius |
Blum mas founded an orga nization, /!
with branches in every city in the |
United States, and that organization !
exists primarily to stop America join !
ing the pact, and secondly, l am con- /
vinced for her destruction. The press I
has been tampered with. Blum has
even succeeded in buying the New
York"
But surely your Government can't /
be absolutely blind to what's going
on?"
They've only just begun to realize |
it." Grant assured his companion. !
That's why for this visit they've .
given me an official status If the .
vote were taken today, l think the .
Senate would reject the proposal to /
join the pact by q ma ajority of three |
TO one
The admiral nodded sympathetic
cally.
It's filthy business - he admitted /
"I hate this underground work. nv