Evening star., 1925-09-10
THE WRATH TO COME
" T Eyer wrttsp mHs STORIES BY E. Phillips Oppenheim

| United States of America to- such &
demand is, perhaps. too obvious fol
any other construction to be placed
| upon the situation
| Lord Yeovil rose once more to his
| feet He looked around the table
! before he spoke with the air of one
who desires to impress on his minC
| the memory of a scene destined to be
! come historical. He spoke SLOWLY
and with untlurried tone.
Mr.. Secretary and gentlemen he
| said, Il address you once more in re-
ply chiefly to the remarks of my dis
| tinguished friend. Prince Lutrecht.
| speak to you. not only as the repre-
sentative of Great Britain. but as the
representative of the power chosen
in rotation for the duty of policing
the seas and enforCing the rogula
| tions imposed by this conference.
have to announce t. YOU hat | an
in possession of absolute proof of the
| i'll faith cf the seeding nation
Japan-from this organization.
have today received cablcd informa :
ton from the admiral commanding
the police forces of the organization
| in Eastern waters that he has. In ac-
cordanCe with instructions received
destroyed the four or five battleship>
pul-l III excess Oh japan IlsnlS dnC
also the nest of flying ships living in
the harbor OF Yulensk and built and
armed without ne cogniZance of this
assembly"
1t is perhaps doubtful whether
spoken words have. at any time. pro
duced "a greater effect upon gather
ing OF men than these words of LorC
Yeovil Amazed and half incredu
lous interest was the prevailing note
! Lutrecht. however. seemed like a mar
stricken. Every scrap of color left
his checks. His eyes burned like
dry fires. His tongue was perpetually
moistening his lips. He seemed to be
trying to speak, but he made no eff
fort to rise to his feet.
Further" Lord Yeovil continued
and in reply to Prince. Lutrecht,
| have to inform him that the evil
dences as to the secret understanding
between the naval forces of Germany
and Russia are not in accordance
with the terms of this conference, and
| have Ventured, on behalf of the
powers with which | am endowed, tC
anticipate your permission to act ac-
cording to our statutes. A small por-
ton of the British fleet has surprised
the Russian battleships living a.
Archangel and, on behalf of the con
ference-not, l beg you will under
stand, in any way on behalf of Grea
Britain, but acting simply in the in
tereStS of all-has taken possession
! of those ships and disarmed them
| pending a satisfactory settlement.
may add that we found them pro
| visioned and ready to sail to join tn,
| German fleet at a rendezvous off tn,
north coast of Ireland"
Prince Lutrecht rose little heavil,
to his feet. All his effrontery haC
deserted him.
Mr.. Secretary" he announced, :"
have no alternative but to follow tn,
! example of his eXcellency the repre-
sentative of Japan, and sever my
allegiance to this conference"
"A course which l naturally fol
low" the representative of Russia de
clared. rising in his place.
1T will afford my country tht
greatest regret" the chairman saiC
drily, that this conference, for the
inauguration of which America wa.
responsible, and TO whose convention.
we have Zealously, and it seems al
great risk TO ourselves, been true
exists no longer. But / may add that
it is still more to our sorrow that the