| Show First Fl In P Pea at ce Wb When n tb the Crusts W Went nt to War With tb the Pr President sid J 4 I Mr back sir iiI raid nid the tho thoI I boy bO at the door doom Ill ru FEC ee him replied ox t pushing away from his hisA l Sk A wear weary man presently threw n a bug fato ona in chair amid himself Into all an allot ot hor You jou kV the president ident inquire I Yes I was at the White House tillS this T hero wu S a heavily charged sl si slI I h nee I th time ot of IT i I nope All hest rs mind was waa busy evs ot of men who vITo t Iaco and ny His voice was nt I when hen h he leaned his Ilis chin on one ime hand sad sadI d dAnd I And yott f so o as If stung Uy by UyI byI hat scorn I 1 fall fail He Called I I Th TIle pre Called tn all H He rAiled failed to I Ci Cl ci point You cant C I love him 11 lIes bound to var Rr RrY Y You ou as asIt u uI I It lie he had nothing You tj i t 4 In the crisis n om II f Two days ago told you OU t time hC United States 1 In an l 1 I corporation nf 11 which I am the h head headS ad S that cong YO to r war but wor world l follow time the president I cither way a war at this tinie lim I Ii I I would act dangerously uvon n the Unit Ids profit that the nl result ot of J d herculean efforts in congress had 1 4 to plod to b by the Ule I I resident f fir r peace or war he chose bose Then T sent you 01 to See ee hIm himIC IC 10 mH t anti and you have Ii 1 J I 1 tell you we can t have hae a 1 war Pic Is now lh Ib centre I The meat the ut utensils combine I time tile pool Dool the tle fuel fed 11 jl oration the of Labor tilt j 14 1 mine manag and the eer 1 Ii embracing m lacing every evory kinu n of 1 baa baaI f I mess Iness lit in times tiles two grot groat countries s stave lave tave poolo with mena x 1 xi il i lay ay we C cn t I have huye a warnet v this I ear ar I n l time to got get rp ready dy I I I a Tue Tho nt Is read ready now PIo t mr reI ik Hf will tVa I 4 within a Wt k ills His Is ana will m follow his no 1 i bat we I Anchet tor TI at hll hIJ calendar Rr i I h 1 said drop I i tm ill ItrI T I want you to take takeI I t that hn t l list t i flied d Hh th thill the ill 1 Monday lon a and very ry i 1 It to hf be here J t 10 k Its th the n nw w 1 I 4 board one om every trust in tb the I I i a combine rr fo all to I te e here at J I b I it At to 10 next day lY th the board assembled t 12 2 Jn r mute a adjourn journ meat ment called for his car to tl toI I I i tn 10 be hooked on n the Washington urn lIm Jm till lieu When he got aboard be Ie was wast t with lH to per personal onal tt t I S iv y see the and to force peace t i I 1 n at an any price wIth the who mass or of J f hits making r the United i I I him The Thc president saw aw hir 1 disappointed A clester I 1 was vas for trouble I i 1 It was vas a queer pall pair they stand I i In In the middle of the lofty room the thet t I 4 I youngish h man fate had with the greatest public office in the worM world til c I and ana the thick cad nead i ic or J l c c t the e biggest I Mr r President sid said 4 L without n a particle of ceremony we wei i lU i 4 r u nt have bave a a war now 1 C Who tr Cant retorted the president t tI I t t with eQual equal candor 1 We ent cant r cOrn cOrni l j i I ing hig to the mint defiantly Very likely said sald the he president i 1 I Ver president i 4 l 1 ci but Iut we e can cani canni i ni T I un unbuttoned his oat coat anti and f I C laU lait his hat vI om th table Then coin i 1 iI i tg f back bRCk to where th the con conI I J Y J I he put both hands be beI tf I t a hind his back and said a d j l f LI t N Now w weve seve got down to business 1 1 q I early Tile The United Trades is against f J I war var I It will 1 ruin this 1 I employs nen of ofU U I whom hom hivo Uve f families ies Im Im the two mi mu 1 14 1 I Hon lion five hundred thousandth man and 1 1 i what I sey MY goes wIth two million and 3 a half ot of voters oters or of this country and 3 1 A I i say DY to you we cant ant have H a wr war 1 I I I And I 1 replied the president say sayI z I I we shaB have bave i It Te The final step teI Is to tot cr f i I t be taken within sn aD hour tr h I Your roure a a YOW yOUn fool Cool cried Ache t I ter reck recklessly Dont think a man man in J f i 1 y Y Ito is gIng going to b be im r J i I f J by ay aay bluff of oce ce or tradition r fon liri J JI i J I Ii j I I J I J o t i t I tI t c not going to sep see you send oft f a fool Jol that will ruin plans Ive Ive ber bern been beena n a whole lifetime in building ant am I INo INo No sir youre oure in a hard but youve got to come up to the dough dish with the ret rest of them vell Im Im here to o s say r you tu mu tnt dC de dJ war War nr wl will 16 uc declared today 11 pr presidents fa face e was calm lie spoke rapidly but n a low voi Time lonor of the country is at stake 10 refuse to fight lO would not only onh deprive us of I mu a of the world where Amerian must be maintained at u ir cost ost but would woul put us back a hu hun tired red years rears in Uge and ml the sort of rc power that makes es worth orth worthwhile while Besides 0 ou have no kind or of right to come here erE wih with theo these threats and I warn vou Anti And I warn you vot voIce c in high nn angry ry that It m think Ive Ive been making threats at von 1 jn just t listen to this Youre first In war well Pm Fin In Im Im time the master mahr of hundreds of thou thousands ands of oC votes and andI I control f five h ne newspapers al all Cel this You de lare war wal and aud Il Ill the Ule highly moral game arid and ten tell the women or of the United d Uni States Sr to your youre to te rush th their lr sons and nd tu tO death for forth th sake salte of Home foolish bysh j iCa I or of foreign toUcy policy Il Ill say ruin llin time count country with war debts debt and ever everand and al all that rt of thing and ana Ill send U the e bet best and time the cle clever cleverest r ret et est writers anti money mone 1 than han your yom treasur p department ha has seen In n to rul rub that in and f n paper It dow dowl until women and children wili be calling cang you a murderer and n a thief wi and somebody with 3 a liking for kind of thInk wJ will shoot boot you ou tOl a t ty rant Th tR what I 1 do for you ou my r oun oung sir it if fol dare flar d declare war ar tG c day rime ie Dres ll h walked to i lime he tar far cur of time the room and back beforE before he re plied le Vlod day lav Yet will m clare wa war to dayA A 1 blazed 1920 redder tl lL round ey I If youre gOing to have hae a war you ou have It you ou have It have it have hae i It But you star start It and Ill stop Il It In three weeks and whip you like lL a pup into the bargain bagain For youve got to fight me Ive Ive got a an undivIded sur plus of a hundred and five million dol lams an and I t can r raise lse a hundred million more by wire In ten minutes after I get back to my office il lii Now New York Of the two and a halt haIr milon million in my em Il ill threaten ever every married man wih with ruin i It he takes up tip arms More over this evening I shall cable able my agent agents in te the ver very country yo O propose to fight and oter offer to loan that gov govern rn m mont nt funds to e every available warship in Europe and char ter every merchant steamer outside the great Atlantic are person aly ally controlled b by Toe me Besides which put on his hat wIth a tri tn shall decline to sel sell a pound of meat or a ton of fuel or a yard of cloth or a of shoes or to ship them from rm tonIght at 12 Go ahead he wa was at the door and growled i It back the sUl still figure in the center or of the room go ahead and declare war but re remember remember member youre fighting me and goig going to wilD in three weeks Im One moment cried the president What sneered turnIng Let us see said the president hit ting his right an arm in a peculiar hi tune ture you ou threaten to joIn time the enemy wih with funds ad and ships and men and to crIpple time the fores es of the United States until we can be successfully attacked by invasion I If war Is declared sd said At complacently I 1 gues guess Then sir said the president I Isay Isay say to YOU that as congress has hns b by now received receive my message asking for the Ie he I ginnIng of hostilities and ha has doubtless voted unanimously to declare and anU has declared war a state of war now ac exists Thus you an avowed eJel enemy r to your county country in time of war have bave penetrated in a frendly friendly guise to the White House ad and have threatened the honor of the nation and the life naton lie or of ie the of is Its army army and nav navy I therefore place you under l arest arrest a as a prisoner ot of war to b be d alt wih with a according or ing to usage usage in due sea season son sprang forward but was suddenly ch checked up b by a had hand from rm behind H Eti wheeled and exclaimed in inthe Inthe the very jaws or of a a familiar fae face 1 7 It Yes He wi will place you under for formal mal res restraint said the presIdent An chester laughed Why Th r lies hes m my confidential clerk lie he sad said Somebody ha has been making making game of you gme or Of you sir probably replied time the president Mr is an agent of I the United State States and ha has been in its employ at my direction during every hour ot of his serie with you ou tense arms dropped had hard He went over to the window and they thoy let him stand t there ere a long time No Nobody Nobody body spoke a word until he cae caine slow slowly ly iy back And how does m my great and god godfriend good goodfriend friend Mr Photon propose to account for m my absence he asked Mr Photon replied the president ulia lies done harder harler tasks than that in Iii your service irr I beleve believe he wf will be able to make equal use of himself in mine bowed profoundly I It was his sign or of surrender Wel Well finish It up he said In two minutes the commercial Goliath had become a worn wavering beaten old man borne down wih with the weight of cares which at last had overtaken him himin himin in his impetuous race to keep ahead pitied him a litte little The president president dent rang in an officer of the nay navy This is your prisoner Captin Captain Max MaxIm un Im he said You will i give him him a cabin on the Mariposa a as the admiral ha has already directed and amI wi will keep him himon 01 on board throughout the progress ot of the hostilities about to commence Every freedom and comfort the vessel offers are to be his but I hold you ou re responsible responsible for his keeping and charge you that this is by al all means the most important commission of the war war 11 Mr An ch ester Im Im sorry Mr wi will attend to your b board ard of directors and wi will relieve the anxiety of your friends You said you could fight Perhaps Cap Cap tin tam Maxim wi will give you ou a chance His battleship goes to sea with ith the feet fleet tonight bowed bowe a again ain The Marl vosa posa is a comfortable ship he said aid aidin in sacs sarcasm consistent humility I buit built her two yeas years ago In the Consolidated yards Before I board her Mr President I wi will ask you to let me wire a single message to my family your our message at my desk Mr said the president and I suggest tat that you be brer brief wrote carefully on a pink telegraph blank which he slid sUd into a White House envelope He gt got up and brought the message to the president smiling franky frankly I If you please he sai said In that 10 low and gente gentle voice I 1 would lIke to havo it telegraphed forthwith I It is to m my you rou see seeThe seeThe The president looked at the envelope I seeto seeto your Miss An chester in New York The president hande handed i it to You ma may send i it he sid said But Photon wa was not so cli chivalrous Without a word ora or a look for any one ona he tore the envelope open arid and read aloud Mary Iary tell teU William to send my mal mail to No 19 regardless of danger or ex expense expense pense FATHER looke looked up suspIciously The pr president Ident wa was visibly embarrassed Maxim aused amused face be betrayed betrayed neiter neither insolence nor interest Exactly so he remarked to the president Mr I seems to be familiar wit with my handwriting r i did aia not Intend thIs discourtesy sa said Id the president 11 Mr has is perfectly excusable excusable Inter Interrupted But I lave have a butler name named William and and as there is to be bea a war I want my private te mal mail to be besent besent sent to a place of safety durIng my re retreat treat No 19 is the number ot of a ahouse ahouse house house Vel Very good sir replied the president president dent The m shall be tele telegraphed graphed to your our daughter at once Then he held up a commanding hand before the eager race face of whose Ups lips were signaling Cipher Ive Ive seen that smile before re reNever Never mind i if it Is replied the president aloud I would rather lose a battleship than ben be a cad sir I So Photon beaten but unconvinced rang for the messenger G Good morning sad said the president president do not let them hul hull you But returned when the oters others ha had gont gone a away way with two lusty sailor Iori 4 i i r men close b by them and wa was admitted to time the president once more Mr President he said that was a cipher message Number 19 as An chester told us might be time the number of may many a house but also i It was the Mar Mariposas yard number when she was on time the stocks and Wilam William is the name of the emperor of Germany girl 19 Is a chip of the old block and shel shell put it together rIght Now then te the leet fleet The feet fleet replied the president wi will go to sea at Let them hunt him if tey they wi will When An hester went on deck eck next morning nobody spoke to him so after a feW turns he climbed the ladder to the Mariposas I s superstructure an and groups o 0 omen mer men who watched him Indolently I It came over him that he wanted and for the first time In many years ears he had a queer pain in hIs chest The Mariosa was steaming ten knots due s south uth a as part of the open feet fleet Ahead could see another battleship and a sIz sIzable able cruiser On the thc por port bow lie he made out two more battleships and to the there were hal half t a do dozen en tor torpedo craft gar guarding ng the flank Duck Ducking ing his head a bit bit he sa saw across to o port 01 on the Mariposas beam eam tw two other cruiser cruisers and a and beyond them more torpedo boats EYer Every ship hip was painted blackish ish gray gray r sized them up wih with a critical eye He knew them for time the flying squadron Just then an officer came up deck deck What Vat can I do inquired Anches tem tel An Anything yOu ou please sir replied the officer and passed on passe I considered tel ter lible But by br night his bis proUd d s spirIt iri was wai broken He missed the formality of his office Nobody wanted to see him about anything A Japanese boy brought food to the stateroom I on the lower ter tier reel reserved ed for his use And it was this y yOungster that the prisoner missing from his quarters soon after aftel breakfast three lays later laterI I If Cal Maxim im felt el the 10 s TiC he had no time to give ive hIs regrets Fer there was smoke to time the eastward I It wa was a spotless morning and the horIzon lne line was a gash of purplish black between the sea sa md and sIt Time smoke was reported to te the bridge at just before eight bels bells in the forenoon watch Then it dropped away again agam and nobody caught sight of it for an hour when a bIg cl cloud ud of mt stained the blue Twenty minutes his ma marine rifle rine orderly spoke to him Mr 11 out six ships sf sir and amI would you like to conic come out The flagship is signaling sir I caled a quarter master to Mr Matson and then they read the orders Ene Enemy Enemy my approaching Clear Glear for acton action Cruiser division fal fall and and form see 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