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'«?p6ollsh creatures who surround him in s JBerlin foreign office has played di»*$|ppctly into the hands of the jingoes, %®^|iyen ample grounds fbr bitter Ameri^resentment, and made it hard for friends of peace to counsel cau-

The papers of today are full of

most ridiculous falsehoods. The Pother day they told the public that $he state department was about to |^4?ublish a book showing that Berns'^,/torfE was a party to "murder conspir-

ICies" on American soil. No one could have read that' story pj^ithout becoming infuriated with Ger-

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and rattling the sword in the Jtbbawl—unless he belonged to that order of -newspaper readers who es'not believe everything because he Mr it in the paper." The next clay to. state department issued a denial— denial was printed obscurely trjdfsiew who saw the first story noIced the denial. The papers have been loring for war because some A.meraallors who had been ordered re?ed in Germany on the instance of ie American government had not jjjfeen released, and while the explanaJon was that a deadly disease having "Reared a period of quarantine would necessary before they could be re-

Bed with safety was denounced, via itoiidon, as a lie. Now the Spanish nbassador In Berlin, who is repreantlng us there, has reported to the te department here that he has peranally visited these sailors and finds tiata deadly disease does exist that .would be dangerous to turn them OQpe without a period In quarantine, tiiat they iare being well taken care

Pin the Interval. But the report of Spanish p-mbasaador does not make 04 reading1—and little or nothing is

I jt It. Day by day we shall be on Inflammatory articles. Foreign ^s will be colored to suit the pur|ofe^ fs Time to Reflect. jUast night the writer devoted a few jrs going oyer the English papers vithe. congressional library. Without

K^eption the editorial comments on Wilson" were Insulting, and he -denounced for not entering the and "doing his share with us." *$ftfegmgely enough these editorials in ®be leading London papers never apgenerally one friendly pariph from an unfriendly editorial is jv»n-—and these are transparently for srioan consumption. Few people eofisult the English papers and the English press which Is as ^erly anti-American as it has unily been for 180 years, is made to 9r trlenlly to the gullible reader the American papers. Thus sentltt Is being built very aggressively.

HIT with armed neutrality we would 1 escape war If Zimmerman's crowd culd. have sense enough to let Amertfhlps alone—but'the writer has no

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Suddenly the masked man perceived a slight movement in the cord he clasped so tightly. This startled him out of his reflections. Fastening the cord securely, he removed his mask and, donning a diver's suit, lowered himself into the stream and sank out of sight.

In the center of the la^e was another motor boat at anchor. In it sat Miss Pearl Dare, dressed for diving. She also held a cord in her hand. To it,' however, was attached a tube through which life-sustaining oxygen was pumped to Adams on the bottom a hundred feet below.

Adams had gone down to find the mines laid by the Silent Menace. Without a sign of warning a helmeted diver how rose to the surface and, hanging on to the gunwale of Pearl's "boat, shot at her with a water-gun. He fired twice in quick succession but his aim was unsteady and missed the mark, and he dropped back into the water and sank when she returned his lire with a similar weapon.

Mistaking him for Adams, and all of her doubts returning, Pearl immediately severed the oxygen tube. She regretted this act the moment it was committed and, hardly knowing what she was about, dove overboard to the rescue.

Both she and Adams were equipped with waterproof electric torches. She flashed hers while sinking.. To her

faith in the common sense of Zimmerman or in his friendliness to or comfrehenison of the American people. His repudiation of Bern^torft's &,dvice shows that. The result will be that an American ship will come into contact v/ith a German submarine and we will be in war over night. It is to be hoped that this does, not happen but tne odds are Jn favor of its happening.

Thus do uncontrollable events play havoc with the plans cf-mice and men. The fact that the American pgople are opposed to war was made' quite undisputable in the late campaign. Although Woodrow Wilson should have been elected solely because of the marvelously brilliant record of propressive' achievement, the fact remains that he would have be£n defeated but for the

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CHAPTER XIII—Continued. On the shores, of the largest of the natural lakes foAningj part of the coveted treasure—the canal—a solitary masked man. sat in deep contemplation in a motor boat. He held in one hand a wire cord, to the end of which a glass button was attached. This button held a weird fascination for the masked*man. His temptation was to press it. Yet prudence forbade. One touch, he knew, would destroy forever a military possession more strategic and valuable than even Gibraltar—the canal—and precipitate a world war. It was in the power of this Individual to undo in a flash the work of more than four centuries of republic building and to drive from its peaceful perch the bones of the proudest nations on earth —to do so again.

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consternation two torches flashed back and she saw two men far below engaged in mortal combat. "Heaven forgive me!" she cried to herself. "It was not Adams! He, is not the Silent Menace!"

A moment later she was in the midst of the fray desperately fighting a diver whose costume was Identical with her own.

She shot his water-gun out of his hand and fired again. Her bullet crashed against one of his arras, which fell limp. Clutching Adams, who was fast succumbing without air, and putting all of her strength into a mighty effort, she swam with her free hand to the surface.

When she reached the surface she pried Adams' helmet loose and helped him into the boat. Then he pulled her in. "Can you ever forgive me?" she cried in anguish.

Adams smiled whimsically. "You took no c-chances and did the right thing, girl, and saved my life besides from that t-there Silent Menace." He stopped to gain breath. "He's gone, thank goodness!" "But the mines?" the words trembled on her lips. "I found 'em and d-detached the wires," he replied.

Pearl burst into an ecstacy of tears. Adams started the engine and they shot away. The canal was saved.

On the shore where the other motor boat was fastened the Silent Menace, if such he was, climbed out of the water barely alive, the limp arm dangling. He dove into the jungle, wrenching his helmet off, and disappeared from view.

A little later, a man, differently dressed, though quite wet, carrying an arm in a sling, came out of the jungle and entered the motor boat. He picked up the muffler, which had been discarded when the diver entered the stream. Then he found the cord and examined it with great care, pressing the button a number of times. Finally he went away.

This man was Major Thornton Brent.

To be Continued Tomorrow.

fact that "he kept us out of war." A vote for Wilson was a- vote of gratitude because "he kept us out of war." And if given half a chance he will continue to keep us out of war. But will he be given the chance? Not if Germany proposes to place its destinies in the hands of an unsufferable idiot like Zimmerman appears to be.

The events, of the closing: days of the last congress have disclosed that henceforth any man in the senate, who takes a stand "for peade will be -characterized in the press as a "traitor." This will weaken the- opposition of many rublic men to tli'6 program the jingoes. A few years in Washington discloses the fact that «s^pmayogues and cowards are in the majority down here —that men who have the intellectual honesty and co-jrage to use their own judgment are like angels, few and far between.

Alibi for Bernstorff.

Having expressed an opinion of Zimmerman, now another word about Bernstorff. The writer began in the early stages of the war with a strong dislike foi: the German ambassador, but gradually this dislike changed to cne of admiration and from admiration to faith in his determination to prevent war between the United States and Germany.

When he was given his passports the writer still entertained this idea and since the hysterical denunciation of the press he still holds to this idea. Thinking it possible in vi/aw of the bitter denunciation of the press that he might be mistaken, the writer has taken the pains to solicit the views of public men here and without exception all with whom he talked held the opinr ion that Bernstorff is in no sense responsible for the present unhappy sit-

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newspaper man who more than any other is press agenting the allies, a man of extraordinary ability, acumeri and sincerity, holds the same view and will soon prepare a defense of the German ambassador as a matter of plain justice, ^n the current number of Pierson's, Magazine-—which should be Interesting to Terre Hauteans because of Debs' fascinating series of reminiscences—is a remarkable character study and word picture of Bernstorff by the editor, Frank Harris, who was for so many years a leading literary character of London. If you would understand the writer's opinion of Bernsi off read the pen picture by Frank Harris—one. of the greatest word painters of portraits in the world.

Recurring now again to the Mexican plot In our last letter we expressed surprise that any one should be surprised that any country in the event of hostilities with the United States sl.ould attempt a Mexican alliance. The most amusing feature'of it all is the horror of our Ejiglish friends. Fftr England was exerting all the powers r.f her diplomcy for two generations I and more to turn Mexico against us and to use her as a club over uS. Now for a little history that our highbrow journalists appear to know nothing of.

The Purpose of Poinsett. After Mexico established a republic the United States was unaccountably slow about establishing diplomatic re latlons with her. At length during the administration of Tyler it was decided to send a dlplomatio representative to Mexico and to cultivate our southern neighbor.- With this en a view we dispatched Joel Poinsett of South Carolina to the city of Mexico. He Was perhaps the first really great diplomat •vyo ever sent to an American republic —a brilliant, polished gentleman, for merly a member of congress. In the congressional library can be found a scholarly volume Issued by John Hopkins university dealing with his mission and also a very entertaining,biography of the diplomat. To make long story as short as possible, when Foinsett reached Mearfco he was astonished to find a pronounced feeling of antipathy for the American people, not only In governmental circles but among the masses. In searchlg tor the cause he easily traced it to the English embassy. On further investigation he discovered that Che English minister, acting upon direct orders from the English minister of ftorelgn

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affairs, was making an effort to convert Mexico into an enemy of the United States, and to form an offensive and defensive alliance between Mexico and England, This alliance was aimed directly at" this country. A commercial treaty was to be perfected which would have practically closed tlse Mexican markets to American products.

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Then came the breaking off of Texas from Mexico and the republic of Texas. Another volume, also issued by Johns

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what she attempted in thte spirit of cowardice during the terrible days when Lincoln was straining every nerve to' save the union. She called a conference in London with France and Spain and there engineered the deal to violate the Monroe doctrine, and establish a nionarchy at our «very door with a member of the now-much-hated house of Hapsburg on the throne. It was agreed there that England and France should jointly bolster up the throne, not only against Mexican objections, but against the remonstrandfes of the American government. We were in the midst of civil war—helpless to back our protests with ,our arms. Thus European troops marched info Mexico and placed the unfortunate Maximillian on the throne. There he remained until the closing days of our civil.war, when the southern soldiers expressed' a wlllingiiess to Join the northern sojdlers in making the American protest felt. This frightened the cowardly governments of England and France. They hastily withdrew their troops, leaving poor Maxlmllllan to his fate. The Empress Charlotte, In desperation, hurried to Europe, plead without avail with Napoleon the Third and the English statesmen, and as a last resort hurried to Rome, where her reason toppled from its throne. MaximllUan was executed. Charlotte still lives— a, very old woman, and still mad.

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Even during the Hu^rta affair land was acting as advisor of HuajrUk against the United States. Ir you doi)lH it read Mrs: cyShaunessy's book oh ''JL Diplomat's Wife in Mexico/' wrltte^r apparently a republican campaign document by the wife Of an Amnrtapji, diplomat, who w*s a traitor to hto gmtr ernment. Note the many reference* the English ambassador.

And so after all there is nothing all new in the proposal to array Mexicans against the United States, Zimmerman'was a base imitator. H© stole hi» idea from England. Apd hf acted with stupidity where Efnglapd Acted with such consummate skill tlM^t she has made Mexico a problem' for the United States from before tilie daya of the Tyler administration.

This does not excuse Zifnmenn&n. His act is past all pardon. But the point is, as we have pointed gtyt fore, that Europe is not- has not befn, and will not be a friend of Am«l0|rt except when she needs us. Anl tfcl«i brings us to the other point--that it is uf to. .America to fight her i©wn bf.t?tles and none other- It, if American policy to crush all European attempts to array Mexico against U3, and it is a ten to one shot that we shall

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er more difficulty with English intrigues down there than from all other sources combined-

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