I know they are afraid of something of the sort in the States.

An American who was in the club yesterday told us they had spent over a hundred millions on their west coast fortifications in the last two years." "One can understand, too, in that case," Nigel continued, "why Japan left the League of Nations.

That stunt of hers about being outside the sphere of possible misunderstandings never sounded honest." "It was unfortunate," Prince Karschoff said, "that America was dominated for those few months by an honest but impractical idealist.

He had the germ of an idea, but he thrust it on the world before even his own country was ready for it.

In time the nations would certainly have elaborated something more workable." "You cannot keep a full-blooded man from clenching his fist if he's insulted," Nigel pointed out, "and nations march along the same lines as individuals.