"Australia, New Zealand and India for Japan, new lands for her teeming population; Thibet for you, all Manchuria, and the control of the Siberian Railway!" "These are dazzling propositions," Prince Shan admitted, "and yet--what about the other side of the Pacific ?" "America would be powerless," Immelan insisted.
"So you said before, in 1917," was the dry reminder.

"I did not come here, however, to talk world politics with you.

Those things for the moment are finished.

I came in answer to your summons." Immelan raised himself a little in the bed.
"You meant what you said ?" he demanded, with hoarse anxiety.

"There was no poison?
Swear that ?" Prince Shan moved towards the door.