8/13 No shell has ever been made which can destroy them. I should be revealing no secret to you, because I believe I am right in saying, sir, that a model of these amazing engines of destruction was first submitted to your Government." "I remember something of the sort," the Prime Minister assented. "The inventor himself was an American, I believe." "Precisely! I believe he told you in plain words that whoever possessed his model might, if they chose, dominate the world." "But who wants to dominate the world by force ?" Mr.Mervin Brown demanded passionately. "We have passed into a new era, an era of peace and the higher fellowship. It is waste of time, labour and money to create these horrible instruments of destruction. |