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invisible lightning of radio waves.
High on the conning tower of the Houston a
radio announcer spoke into a microphone that
sent his voice flashing around the girdle of the
globe.
"Below me, ladies and gentlemen, stand
officers of the United States Navy in company
with officers of the Yellow Imperial fleet. I see the
Secretary of War shoulder to shoulder with
Counselor of Naval Affairs Otuski of the Yellow
Empire. There is present also Rear Admiral
Neasham, Commander of the Pacific flagship
Houston, and Chief of Imperial Naval Operations
Adossi. Our own chief of naval operations, Rear
Admiral Monroe, is conversing with the
Commander-in-Chief of the United Fleets of the
Yellow Empire, Admiral Ogoro.
"Beside the Houston lies the Yellow Imperial
Flagship Noa, where again officers of both navies
are witnessing the review. I can see Vice-Admiral
Ugatto beside our Chief of the Bureau of
Aeronautics, Rear Admiral Ledyard. There is also
Chief of the Operations Section of the Yellow
Imperial fleet, Admiral Agranda, side by side with
our Director of Naval Communications, Captain
Jacoby. These are only a few of the officers
present, ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion
of this tremendous gesture of friendship between
two great world powers."
The announcer's voice lowered confidentially.
"As a side-light, ladies and gentlemen, I want to
tell you of a young man in civilian clothes who is
standing at the rail of the Houston. He is the only
man present not in uniform, the only man not an
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officer of either of the two navies. He stands
aside, alone, with a pair of binoculars at his
eyes, intently studying the Yellow battleship Kora
which lies at anchor alongside the Houston. He is
apparently a person of privilege, but his identity is
cloaked in mystery."
The young man standing at the rail of the
Houston was entirely unaware that the entire
world had been told of his presence. He stood