Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... cloud shells. The secret of this discovery the American Government kept inviolate, although well aware that the knowledge of it by the people would tend in a large measure to lessen their anxieties and assuage their fears, but against this they purposed luring Japan to her own destruction by keeping her ignorant of a method discovered which was to render nugatory the use of her cloud shells. The chief aim and purpose of the two governments of Great Britain and the United States was to destroy the Japanese sea power and it was agreed that neither ally should use the smoke dispeller until the Japanese fleet had first been encountered and destroyed, the British Armada being already on its way to the Pacific ocean. CHAPTER IX. We have spoken of the efforts of the British Government to restore peace and tranquility in India and as we are hastening towards the close of this great world-drama, we shall dispose of those events that occurred there, excepting a brief mention later on. The strenuous efforts made by the English in India were gradually bearing down all opposition and removing all impediments toward a peaceful settlement, but not before the country presented the lamentable aspect of a devastating campaign. The civil authorities in numerous places had been entirely swept away. Hundreds of British civil officials, outside the protection of the military, had been, with their families and dependents, ruthlessly murdered. The system which England had adopted, already mentioned in a former chapter, proved very effective. It would doubtless take many years before the bitterness of strife and warfare was entirely eradicated. The benevolent purposes of the British Raj became more and more apparent to the people, while the rapaciousness of the...
