Take
this, for instance, 'On the night of the celebration of the
anniversary of the battle of Manila there were stolen from the
Navy Department plans which the Record learns exclusively
represent the greatest naval secret in the world.' So much for
that paragraph--written in the office. Then it goes on:
"The whole secret-service machinery of the Government has been put
in operation. No one has been able to extract from the authorities
the exact secret which was stolen, but it is believed to be an
invention which will revolutionise the structure and construction
of the most modern monster battleships. Such knowledge, it is
said, in the hands of experts might prove fatal in almost any
fight in which our newer ships met others of about equal fighting
power, as with it marksmen might direct a shot that would disable
our ships.
"It is the opinion of the experts that the theft was executed by a
skilled draughtsman or other civilian employe. At any rate, the
thief knew what to take and its value. There is, at least, one
nation, it is asserted, which faces the problem of bringing its
ships up to the standard of our own to which the plans would be
very valuable.
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