Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory, U.S.A., 1921 A.D. Read online

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  ABOUT NOON ON THE DAY OF CAPITULATION, MAY 25, 1921, A DETACHMENT OFGERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHED UNOBSERVED UP BROADWAY, TURNED INTO WALL STREET,AND STOPPED OUTSIDE THE BANKING HOUSE OP J. P. MORGAN & COMPANY

  AS THE GERMAN LANDING OPERATIONS PROCEEDED, THE NEWS OF THE INVASIONSPREAD OVER THE WHOLE REGION WITH THE SPEED OF ELECTRICITY. THE ENEMY WASCOMING! THE ENEMY WAS HERE! WHAT WAS TO BE DONE?

  THEN, FACING INEXORABLE NECESSITY, GENERAL WOOD ORDERED HIS ENGINEERS TOBLOW UP THE BRIDGES AND FLOOD THE SUBWAYS THAT LED TO MANHATTAN. IT WASAS IF THE VAST STEEL STRUCTURE OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE HAD BEEN A THING OFLACE. IN SHREDS IT FELL, A TORN, TRAGICALLY WRECKED PIECE OF MAGNIFICENCE

  THE PEOPLE KNEW THE ANSWER OF VON HINDENBURG. THEY HAD READ IT, AS HADALL THE WORLD FOR MILES AROUND, IN THE CATACLYSM OF THE PLUNGING TOWERS.NEW YORK MUST SURRENDER OR PERISH!

  GERMAN GUNS DESTROY THE HOTEL TAFT

  "YOU KNOW, MARK TWAIN WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S," SAID THE CROWNPRINCE. "I REMEMBER HOW MY FATHER LAUGHED, ONE EVENING AT THE PALACE INBERLIN, WHEN MARK TWAIN TOLD US THE STORY OF 'THE JUMPING FROG.'"

  AND ON THE MORNING OF JULY 4, TWO OF VON KLUCK'S STAFF OFFICERS,ACCOMPANIED BY A MILITARY ESCORT, MARCHED DOWN STATE STREET TO ARRANGEFOR THE PAYMENT OF AN INDEMNITY PROM THE CITY OF BOSTON OF THREE HUNDREDMILLION DOLLARS

  "MY FRIENDS, THEY SAY PATRIOTISM IS DEAD IN THIS LAND. THEY SAY WE AREEATEN UP WITH LOVE OF MONEY, TAINTED WITH A YELLOW STREAK THAT MAKES USAFRAID TO FIGHT. IT'S A LIE! I AM SIXTY YEARS OLD, BUT I'LL FIGHT IN THETRENCHES WITH MY FOUR SONS BESIDE ME, AND YOU MEN WILL DO THE SAME. AM IRIGHT?"

  THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA