Produced by Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net BANZAI! [Illustration: "That's the Japanese _Satsuma_, Togo's _Satsuma_!"] BANZAI! BY PARABELLUM LEIPZIG THEODOR WEICHER, PUBLISHER NEW YORK THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO., SALES AGENTS 33 EAST 17TH STREET (UNION SQUARE) COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THEODOR WEICHER COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO. _All rights reserved_ ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL, LONDON Published, January, 1909 THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD vii INTRODUCTION ix CHAPTER I.--IN MANILA 1 II.--ON THE HIGH SEAS 34 III.--HOW IT BEGAN 49 IV.--ECHOES IN NEW YORK 61 V.--FATHER AND SON 69 VI.--A NIGHT IN NEW YORK 77 VII.--THE RED SUN OVER THE GOLDEN GATE 96 VIII.--IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH 105 IX.---A FORTY-EIGHT-HOUR BALANCE 121 X.--ADMIRAL PERRY'S FATE 142 XI.--CAPTAIN WINSTANLEY 171 XII.--ARE YOU WINSTANLEY? 185 XIII.--THE REVENGE FOR PORTSMOUTH 192 XIV.--ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WHIRLPOOL 206 XV.--A RAY OF LIGHT 211 XVI.--THROUGH FIRE AND SMOKE 217 XVII.--WHAT HAPPENED AT CORPUS CHRISTI 228 XVIII.--THE BATTLE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 243 XIX.--THE ASSAULT ON HILGARD 272 XX.---A FRIEND IN NEED 286 XXI.--DARK SHADOWS 295 XXII.--REMEMBER HILGARD 306 XXIII.--IN THE WHITE HOUSE 312 FOREWORD