“There, let’s try that,” he said, and placed the tube in its supports, screwing up the terminals. Scarcely had he made the last turn when the sounder broke forth. Clickety clack, clack, clack, clack. Dots and dashes came with the rapidity of a practised sender. Swiftly I read them off, as they came to my telephone receiver. “I am the man who is trying to stop all war. Is your news true? What do you want of me? Why don’t you answer?” I jumped to my seat beside the key, and sent the answer out into the ether about us. “We have only just got your answer through the receiver. Our news is true. All the nations are disarming. Why do you not cease sinking battleships? Your purpose is accomplished.” I had scarcely ended when the reply came back. “When did the nations agree on peace? Who are you?” “The nations agreed on peace and made a solemn covenant that all would disarm ten days ago. The four sending this message are Professor Thomas Haldane and Miss Dorothy Haldane of New York, Richard Regnier of Savannah and James Orrington of New York.” There was a perceptible pause this time, before the sounder resumed its motion. Then it began. “I believe what you say. Are the nations living up to their agreements as to disarmament?” “Completely,” I replied. “Every one of the nations is living up to the agreement in spirit and in truth. The greatest anxiety which the world feels at present is with regard to your sinking the Japanese battleship, and from fear of your future action.” There was a long pause, and then the words came slowly. “How can I allay that fear?” I had been rapidly reading my sendings and my answers to the other three who sat looking eagerly at the sounder. As I read off that last question, Dorothy spoke up eagerly. “If he can communicate with us by wireless, why can he not send a message in the same way to all countries?” I passed on the suggestion, and slowly this answer came back. “I will send this message to the ruler of every country. I send it to you first, for you have saved me from causing death unnecessarily. ‘The man who has stopped all war now declares unto you that since peace has come, since every nation is now disarming, he will cease his labors. The ships of the nations may now sail the seas without harm from him. The sailors shall be safe from his hand. This will he do, if peace be sure and disarmament be complete. But, on the day that any nation violates its solemn oath and arms its citizens, on that day will he rise, and no ship, be it battleship or peaceful merchantman, bearing that country’s flag, shall be safe from destruction.’” The sounder ceased its clamor. Tom spoke in a low voice, as if he feared to be overheard. “How can we tell he is the man and not some one else, who is simply playing with us? We can’t afford to take risks. Ask him, Jim, how we can know that he is really the man who has stopped all war.” I turned to my key and sent off the question. Back came the answer.