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There
were
no
longer
promontories
jutting
out
into
the
sea
;
there
were
no
hillocks
and
rocky
terraces
rising
inland
.
In
a
vast
plain
,
shaven
and
shorn
down
to
a
common
level
of
scarred
and
pallid
rock
,
there
lay
an
immense
chasm
two
miles
and
a
half
long
,
half
a
mile
wide
,
and
so
deep
that
shuddering
men
could
stand
and
look
down
upon
the
rent
and
riven
rocks
upon
which
had
rested
that
portion
of
the
Welsh
coast
which
had
now
blown
out
to
sea
.
An
officer
of
the
Royal
Engineers
stood
on
the
seaward
edge
of
this
yawning
abyss
;
then
he
walked
over
to
the
almost
circular
body
of
water
which
occupied
the
place
where
the
fishing
village
had
been
,
and
into
which
the
waters
of
the
bay
had
flowed
.
When
this
officer
returned
to
London
he
wrote
a
report
to
the
effect
that
a
ship
canal
,
less
than
an
eighth
of
a
mile
long
,
leading
from
the
newly
formed
lake
at
the
head
of
the
bay
,
would
make
of
this
chasm
,
when
filled
by
the
sea
,
the
finest
and
most
thoroughly
protected
inland
basin
for
ships
of
all
sizes
on
the
British
coast
.
But
before
this
report
received
due
official
consideration
the
idea
had
been
suggested
and
elaborated
in
a
dozen
newspapers
.
Accounts
and
reports
of
all
kinds
describing
the
destruction
of
Caerdaff
,
and
of
the
place
in
which
it
had
stood
,
filled
the
newspapers
of
the
world
.
Photographs
and
pictures
of
Caerdaff
as
it
had
been
and
as
it
then
was
were
produced
with
marvellous
rapidity
,
and
the
earthquake
bomb
of
the
American
War
Syndicate
was
the
subject
of
excited
conversation
in
every
civilized
country
.
The
British
Ministry
was
now
the
calmest
body
of
men
in
Europe
.
The
great
opposition
storm
had
died
away
,
the
great
war
storm
had
ceased
,
and
the
wisest
British
statesmen
saw
the
unmistakable
path
of
national
policy
lying
plain
and
open
before
them
.
There
was
no
longer
time
for
arguments
and
struggles
with
opponents
or
enemies
,
internal
or
external
.
There
was
even
no
longer
time
for
the
discussion
of
measures
.
It
was
the
time
for
the
adoption
of
a
measure
which
indicated
itself
,
and
which
did
not
need
discussion
.
On
the
afternoon
of
the
day
of
the
bombardment
of
Caerdaff
,
Repeller
No
.
11
,
accompanied
by
her
crabs
,
steamed
for
the
English
Channel
.
Two
days
afterward
there
lay
off
the
coast
at
Brighton
,
with
a
white
flag
floating
high
above
her
,
the
old
Tallapoosa
,
now
naval
mistress
of
the
world
.
Near
by
lay
a
cable
boat
,
and
constant
communication
by
way
of
France
was
kept
up
between
the
officers
of
the
American
Syndicate
and
the
repeller
.
In
a
very
short
time
communications
were
opened
between
the
repeller
and
London
.
When
this
last
step
became
known
to
the
public
of
America
,
almost
as
much
excited
by
the
recent
events
as
the
public
of
England
,
a
great
disturbance
arose
in
certain
political
circles
.
It
was
argued
that
the
Syndicate
had
no
right
to
negotiate
in
any
way
with
the
Government
of
England
;
that
it
had
been
empowered
to
carry
on
a
war
;
and
that
,
if
its
duties
in
this
regard
had
been
satisfactorily
executed
,
it
must
now
retire
,
and
allow
the
United
States
Government
to
attend
to
its
foreign
relations
.
But
the
Syndicate
was
firm
.
It
had
contracted
to
bring
the
war
to
a
satisfactory
conclusion
.
When
it
considered
that
this
had
been
done
,
it
would
retire
and
allow
the
American
Government
,
with
whom
the
contract
had
been
made
,
to
decide
whether
or
not
it
had
been
properly
performed
.
The
unmistakable
path
of
national
policy
which
had
shown
itself
to
the
wisest
British
statesmen
appeared
broader
and
plainer
when
the
overtures
of
the
American
War
Syndicate
had
been
received
by
the
British
Government
.
The
Ministry
now
perceived
that
the
Syndicate
had
not
waged
war
;
it
had
been
simply
exhibiting
the
uselessness
of
war
as
at
present
waged
.
Who
now
could
deny
that
it
would
be
folly
to
oppose
the
resources
of
ordinary
warfare
to
those
of
what
might
be
called
prohibitive
warfare
.
Another
idea
arose
in
the
minds
of
the
wisest
British
statesmen
.
If
prohibitive
warfare
were
a
good
thing
for
America
,
it
would
be
an
equally
good
thing
for
England
.
More
than
that
,
it
would
be
a
better
thing
if
only
these
two
countries
possessed
the
power
of
waging
prohibitive
warfare
.
In
three
days
a
convention
of
peace
was
concluded
between
Great
Britain
and
the
American
Syndicate
acting
for
the
United
States
,
its
provisions
being
made
subject
to
such
future
treaties
and
alliances
as
the
governments
of
the
two
nations
might
make
with
each
other
.
In
six
days
after
the
affair
at
Caerdaff
,
a
committee
of
the
American
War
Syndicate
was
in
London
,
making
arrangements
,
under
the
favourable
auspices
of
the
British
Government
,
for
the
formation
of
an
Anglo
-
American
Syndicate
of
War
.
The
Atlantic
Ocean
now
sprang
into
new
life
.
It
seemed
impossible
to
imagine
whence
had
come
the
multitude
of
vessels
which
now
steamed
and
sailed
upon
its
surface
.
Among
these
,
going
westward
,
were
six
crabs
,
and
the
spring
-
armoured
vessel
,
once
the
Tallapoosa
,
going
home
to
a
triumphant
reception
,
such
as
had
never
before
been
accorded
to
any
vessel
,
whether
of
war
or
peace
.
The
blockade
of
the
Canadian
port
,
which
had
been
effectively
maintained
without
incident
,
was
now
raised
,
and
the
Syndicate
’
s
vessels
proceeded
to
an
American
port
.
The
British
ironclad
,
Adamant
,
at
the
conclusion
of
peace
was
still
in
tow
of
Crab
C
,
and
off
the
coast
of
Florida
.
A
vessel
was
sent
down
the
coast
by
the
Syndicate
to
notify
Crab
C
of
what
had
occurred
,
and
to
order
it
to
tow
the
Adamant
to
the
Bermudas
,
and
there
deliver
her
to
the
British
authorities
.
The
vessel
sent
by
the
Syndicate
,
which
was
a
fast
coast
-
steamer
,
had
scarcely
hove
in
sight
of
the
objects
of
her
search
when
she
was
saluted
by
a
ten
-
inch
shell
from
the
Adamant
,
followed
almost
immediately
by
two
others
.
The
commander
of
the
Adamant
had
no
idea
that
the
war
was
at
an
end
,
and
had
never
failed
,
during
his
involuntary
cruise
,
to
fire
at
anything
which
bore
the
American
flag
,
or
looked
like
an
American
craft
.
Fortunately
the
coast
steamer
was
not
struck
,
and
at
the
top
of
her
speed
retired
to
a
greater
distance
,
whence
the
Syndicate
officer
on
board
communicated
with
the
crab
by
smoke
signals
.
During
the
time
in
which
Crab
C
had
had
charge
of
the
Adamant
no
communication
had
taken
place
between
the
two
vessels
.
Whenever
an
air
-
pipe
had
been
elevated
for
the
purpose
of
using
therein
a
speaking
-
tube
,
a
volley
from
a
machine
-
gun
on
the
Adamant
was
poured
upon
it
,
and
after
several
pipes
had
been
shot
away
the
director
of
the
crab
ceased
his
efforts
to
confer
with
those
on
the
ironclad
.
It
had
been
necessary
to
place
the
outlets
of
the
ventilating
apparatus
of
the
crab
under
the
forward
ends
of
some
of
the
upper
roof
-
plates
.
When
Crab
C
had
received
her
orders
,
she
put
about
the
prow
of
the
great
warship
,
and
proceeded
to
tow
her
north
-
eastward
,
the
commander
of
the
Adamant
taking
a
parting
crack
with
his
heaviest
stern
-
gun
at
the
vessel
which
had
brought
the
order
for
his
release
.
All
the
way
from
the
American
coast
to
the
Bermuda
Islands
,
the
great
Adamant
blazed
,
thundered
,
and
roared
,
not
only
because
her
commander
saw
,
or
fancied
he
saw
,
an
American
vessel
,
but
to
notify
all
crabs
,
repellers
,
and
any
other
vile
invention
of
the
enemy
that
may
have
been
recently
put
forth
to
blemish
the
sacred
surface
of
the
sea
,
that
the
Adamant
still
floated
,
with
the
heaviest
coat
of
mail
and
the
finest
and
most
complete
armament
in
the
world
,
ready
to
sink
anything
hostile
which
came
near
enough
—
but
not
too
near
.
When
the
commander
found
that
he
was
bound
for
the
Bermudas
,
he
did
not
understand
it
,
unless
,
indeed
,
those
islands
had
been
captured
by
the
enemy
.
But
he
did
not
stop
firing
.
Indeed
,
should
he
find
the
Bermudas
under
the
American
flag
,
he
would
fire
at
that
flag
and
whatever
carried
it
,
as
long
as
a
shot
or
a
shell
or
a
charge
of
powder
remained
to
him
.
But
when
he
reached
British
waters
,
and
slowly
entering
St
.
George
’
s
harbour
,
saw
around
him
the
British
flag
floating
as
proudly
as
it
floated
above
his
own
great
ship
,
he
confessed
himself
utterly
bewildered
;
but
he
ordered
the
men
at
every
gun
to
stand
by
their
piece
until
he
was
boarded
by
a
boat
from
the
fort
,
and
informed
of
the
true
state
of
affairs
.
But
even
then
,
when
weary
Crab
C
raised
herself
from
her
fighting
depth
,
and
steamed
to
a
dock
,
the
commander
of
the
Adamant
could
scarcely
refrain
from
sending
a
couple
of
tons
of
iron
into
the
beastly
sea
-
devil
which
had
had
the
impertinence
to
tow
him
about
against
his
will
.
No
time
was
lost
by
the
respective
Governments
of
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
in
ratifying
the
peace
made
through
the
Syndicate
,
and
in
concluding
a
military
and
naval
alliance
,
the
basis
of
which
should
be
the
use
by
these
two
nations
,
and
by
no
other
nations
,
of
the
instantaneous
motor
.
The
treaty
was
made
and
adopted
with
much
more
despatch
than
generally
accompanies
such
agreements
between
nations
,
for
both
Governments
felt
the
importance
of
placing
themselves
,
without
delay
,
in
that
position
from
which
,
by
means
of
their
united
control
of
paramount
methods
of
warfare
,
they
might
become
the
arbiters
of
peace
.
The
desire
to
evolve
that
power
which
should
render
opposition
useless
had
long
led
men
from
one
warlike
invention
to
another
.
Every
one
who
had
constructed
a
new
kind
of
gun
,
a
new
kind
of
armour
,
or
a
new
explosive
,
thought
that
he
had
solved
the
problem
,
or
was
on
his
way
to
do
so
.
The
inventor
of
the
instantaneous
motor
had
done
it
.
The
treaty
provided
that
all
subjects
concerning
hostilities
between
either
or
both
of
the
contracting
powers
and
other
nations
should
be
referred
to
a
Joint
High
Commission
,
appointed
by
the
two
powers
;
and
if
war
should
be
considered
necessary
,
it
should
be
prosecuted
and
conducted
by
the
Anglo
-
American
War
Syndicate
,
within
limitations
prescribed
by
the
High
Commission
.
The
contract
made
with
the
new
Syndicate
was
of
the
most
stringent
order
,
and
contained
every
provision
that
ingenuity
or
foresight
of
man
could
invent
or
suggest
to
make
it
impossible
for
the
Syndicate
to
transfer
to
any
other
nation
the
use
of
the
instantaneous
motor
.
Throughout
all
classes
in
sympathy
with
the
Administrative
parties
of
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
there
was
a
feeling
of
jubilant
elation
on
account
of
the
alliance
and
the
adoption
by
the
two
nations
of
the
means
of
prohibitive
warfare
.
This
public
sentiment
acted
even
upon
the
opposition
;
and
the
majority
of
army
and
navy
officers
in
the
two
countries
felt
bound
to
admit
that
the
arts
of
war
in
which
they
had
been
educated
were
things
of
the
past
.
Of
course
there
were
members
of
the
army
and
navy
in
both
countries
who
deprecated
the
new
state
of
things
.
But
there
were
also
men
,
still
living
,
who
deprecated
the
abolition
of
the
old
wooden
seventy
-
four
gun
ship
.
A
British
artillery
officer
conversing
with
a
member
of
the
American
Syndicate
at
a
London
club
,
said
to
him
:
—
"
Do
you
know
that
you
made
a
great
mistake
in
the
beginning
of
your
operations
with
the
motor
-
guns
?
If
you
had
contrived
an
attachment
to
the
motor
which
should
have
made
an
infernal
thunder
-
clap
and
a
storm
of
smoke
at
the
moment
of
discharge
it
would
have
saved
you
a
lot
of
money
and
time
and
trouble
.
The
work
of
the
motor
on
the
Canadian
coast
was
terrible
enough
,
but
people
could
see
no
connection
between
that
and
the
guns
on
your
vessels
.
If
you
could
have
sooner
shown
that
connection
you
might
have
saved
yourselves
the
trouble
of
crossing
the
Atlantic
.
And
,
to
prove
this
,
one
of
the
most
satisfactory
points
connected
with
your
work
on
the
Welsh
coast
was
the
jet
of
smoke
which
came
from
the
repeller
every
time
she
discharged
a
motor
.
If
it
had
not
been
for
those
jets
,
I
believe
there
would
be
people
now
in
the
opposition
who
would
swear
that
Caerdaff
had
been
mined
,
and
that
the
Ministry
were
a
party
to
it
.
"
"
Your
point
is
well
taken
,
"
said
the
American
,
"
and
should
it
ever
be
necessary
to
discharge
any
more
bombs
,
—
which
I
hope
it
may
not
be
,
—
we
shall
take
care
to
show
a
visible
and
audible
connection
between
cause
and
effect
.
"
"
The
devil
take
it
,
sir
!
"
cried
an
old
captain
of
an
English
ship
-
of
-
the
-
line
,
who
was
sitting
near
by
.
"
What
you
are
talking
about
is
not
war
!
We
might
as
well
send
out
a
Codfish
Trust
to
settle
national
disputes
.
In
the
next
sea
-
fight
we
’
ll
save
ourselves
the
trouble
of
gnawing
and
crunching
at
the
sterns
of
the
enemy
.
We
’
ll
simply
send
a
note
aboard
requesting
the
foreigner
to
be
so
good
as
to
send
us
his
rudder
by
bearer
,
which
,
if
properly
marked
and
numbered
,
will
be
returned
to
him
on
the
conclusion
of
peace
.
This
would
do
just
as
well
as
twisting
it
off
,
and
save
expense
.
No
,
sir
,
I
will
not
join
you
in
a
julep
!
I
have
made
no
alliance
over
new
-
fangled
inventions
!
Waiter
,
fetch
me
some
rum
and
hot
water
!
"
In
the
midst
of
the
profound
satisfaction
with
which
the
members
of
the
American
War
Syndicate
regarded
the
success
of
their
labours
,
—
labours
alike
profitable
to
themselves
and
to
the
recently
contending
nations
,
—
and
in
the
gratified
pride
with
which
they
received
the
popular
and
official
congratulations
which
were
showered
upon
them
,
there
was
but
one
little
cloud
,
one
regret
.
In
the
course
of
the
great
Syndicate
War
a
life
had
been
lost
.
Thomas
Hutchins
,
while
assisting
in
the
loading
of
coal
on
one
of
the
repellers
,
was
accidentally
killed
by
the
falling
of
a
derrick
.
The
Syndicate
gave
a
generous
sum
to
the
family
of
the
unfortunate
man
,
and
throughout
the
United
States
the
occurrence
occasioned
a
deep
feeling
of
sympathetic
regret
.
A
popular
subscription
was
started
to
build
a
monument
to
the
memory
of
Hutchins
,
and
contributions
came
,
not
only
from
all
parts
of
the
United
States
,
but
from
many
persons
in
Great
Britain
who
wished
to
assist
in
the
erection
of
this
tribute
to
the
man
who
had
fallen
in
the
contest
which
had
been
of
as
much
benefit
to
their
country
as
to
his
own
.
Some
weeks
after
the
conclusion
of
the
treaty
,
a
public
question
was
raised
,
which
at
first
threatened
to
annoy
the
American
Government
;
but
it
proved
to
be
of
little
moment
.
An
anti
-
Administration
paper
in
Peakville
,
Arkansas
,
asserted
that
in
the
whole
of
the
published
treaty
there
was
not
one
word
in
regard
to
the
fisheries
question
,
the
complications
arising
from
which
had
been
the
cause
of
the
war
.
Other
papers
took
up
the
matter
,
and
the
Government
then
discovered
that
in
drawing
up
the
treaty
the
fisheries
business
had
been
entirely
overlooked
.
There
was
a
good
deal
of
surprise
in
official
circles
when
this
discovery
was
announced
;
but
as
it
was
considered
that
the
fisheries
question
was
one
which
would
take
care
of
itself
,
or
be
readily
disposed
of
in
connection
with
a
number
of
other
minor
points
which
remained
to
be
settled
between
the
two
countries
,
it
was
decided
to
take
no
notice
of
the
implied
charge
of
neglect
,
and
to
let
the
matter
drop
.
And
as
the
opposition
party
took
no
real
interest
in
the
question
,
but
little
more
was
said
about
it
.
Both
countries
were
too
well
satisfied
with
the
general
result
to
waste
time
or
discussion
over
small
matters
.
Great
Britain
had
lost
some
forts
and
some
ships
;
but
these
would
have
been
comparatively
useless
in
the
new
system
of
warfare
.
On
the
other
hand
,
she
had
gained
,
not
only
the
incalculable
advantage
of
the
alliance
,
but
a
magnificent
and
unsurpassed
landlocked
basin
on
the
coast
of
Wales
