[_Picking out one paper with a particularly flaring headline._

"Iberia planning secret attack," eh? That man Pollen knows more things
that aren't so than a college graduate.


CAPTAIN

[_Taking another paper._

He's entertaining enough, though. I daresay he has some influence.


GROSVENOR

I pray to God that we may keep peace, but we must not let ourselves be
walked over--we must not--


CAPTAIN

[_Laughing._

Exactly. The nation is at last to see what it spends its army and navy
appropriations for. Eh?


GENERAL

No sane man wants war, but if--