Contents

I. The Man in the Next Compartment 9
II. In the Emperor’s Gardens 20
III. War Talk 48
IV. Stirring Up Trouble 67
V. Who Wrote the Letter? 89
VI. Bill Marley’s Fist 117
VII. The Secret Document 137
VIII. Misunderstanding 156
IX. More Discoveries 176
X. Captain Inaba 191
XI. Phil Confesses 208
XII. The Conspirators 224
XIII. The Quarrel 235
XIV. The Yacht “Sylvia” 249
XV. International Diplomacy 258
XVI. The Duel 274
XVII. Indecision 289
XVIII. A Bold Plan 306
XIX. On the High Seas 321
XX. The “Hatsuke” 336
XXI. The Japanese Fleet 352
XXII. Plot and Counterplot 369
XXIII. By Wireless 384