SECTION XX.
77. Sully in England 97
78. Homicide by an Attache 99
79. A Disputed Capture 99
80. The Punishment for Murder 101

SECTION XXI.
81. A Traitor's Fate 101
82. An Interrupted Armistice 103
83. Shooting Affray in a Legation 103
84. The Surrender of Port Arthur 105

SECTION XXII.
85. An Ambassador's Brother 105
86. A Detained Steamer 107
87. Prussia and the Poles 107
88. A Charmed Life 109

SECTION XXIII.
89. A Daring Robbery 111
90. The Fall of Abdul Hamid 113
91. A President Abroad 113
92. A Rejected Ambassador 117

SECTION XXIV.
93. Revictualling of a Fortress 119
94. Dutch Reprisals 119
95. Birth on the High Seas 121
96. A High-handed Action 121

SECTION XXV.
97. The _Southern Queen_ 123
98. A Three-cornered Dispute 123
99. Russian Revolutionary Outrage in Paris 125
100. The Detention of Napoleon I. 127

SECTION I

1. _A Councillor of Legation in difficulties._

In 1868 the French journalist Leonce Dupont, the owner of the Parisian
newspaper _La Nation_, became bankrupt. It was discovered that this
paper was really founded by the councillor of the Russian legation in
Paris, Tchitcherine, who had supplied the funds necessary to start it,
for the purpose of influencing public opinion in Russian interests. The
creditors claimed that Tchitcherine was liable for the debts of Dupont,
and brought an action against him.

2. _Neutral Goods on Enemy Merchantman._

A belligerent man-of-war sinks his prize, an enemy merchantman, on
account of the impossibility of sparing a prize crew. Part of the cargo
belongs to neutral owners, who claim compensation for the loss of their
goods.

3. _American Coasting Trade._

In 1898, after having acquired the Philippines and the island of Puer