War No. 81-Q

War No. 81-Q
Cordwainer Smith
a pseudonym for
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
First appeared in The Adjutant, Vol. IX, No 1, June 1928.
This was a Linebarger's first published story, appearing
in a high school publication.
Note this story was later rewritten; this is the original.
(“Karloman Jungahr”)
It came to war.
Tibet and America, each claiming the Radiant Heat Monopoly, applied for a War Permit for 2127, a.d.
The Universal War Board granted it, stating, of course, the conditions. It was, after a few compromises and amendments had been effected, accepted by the belligerent nations.