The Cable Game / The Adventures of an American Press-Boat in Turkish Waters During the Russian Revolution

THE DISPATCH BOAT “FRANCE” LYING AT ANCHOR IN ODESSA HARBOR
THE ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN PRESS-BOAT IN TURKISH WATERS DURING THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
BY STANLEY WASHBURN
BOSTON SHERMAN, FRENCH & COMPANY 1912
Copyright, 1911 Sherman, French & Company
TO ALICE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The writer gratefully acknowledges the constant support and unlimited backing accorded him by THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, the paper for which he worked, and MR. VICTOR F. LAWSON, its Publisher, whose never failing enterprise in the realms of World News made this narrative of THE CABLE GAME possible.
S. W.
It has seemed worth while to set down the account of the experiences reported in the following pages, not because they represent any important achievement, nor yet because they are conspicuous for any unusual enterprise, for none realizes better than the writer that they comprise nothing more than the day’s work, for the dozens of newspaper men that wander the earth.
As a lover of the Profession these few little adventures are narrated in the hope that they may serve as an interpretation to the lay reader of the motives of the men that go forth to gather the news of the world. Fame, money and reputation are all secondary considerations to the real journalist and what he does he does for his Paper and for the pure joy of the game that he plays.