Toujours la Politesse.
"The officer and a man ran in and respectfully shot with a revolver and bayoneted two other men each."—Englishman (Calcutta).
"Washington, Monday.
A representative from Mr. Gerard on his visit to the Kaiser at Headquarters has been received at the State Department, and is now being decoded."—Manchester Daily Dispatch.
We cannot believe that any American diplomatist could be a mere cipher.