[PART TWO]

THE GREATEST STORY

WYTHE WILLIAMS OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES"


[CHAPTER VI]

THE ACTUALITY

On the sidewalk terrasse of a little café a few doors from the American Embassy I was one of a quartet of newspaper men on one of the final afternoons of August, 1914.

War news, thanks to the censor, had lapsed in volume and intensity; but the troubles of refugee Americans still made our cables bulky, and we continued to pass much time at the Embassy or in its vicinity.