A great clamour was raised by the papers; the government was charged
with cowardice and vacillation in its dealings with a mere pleasure
yacht and a lunatic who called himself "Goliah," and immediate and
decisive action was demanded. Also, a great cry went up about the
loss of life, especially the wanton killing of the ten "statesmen."
Goliah promptly replied. In fact, so prompt was his reply that the
experts in wireless telegraphy announced that, since it was
impossible to send wireless messages so great a distance, Goliah was
in their very midst and not on Palgrave Island. Goliah's letter was
delivered to the Associated Press by a messenger boy who had been
engaged on the street. The letter was as follows:
"What are a few paltry lives? In your insane wars you destroy
millions of lives and think nothing of it. In your fratricidal
commercial struggle you kill countless babes, women, and men, and you
triumphantly call the shambles 'individualism.' I call it anarchy.
I am going to put a stop to your wholesale destruction of human
beings.
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