There is just now in Aust¥alia a plethora of scientists from various parts of the world, who are holding or about to hold what is called a Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress. In all 83 delegates are representing 14 countries, and many are accompanied by their wives. This is said to be the largest gathering of its sort in Australia since the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which took place in 1914, and from which all visitors had not returned to their own countries before the Great War tragedy was precipitated. Indeed, it was asserted at the time that certain German scientists were laid by the heels, and their effects found to include the latest and most up-to-date espionage facts concerning this country. If the statements were untrue, those who are the mouthpieces of science would do well, even at this late date, to deny
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