2After a good passage, the Allemania landed d**k and Plug at Southampton on the following Wednesday morning. The English papers greeted them with the news that the government of Nusylvania, despairing of seeing a stable government set up in the neighbouring state of Bulomania, had taken matters into its own hands and had marched its armies into that troubled state to establish law and order. The League of Nations was helpless to prevent fighting it was said. The young men discussed the bearing of this news upon their own fortunes.
“Perhaps Miguel will get his king job back,” suggested Plug.
“It doesn’t say so,” said d**k. “Apparently both parties regard Miguel as a washout.”
“Poniatevsky may be called back to his own country. At any rate that would make one less for us to go up against.
