Blood on the Sun Page #5

through the towns very quickly...

...Just sort of get them

out of the way?

I don't think that'll be necessary.

Well I just wanted to make sure

I'd cover everything...

...that you might interrupt with.

I'm afraid I'll have to

interrupt you, Nick.

Why?

I was just thinking...

You were thinking of

changing the subject again!

Now... let me tell you what I'M thinking...

I think I know.

And I like it very much.

But I don't believe you really know

what you think of me.

Maybe I do.

Desirable woman?

Much more than that.

Be sensible, Nick...

What I'm trying to tell you...

That I'm half Chinese...

I'm half Irish and half Norwegian!

It isn't the same thing.

What are you trying to do...

run down the Irish?

Thank you, Nick.

Stop it... how but I hate gratitude!

it's a very debasing emotion.

You just keep your mind

on the game.

That's Rule 1.

Rule 2...

Have you played this game before?

Maybe when you learn

a little more about THESE people...

...you might revise your opinions

about the Chinese.

Maybe, but the farther west I've gone,

the more I'm convinced...

...that wisdom and civilisation

come from the East.

That's what I say!

China!

Japan is east of China.

You should do well here, Mr Cassell.

How about this?

Excuse me, gentlemen...

I'll see you later.

What is it... what's it all about?

Colonel... this is an outrage!

I won't tolerate it!

You seem to forget my

position and influence.

Perhaps you do not have them

any longer, Mr Cassell.

Have you seen His Excellency Baron Tanaka?

If he'd seen me,

I wouldn't be here.

Be reasonable, Colonel...

All you want was to hold

till China be killed.

It didn't happen the way we planned it,

but what's the difference?

We are just as much concerned in the manner

in which these matters are accomplished.

Now, His Imperial Majesty's government

will have to make it very clear...

...we were never acquainted with you.

But where's that leave me?

I've lost my friends in China, and now...

Precisely!

Surely you must realise, Mr Cassell...

When he, who is not a

good friend of China...

cannot be a good friend of Japan.

Most regrettable.

Good day.

OK... OK!

Don't get me wrong, Condon...

I don't blame you...

It was my mistake...

I don't know what got into me.

The Chinese are great people...

I love them...

If you'd only come to me before

printing the story, and stopped me...

Knocked some good sense into my head.

It isn't brains you're short of, Cassell...

I know but...

It was like doubling up...

Letting the money ride on a good bet...

I couldn't pass it up.

Get out of here!

Wait a minute...

You're a decent icon...

And I've got an idea

that'll work for both of us.

You're in a worse spot than I am.

They're not going to let you

out of the country alive.

But they don't suspect me.

You set the price... half a million...

anything you say...

Let me take it to China, and set myself

up again with the right people...

You'll collect the money in America.

Take what to China?

The Tanaka plan.

You've got it, Condon.

Tanaka's already made you an offer...

but you're holding out for more.

I know.

Oh yeah?

Well, what else do you know?

Plenty... didn't I frame the

introduction... for Tanaka...

...between you and the Hilliard dame?

Don't I know she hasn't had any luck yet

because you're playing cagey.

What else?

That's funny... you smear me

for selling out China...

...while you're selling out

your own country.

Nick... what is this?

Now that we know each other...

start talking!

Start talking...

You were at Yadakamado that night.

What if I was?

- You work for Tanaka!

- No!

That's a lie!

Thought you were going great,

didn't you?

Had me shooting off my mouth about

the wonderful Chinese people...

Tied me up with Chang Po Ling...

You were going to have a case of espionage

built up against me, and have me boxed.

I'd give up the Tanaka memorial...

...or else spend the next 10 years

of my life in a dirty Jap prison.

Very cute.

But you made one slip!

You thought you'd build yourself up with me

by spilling that story on Cassell.

It didn't work!...He talked!

Can I say something?

Yes... plenty!...

To the United States embassy.

You're going to tell them

how YOU killed Edith Miller!

- I didn't!

- Well you know who did!

And who killed her husband.

You go down into the sewer

with dirty rats like Tanaka...

Then come to me with your

"Freedom for women"...

"Equal rights for all people"...

"Love of humanity"!

Well, who killed them?...the names...

Oshima and who else?

What would you give

for the names?

The Tanaka memorial?

It's too late for that kind of deal now.

What is your price then

for the document?

That hardly answers my question.

Alright... I'll give it to you

in your own language...

It may come as a surprise to you...

but these things can't buy everything.

There isn't money enough in all Japan,

to buy that document.

What are you risking your life for?

To protect people in China and America

that you don't even know?

To save humanity?

Come on... let's get over

to the embassy.

Are you sure?

Are you sure you'd risk your life

to protect the Tanaka plan?...

If you had it.

Oh, don't worry... I have it!

No, you haven't.

I have.

Is this more of your lies?

No, Nick.

You wait on the terrace...

I'll bring it to you.

Where'd you get this?

Where did you put it?

The portrait of the emperor

held no fears for me.

- When the police left...

- Where were you?

In your garden.

it was an awfully good fight

you put up, Nick.

But when Oshima hit you

from behind...

He hits awfully hard.

So this is it, eh?

This is it.

"Memorial to His Imperial Majesty"

by Premier Tanaka.

Outlining the positive policy of Japan.

Tell me...

How close did I come?...

In my article the other day.

You missed, Nick...

by millions of square miles.

This is a plan for world conquest.

Manchuria is only the beginning.

All of China... then America...

Oh no... wait a minute...

What do you think WE'll be doing

when all of this is going on?

Sleeping.

Until the bombs start falling on you...

They're counting on that, Nick.

That's why it's so important to get this

to the outside world.

To China... to YOUR country.

Now, before the plan goes

into full operation.

Well, the Japanese are going

to claim it's a forgery.

And they'll scream "Fraud!"

all over the place.

What we've got to do

is to find some means...

...to keep them from

squirming out of it.

That can be done, too.

This document CAN be authenticated...

...with the signature of someone who was

present when the plan was drawn up.

Are you sure of that?

I'm sure of that.

Darling...

How did you get mixed up in this?

It's my work.

Well, I can think of easier ways

of making a living.

Not for me.

Big payoff, eh?

Yes.

A free China.

That's why I had to be so careful, Nick,

about telling you.

I had to be sure

how you felt about it.

And about you.

Nick...

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