MYSTERY UNEARTHED IN MUSEUM

A circular concrete base has been discovered in the building for the Germanic Museum now under construction, which is causing the authorities considerable uneasiness. The base is of exactly the dimensions required for the heavy German siege guns and a deep plot against the Cercle Francais may be about to be unearthed, especially as it has been discovered that this mass of concrete is the gift of the Deutscher Verein. Considerable apprehension is felt by the inmates of Grays 17 as that building would be directly in the line of fire. The Cercle has laid in a large supply of absinthe, and expects to survive a long siege.