Word: leaking
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...feature of European revolutions that the wires are immediately cut. And then the game of pawns and kings goes on under cover of a rigid censorship. Yet the names of the players seem always to leak out. Those of von Jagow, von Tirpitz and Kapp cannot fail to stir up uneasy memories. It might be pertinent to recall that Lloyd George has not persuaded the Dutch to give up their royal guest. Amerongen is nearer to the scene of action than was Elba...
...leak was finally discovered by the use of stethoscopes. By applying these instrument to the ground the varying sound of the water which is under 900 pounds' pressure could be distinctly heard...