- Ashton-Kirk, a wealthy young detective who delights in solving mysteries involving ancient tablets, forgotten books, documents and treaties, is asked by Stella Morse, the secretary and niece of Dr. Morse, to investigate the origin of mysterious letters threatening the physician's life. Ashton-Kirk learns from the Secretary of State that the head of the Japanese spy network in Washington offered the dissolute son of Russian Count Drevonoff a large sum of money to steal a copy of a secret treaty conducted between Russia and the United States during the Russo-Japanese War. The count, who discovered the treaty in his son's possession, was thought to have stolen it and sent to war in disgrace. Dr. Morse, who treated the injured count at the front, unwittingly obtained the document. Although Dr. Morse is subsequently killed, Ashton-Kirk proves that the murder was accidentally committed by Nanon, the housekeeper. Ashton-Kirk then secures the copy of the treaty and safely delivers it to the Secretary of State, thus averting war between the United States and Japan.—Pamela Short
- Ashton-Kirk is a young man of high social position and great wealth; he is a deep student and learned in the lore of ancient tablets and forgotten books. His keen mind delights in those mysteries which have proven too shadowy for the police. He finds a joy in the hunt; there is a thrill in matching his intelligence against the craft of the criminal. In "An Affair of Three Nations" his swift mind and sure touch prevent an international crisis. Count Drevenoff's dissolute son is offered a large sum of money by the head of the Japanese Spy System in Washington, to deliver to him a secret treaty in Count Drevenoff's possession. This treaty was made between Russia and the United States when Russia was falling from disaster in her war with Japan, and would cause a grave break between Japan and the U.S., should the former get possession of it. The son succeeds in getting the paper, but is discovered by his father. Count Drevenoff, accused of stealing the treaty, is sent to the war in disgrace, where he is killed. The paper falls into the hands of one Dr. Morse, an American surgeon, serving with the Russian army. A Jap spy sees this. Sometime later, in America, Morse is murdered. Ashton-Kirk takes up the case, and after unraveling many mysteries and having some extremely exciting experiences, manages to save the treaty from falling into wrong hands, thus averting war.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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