Word: clamoured
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...sense morally valuable. It was, moreover, obvious that the situation in Europe would not permit either America or any other neutral permanently to profit by the misfortunes of her neighbors. No nation which, like Great Britain, has cultivated sea-power, can afford to sacrifice its content to the clamour of neutral exporters. That will mean initiative on both sides and, if as with Germany, initiative is translated into outrage, the inevitable consequences will be war. From this aspect, at least, America has nothing to gain by insisting upon the retention of an outworn system...
...third act, the conspirators, disguised as mountebanks, have reached the borders of the kingdom. They are busy practicing their assumed craft, when the country-folk break in upon them and clamour for a performance. The Dynamiters comply to the best of their ability. During the performance, Della Croca, as a reporter, enters and discovers his daughter with the conspirators. At a signal from him, the police rush in, closely followed by the king and the populace. Trivia is recovered by her father, and the identity of the supposed king is made clear, to the dismay of the Dynamiters, who themselves...