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...that President Theodore Roosevelt was responsible for the famed ultimatum to Raisuli, the notorious Moroccan bandit who had captured and was holding for ransom Ion Perdicaris, a naturalized American, and his stepson, an Englishman named Varley. As a matter of fact it was the brainchild of E. M. ("Eddie") Hood, one of the most revered members of the Washington staff of the Associated Press, Hood was assigned to the State Department many years and because of his knowledge and personality became the confidant of each Secretary who served during that period...
...height of the Perdicaris incident, Secretary of State John Hay informed Hood that he had prepared another communication to be sent to Raisuli, and offered the text for his inspection...
...long, Mr. Secretary," Hood commented...
...Just this," Hood replied. " 'Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead...
...many other people appear in one scene only, at the headquarters of a revolutionary cell. The scene itself is slow and partially irrelevant to the whole play; Genet changed it radically for the second French edition. Nevertheless, William Hart is very repellent (as he should be) as Armand, the Hood. But Marcus Powell (Roger the Plumber) speaks as if he memorized words by rote from a foreign language...