"He could buy six trench bombs," was the reply.
"What else?" queried the publisher.
"He could get 124 cartridges or--"
"That's enough!" exclaimed Le Bas. "I've got it!"
Lloyd George looked a little startled, whereupon his visitor remarked:
"You have given me just the thing I wanted. Wait until to-morrow and you
will find out what it is."
The very next day Lloyd George and a great part of the whole British
Nation knew exactly what Sir Hedley got out of his interview with the
War Minister, because the first advertisement announcing the new type of
War Loan read like this:
"ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR CARTRIDGES FOR FIFTEEN AND SIX, AND
YOUR MONEY BACK WITH COMPOUND INTEREST
"Do you know that every 15/6 you put into War Savings Certificates
can purchase 124 rifle cartridges?
"How many Cartridges will you provide for our men at the Front?
"For every 15/6 you put into War Savings Certificates now you will
receive L1 in five years' time. This is equal to compound interest
at the rate of 5.47 per cent.
"Each year your money grows as follows:
In 1 year it becomes 15/9
In 2 years it becomes 16/9
In 3 years it becomes 17/9
In 4 years it becomes 18/9
In 5 years it becomes L1
"If you need it you can withdraw your money at any time, together
with any interest that has accrued.
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