The Blowing Up of the 'Maine'

First published as Part 2 of Underground History in Pearson's (UK&US), Feb 1903. Story 2 of 12 contained in the collection Secret History of To-Day
Back before the Spanish-American war started, the negotiations held in Paris between Cuban rebels and the Spanish government were underway when V learns of a plot to force America into a war with Spain and he is hired by a representative of the American Sugar Trust to learn who was behind it.