The First Earth Expedition was the scouting force of the conquering Martians. But conditions were totally different from those expected, and science was of no value--for on Earth were "beings" that weapons could not fight. There are those who have criticized the wisdom of the members of the First Earth Expedition in returning to Mars so precipitately, without completing the observations and explorations which it had been intended they should make. For some time now, we who were with the Expedition and knew the real reason for that return have chosen to ignore these few but noisy individuals; but latterly some of the hot-headed younger generation, but lately out of the egg and unwilling to t…
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