Hmm... Am I the only one who thought 'time traveler' when reading this?The deadlock was broken by a strange event: news spread of a foreigner who had washed ashore in Hitachi Province. He claimed to be a British whaler whose ship had wrecked off the coast. After further questioning, he admitted to the truth: his captain was sent to spy for His Majesty's government. Paranoia swept the Osaka conference, and domestic squabbles were set aside in the panic.