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...bodies that elect the judges. He pointed out that Great Britain has, however, only one vote in the League Council which acts concurrently in the election of judges. This, and the fact that no nation may have more than one judge on the Court, afford, in his opinion, a protection through which we may " feel ourselves free from danger...
...these loyal subjects had wished to buy the King and Queen a summer palace on the island of Funen, but King Christian, hearing of the plan, suggested that such a gift would hardly be in keeping with ;he times, and that anyway he had more castles than he could afford to maintain...
...expenses of attending the conference, including board and room, railroad fare, and registration fee will be about $45. For men who can not afford to pay the entire sum, part of the expense may be met in other ways, information concerning which may be obtained from the Graduate Secretary of Phillips Brooks House, where also application blanks may be secured...
...representatives of the latest parasitic growth upon a decadent, rolling society. Some of you are here because your wealthy parents don't know what to do with you and find this Yard a convenient dumping ground for four years. The rest of you, who can ill afford the price, whose place is in the ranks of the workers,--the true aristocracy of the world,--you are here too, aping the manners of your companions, dressing, walking, yes rotting like them, because you think it will give you prestige...
...United States into the League of Nations-not as an expediency of partisan politics, but as a Christian duty to establish world peace. Mark Sullivan, dean of Washington political correspondents, declares that church sentiment is making the League, once " dead," an issue which Mr. Harding and other candidates cannot afford to neglect...