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Last week, however, the suave and efficient Sir Eric* received tidings which foreshadowed a modicum of English recreation amid the Swiss calm of Geneva. From Viscount Cecil of Chelwood came a crisp cheque for ?1000, with the suggestion that ?500 be allotted for tennis courts at the disposal of the League Secretariat, and that the rest be used to extend the Geneva Golf Club's course and to assist impecunious undersecretaries to join the club. Viscount Cecil added that the ?1000 represented part of the $25,000 peace prize awarded to him by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation two years...
...nations do tomorrow. We will work in the spirit of Locarno. . . . I am confident that the Locarno accords will be ratified by every country there represented. No statesman dare take the responsibility before history of dashing from our lips the cup of hope that Locarno has presented!" Continuing amid applause, he concluded, "I . . . hope that the same spirit of mutual understanding and mutual goodwill which prevailed . . . at Locarno may prevail among the powers now meeting at Peking [see CHINA] . . . [and establish] peace as firmly in the East as we hope we are in the course of establishing...
...streets of Tetuan and muttered a ritual prayer before such of the numberless holy places of the city as were not considered worthy of an actual visit. Before the mosques of Sidi Ali Raisuli, Saidi, and Sidi Mohammed El Hach, he descended from his horse and was elaborately welcomed amid complicated ceremonies during which several bulls were sacrificed. Finally he reviewed the native troops amid much rejoicing...
Later in the week the President paid an official visit to Karlsruhe and was greeted by high dignitaries of the Baden Government, including Premier Hellpach. Amid cheering throngs von Hindenburg was whisked by motor to a state luncheon. Rising to acknowledge a toast, he recalled to his hearers "those happy years which I spent as a division commander with headquarters at Karlsruhe...
...Tarascon, France, one Mile. Eugenie Dupont, alleged demimondaine, poured a litre of benzine over a parrot belonging to one of her rivals, and set fire to the bird. Amid a chorus of squawks and shrieks, the parrot flapped phoenix-like into the next room, igniting certain garments belonging to one M. La Rupelle. Doused with champagne, the fire was extinguished...