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...Reservations. Two principal reservations were suggested: 1) that the U. S. "disclaim all responsibility" for the exercise by the Court of its right to give advisory opinions. (This reservation was included to avoid the moral effect of an advisory decision by the Court on such a question, for example, as whether we ought to exclude Japanese immigrants from the U. S.); 2) that in adhering to the Court the U. S. assumes no obligation inconsistent with its rights under the Monroe Doctrine...
...interesting human interest sidelight of the gift which is typical of Mr. Baker's character is the fact that he desired to avoid all possible publicity by minimizing the announcement of his gift. He insisted that merely his letter containing the statement of the gift should be given out, and he purposely had the announcement date postponed until he would be on his way to Europe. He sailed last Saturday afternoon...
...Everybody asks me if I was held up by any bandits. I was not. My little expedition was looking for art, not for romance, and hence whenever we suspected passers-by of bandit proclivities we were very careful to avoid them...
...interesting boys in Harvard. I do not mean by that, Proselyting, but merely telling to them the merits of the college, and what they will gain by coming here. We do not want athletic parasites, but we want more men rooting for Harvard. We have bent over backwards to avoid proselyting, but we can at least stir up interest...
Thirty pirates were arrested by Chinese authorities and charged with attacking British ships in South China waters. To avoid legal proceedings, useless fuss and bother, two were shot in public, the remainder were enrolled in Sun Yat-Sen's army to be shot by the enemy...