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...deficit after deficit by issuing more internal government notes and bonds. This load of debt, which it was hoped would soon be lightened by the receipt of German reparations, at length became top heavy. Speculators began to sell francs "short" in anticipation of a decline. The conservative investor, to avoid losses, sent his balances abroad, and a "flight of the franc" ensued...
...telegrams made one thing clear- Mr. McLean wished to avoid being questioned in detail about his "loan" to Mr. Fall. There was also a curious phrase in one of the telegrams suggesting that the installation of the private wire to Palm Beach would afford "easy access to the White House." There was evidence that a telegraph operator at the White House had been employed after hours to operate the Washington end of the McLean wire...
Some of Mr. McLean's employees were questioned, but without startling results. Mr. McLean himself was placed on the schedule of those to be examined. Thus, from one attempt to avoid unpleasant testimony, Mr. McLean has apparently got himself into an even more unpleasant situation, where more testimony-accompanied by more publicity-will be required...
...Hungary who comes with his little hoard for a fling; his prize is the official sweetheart of a wealthy Duke. The starveling dreamer dares to aspire to her love, and the great courtesan yields to him. She hopes to spite the Duke, who has ordered her to Paris to avoid a marital collision with his wife. Love awakens in her frostily brilliant eyes at the youth's touch, but she realizes her arms will be a millstone around his neck...
...other party believe the present rate should be kept up, lest cheap money lead to inflation. The Reserve authorities were severely criticised for not establishing a high rate in 1920, and apparently they wish to avoid such criticism in the future, especially in the The of our present large gold reserves...