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...members of said commission, committee, . . . . or in carrying out its provisions, and until such participation and appointment have been so provided for, . . . no person shall represent the United States under either such League of Nations or the treaty, or be authorized to perform any act for or on behalf of the United States thereunder, and no citizen of the United States shall be selected or appointed as a member of said commissions, committees, . . . . except with the approval of the Congress of the United States...
...fact remains, however, that Jenkins has received very bad treatment. He was arrested because he was caught with some bandits whom he swore had kidnapped him. As he was a consular agent, of the United States, the Mexican central government has the right to intervene in his behalf. Paragraph VI of Article 104 of the Mexican Constitution promulgated in February, 1917, expressly states that the Mexican federal tribunals shall take cognizance of all cases concerning diplomatic agents and consular officers. The refusal of the Carranza government to interfere can mean only one thing--an international break with the United States...
...proposal of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled "Ambassador" from Soviet Russia, that he be permitted, on behalf of the government he represents, to furnish transportation back to Russia for those Russians who have become persona non grata to the United States, is one that should meet with instant and unqualified approval. If Bolsheviks and other agitators, dissatisfied with life under the Stars and Stripes, claim that lovely Russia is the only real place to live, by all means let them go there, and if their government wants to pay their traveling expenses, so much the better. As long...
...Cross musters its forces for the third year. No armistice has existed for that organization; no formal peace will halt its work overseas. On behalf of the people it has pledged millions of dollars toward rebuilding the devastated regions. Through fifty departments it still protects the war unfortunates of France and Italy. By strengthening the morale of these countries for three years it has incurred their blessing on the Americans. Now that the army has nearly dwindled away, the Red Cross becomes our chief public representative abroad. For this reason, if for no other, we must keep it what...
...answer to that last question was no doubtful one. As a starter the hat was passed in behalf of sending the University band to Princeton and $140 was contributed on the spot...