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People in Phoenix, Ariz., have, or at least have reason to think they have a grievance. Railroads charge them $1.19½ per 100 pounds to ship their canned milk 400 miles across the border to Guaymas, Mexico. New York manufacturers pay only $1 per 100 pounds to ship canned milk 3,700 miles to Guaymas...
Memories of the Bernstoff revelations with their subsequent exposure of a Japanese-Mexican alliance have been awakened by news that Magdelina Bay, in Lower California, has been leased to a Tokio syndicate. In view of the close proximity of this district to the American border, Washington officials fear that the move may mean the establishment of a naval base and perhaps a Japanese colony. Twenty-five years ago the Senate blocked a similar project on the ground that it would be a source of danger to the safety of the United States. Consequently the Foreign Relations Committee is prepared...
...will hear a lot about Sheila Kaye-Smith's Starbrace (Dutton). She wrote it some years ago while growing up to write The George and the Crown., Isle of Thorns, etc. It's about a lovable but deplorable young Midlands bucko back in England's border-war time, a good tale withal but not on the same counter with mature Kaye- Smithiana...
...alleged he was illegally resident in the U. S. Before he was handed over, the Mexican Consul at Laredo had given assurances that he would not be treated as a political prisoner. The immigration authorities also had a telegram sent by President Calles to the Mexican commander across the border at Nirova Laredo, directing that Torres should not be court-martialed but should be handed over to the civil authorities for trial as a highway and train robber...
...case and a superb gusto, the late Kaiser used to call to his side legions beyond the grave. He seemed to believe that with his sabre he could rattle the bones of God. Now the grand insolence, and the metaphysical jugglery, whether innate in Teutons or blown over the border from Doorn, reappears in Aix-La-Chappelle, famed by Browning...