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...devoted to a comprehensive discussion of the effects of the Versailles Treaty; the cupidity of France in particular and the Allies in general; the inefficacy of the League of Nations, which he terms " nothing more than a servile instrument of the victors "; the futile endeavors of the endless chain of conferences that followed the armistice in their efforts to reconstruct a war-stricken Europe. Germany is represented as having been dispossessed of intrinsic possessions-territory that had belonged to her for hundreds of years. He says that her economic life has been deliberately ruined, and yet she is asked...
...North Pole to Spitzbergen. In order to notify watchers and emergency rescue parties in Spitzbergen the news of his departure will be flashed thither by radio from Noorvik, on the west coast, the nearest transmitting station to Wainwright. Word will be carried over the intervening 400 miles by a chain of giant bonfires every fifteen miles, each tended by a team of Eskimos who will light the fire when they see the preceding beacon, and run on between stations to make sure the signal is not missed. In no other way could the news be transmitted in so short...
Borah. At present he is not booming himself. But a California supporter started a chain postal card boom: "Link by link and vote by vote it will carry him to the White House!" And Mr. Borah commented: "Fruitless endeavor!" Meanwhile he is at work in Washington, apparently considering the possibilities of a visit to Russia, or a return home to fight for the direct primary in Idaho. Johnson. Where Mr. Harding is for the World Court, and Senator Borah takes the middle ground, Hiram Johnson leads the extreme opposition- " high priest of all the irreconcilables." Since Borah left the reactionaries...
...Treasurer and his organization as an example to follow. Other colleges to have echoed this thought. The Harvard CRIMSON alone calls his tactics makeshift. Let me say that one of the best parts of Harvard's system is the absolute harmony of every piece of the organization. In that chain of strength the splendid work of the Athletic Association is one of the strongest links. I regret, therefore, that even the CRIMSON should be the one to sound a discordant note. I'm quite sure Mr. Moore with his usual courtesy and fair dealing would quite gladly have given...
...present competition, a University and an M. I. T. student are to be selected by a committee headed by Captain Smith and are to be confined in opposite cells for a week. For 23 hours a day they are to be fastened in their cells with an ankle chain, and for the 24th hour are to take exercise on the upper deck, secured by a ball and chain. During their solitary confinement they will be forbidden to speak, but may talk during their hour of exercise. At the end of the week, each man is to be awarded...