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...Comment, crude and rude, veiled and disguised, made it evident that Europe was pleased that the French Premier was M. Herriot and not M. Poincaré as had at first been arranged (TIME, May 19). In Belgium, Germany, Central Europe, France, Italy and Britain, the greatest hope was expressed for a happy outcome to the conference; for it was felt that the Experts' Report lay in the balance. It was no overstatement to remark that the Report could not be successfully put into operation unless there was unanimity of opinion between France and Britain...
Some time ago the Princetonian had occasion to comment on the existing system of probation in force in the University. Since that time we have been even more strongly impressed with the absurdity and childishness of this attempt to punish a man for failure to satisfy the University requirements. The inevitable conclusion is that the probation rule for all undergraduates except Freshmen must be done away with...
Without provoking much dispute as to substance, Premier Mussolini's recent comment on Machiavelli's "Prince" invites generalization on the differences in the political and social outlook of the Anglo-Saxon and of the Latin. Mussolini's ideas may be looked upon as fairly typical of the latter Lincoln has been pointed out as one of the best interpreters of the former. And the vast gulf between the conclusions of such men can signify nothing other than a complete difference in methods and equipment...
...first of next month, the recently signed immigration bill, on certain features of which there has been so much critical comment, will go into effect. It will have the result of reducing the flood of immigrants entering the United States from three per cent of the total foreign born population in the country in 1910 to two per cent of that population in 1890, virtually eliminating all immigration from the nations of Southern and Eastern Europe, whose representatives have shown themselves to be least susceptible to rapid and complete assimilation...
...editorial writer goes on to comment as follows...