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...regrettably true that the country is almost devoid of knowledge of our two neighbors and of Russia. But Professor Burns must have forgotten that the classic histories of colonial Canada and of the conquest of Mexico were written by a Harvard professor, Francis Parkman, and a Harvard graduate, William Prescott. As for Russia, at the present time, one of the few distinguished professors of Russian history in the country, Professor Karpovich, is on the Harvard staff...
Berlin, Nov. 1-(AP)-The German Government, in a formal statement, denied today the existence of a map which President Roosevelt said in his Navy Day speech revealed a German plan for conquest of South America...
...This struggle in which we are engaged is not merely a military conquest...
...feudal system in Japan, but the ideals of samurai thrive and are deeply imbedded in the heart of every Japanese. Samuraism is the very core of their present national policy, and the Japanese believe that the prosperity and glory of their empire can only be derived from conquest this end they are ready to undergo privation and are ready to die. That is why there is no revolution in Japan and the people still cling together after four years of disastrous adventure in China...
while the world was suffering from the effects of the Great War, the samurai, according to their plans for conquest, invaded Manchuria in 1931 and soon marched into China proper...