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...fixed on Genoa and its diplomatic contests, China is undergoing a political upheaval which may substantially change the situation in the Far East. The center of the storm is the Manchurian General, Chang Tso-Lin, who has just seized Pekin and Tientsin, driven out his rivals and practically gained control of Central as well as Northern China...
...last he has come into full control of the capital city and has driven Wu Pei-Fa southward. Accordingly the question of his next step arises. Will he exploit China for the advantage of his own pocket, already bulging with a two million dollar income, or will he seek only the unification and development of his country, as he promises, so that it may become the united nation which alone is capable, in his opinion, of settling the problems of the Far East...
...speech last night on "Questions of Administration", Mr. Walker D. Bines, former Director General of the railroads under the United States Railroad Administration, advocated a plan for the unification of all the railroads of the United States into four or five great systems, with a national comimssion in control. This was the fourth and last of Mr. Bines' lectures...
...expansion of the University it is important that control of the component parts keep pace with the growth of the whole body, or clumsy, lack of efficiency will result. This at present is unavoidably true of the administration of Hemenway Gymnasium. The rest of the athletic establishment of the University are in the hands of the Harvard Athletic Association, and the schedules, handling of equipment, and direction of the various sports are all determined in its offices. Hemenway Gymnasium alone, inadequate as it is for present purposes, stands apart under the management of the Department of Physical Education. This...
...republic only in name. The present rulers are military chieftains employing hired armies. The central government is practically bankrupt, and by the Chinese themselves is constantly charged with dishonesty. The provision of universal education, the installation of research in technical fields, the building of levees for flood control, the reforestation of the hills and mountains, the colonization of unproductive lands, the construction of railways, the securing of labor laws, the ability to borrow money, the practicability of abolishing extraterritoriality, the proper management of post offices and customs, the establishment of just systems of taxation--all these things can be brought...