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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Congress adjourned the Executive Committee in its character of Government immediately called upon the 145 members of the Central Indian Legislative Assembly to resign. At once 23 did resign. The Government then fixed Jan. 26 as the date for a "nationwide demonstration." Great was the triumph of India's ascetic little Saint, famed Mahatma Gandhi, boss-politician and demigod of the Congress. Usually he wears only a loin cloth, but at the final session at which his Declaration of Independence was adopted he appeared exclusively clad in a large white sheet which flapped dramatically as he gestured...
...Tokyo put pressure upon Nanking, until cocky Mr. Wang cracked, retracted. He blandly announced himself in complete accord with the following trick statement, masterfully drafted by the British Foreign Office: "His Majesty's government are willing to agree that Jan. 1, 1930, should be treated as the date from which the process of the gradual abolition of extraterritoriality should be regarded as having commenced in principle...
...great gladness King Vittorio Emanuele ordered 6,000 Italian criminals pardoned and let out of jail; gave 10,000 pairs of shoes to the poor; distributed lesser alms to 400,000. All objects deposited with Roman pawn shops between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15 last year and unredeemed to date were returned free to their owners as act of grace of Prince Ludovico Boncompagni, Governor of Rome...
...extent of the news to be covered will be from April 1, 1929 to the date of the examination, and the type of examination will be similar to those of previous years. The test will last for three hours and will be divided into two main subdivisions: the first of these will include a number of factual questions which will call for knowledge of small bits of information on various subjects; the second group will call for much wider information and longer answers. The latter are to be in "editorial style" and are to be no longer than...
...coincidence of the test and the beginning of new courses in which it is important to get a good start offers a further difficulty. Moreover, if the early date is planned to prevent last minute cramming, it must fall, for the crammer believes ten days enough. The simple solution of postponing the examination one or two weeks would give sufficient respite without crowding the March tests known as April hours...