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...that European diplomacy was not exactly aboveboard. After the War began Col. House made annual trips abroad to see what the U. S. could do about composing the quarrel. His confidential scurryings about the embattled chancelleries of Europe accomplished nothing, gave off "a strong suggestion of innocence in a den of suspicious gangsters." High point of the House diplomacy was the now-famed memorandum (1916) he gave Sir Edward Grey, English Foreign Minister. In this "extraordinary document'' House practically promised U. S. aid to the Allies in the event of Germany's refusal of Allied peace terms...
...from Nurnberg came Germany's No. 1 Jew-baiter Julius Streicher stopping last week in Berlin to lead ar anti-Semitic parade with brass bands down Unter den Linden. His gem: "After this election Danzig will know what to with your - Jews! . . . The Leader, as we all know, promised the Poles not to touch the Corridor for ten years, and he will keep his word as usual, but the hour will still come...
Kansas City yielded 51 dopesters, Chicago 53. A Texas opium den produced eight Chinese, large quantities of opium & equipment, an arsenal of revolvers and automatic rifles...
...cutters were trailing six rum-running ships. Enough evidence had been gathered to hold more than 500 big-time criminals for income tax evasion. Only one Federal agent, in Leesville, Va., had been seriously wounded. Only one "leak" had been discovered-a telephoned tip-off to a Boston opium den...
...season draws to a close, all indications point to a Harvard victory in this 35th series. Yale still has the game with Brown this evening, but the Bulldog should come through that scrimmage with no gain and perhaps an injury. Harvard easily drove the Bear back into its den to the tune of 7-2 although Coach Joe Stubbs had several of the Varsity men stay at home rather than tire them...