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...Again, the farming element is united in its support of the government in its attempts to quell disorders, and practically all the farmers are of Dutch descent. The Dutch nationals are essentially peace-loving, and though in no way connected with the governmental faction, invariably rally to its support when law and order is at stake...
...chiefly to Lord Montagu, the ex-Secretary of State for India, that the newspapers owe the recent revelation of the state of affairs in that province--a state of affairs hitherto concealed rather carefully. It appears that Montagu, regarding the Moslem element as the dominating force in India, published a few days ago a memorandum of the Indian Government which explained the demands made by the Kaliphat, or Moslem movement; including the restoration to the Turk of Constantinople, Thrace, and Smyrna, and the submission of the holy places of Islam--Jerusalem and Mecca--to the authority of the Sultan...
...students of China are not the only progressive element of the community. The traditional conservatism of the Chinese easily comes to a limit; when the Chinese are shown the practical benefits of a proposal, they become even more radical in reforms than we of the west under similar conditions. A very interesting example of this is the development of traffic on the modern railway. The introduction of the railroad in China was at first opposed because of its competition with the great numbers of coolies engaged in carrying goods, but chiefly because in the surveys too often graves were desecrated...
Present-day psychology puts the ameboid sport in a fair way to become a dangerous rival of the gridiron. Only last year the question over the candidacy of coeds for football managerships and some athletic teams harassed the masculine element at Cornell. Fortunately, the new sport solves the problem, for a girl can throw the horse-shoe as well as any man. Faculties have long complained of the high costs of athletic teams but horse-shoe pitching Pennsylvanians supply their athletic needs at the nearest smithy. So enthusiastically have the students received the sport that Pennsylvania's "Big Quad...
...York. His sudden attraction for Goldie MacDuff, who is cast as Ophelia, and a grandfather who would much rather see Rollo interested in air-brakes than in acting, cause complications in the plot; while the attempt of Rollo's company to produce Hamlet brings in the farcical element. In places the farce is carried a little too far, and the unreality of it makes it less effective than if it had been more moderately treated; added to this the author has written dialogue that sounds at times like vaudeville repartee, giving a note of artificiality. But this fault...