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...present, with Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York on the way to Australia (TIME, Jan. 17 et seq.), the relations of Edward of Wales with his sister were reported less cordial last week than is usual when his undoubtedly charming sister-in-law, the Duchess, is in London. Elizabeth, Duchess of York, is, by now, quietly well-known for her ability to get Edward into a good humor at family gatherings -especially toward Princess Mary and her husband, punctilious Lord Lascelles...
...Secretary of State Was informed by the Peruvian Government last week that its answer was in the negative, to his proposal that the Tacna-Arica question be solved by ceding to Bolivia this territory, so long claimed by both Peru and Chile (TIME, Dec. 13 et ante...
...Renown steamed toward Australia, last week, bearing the Duke and Duchess of York (TIME, Jan. 17 et seq.), news came that the Duchess had devised a special code before leaving England in which radio messages are sent to her concerning the health of her baby, Princess Elizabeth, now under the personal care of the Queen-Empress Mary. Flower names were chosen by the Duchess as baby code words. Rose: well and happy. Dogwood: whooping cough. Lily: sleeps well. Snapdragon: colic...
...human, that they bring back a sense of balance, that they tear away the clouds of sanctified hokum which still surround such a figure as "The Martyr President" Harding, who died of eating crab-meat out of season to the end that all who exploited him Doheny, Fall, Sinclair, et al, should not be punished but should have everlasting freedom from justice...
Bishop Arrested. Since the Primate of Mexico, Archbishop José Mora y delRio, is an old and feeble man (TIME, July 26 et seq.) the real head of the Episcopate is its Secretary, Bishop Pasquale Diaz of Tabasco, a pure-blooded Mexican Indian, a smiling but doughty fighter against the anti-religious laws. During the crucial hours of last week Bishop Diaz expressed himself in fervent unbridled fashion to members of the informal U. S. investigating committee now touring Mexico. Apparently the Calles Government was thereby stampeded into the rash act of arrresting Bishop Diaz, and concealing the place...