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...language of diplomacy, even a declaration of war is written with due observance of the amenities. A Government may be stern and firm but it is always polite. Hence "sternly repressed" had an ugly ring. The justice of Russia's case, if true, is evident; but, as no previous protest had been made, the note seemed unnecessarily blunt. But, insofar as could be judged, Washington took the view that His Britannic Majesty's Government took with reference to the Zinoviev letter (TIME, Dec. 1.)-that the Government of the U. S. cannot consent to "receive" the note addrsseed...
Suit was brought by George F. Willett, Norwood manufacturer, against Robert F. Herrick, prominent Boston corporation lawyer, and the partners of the banking firm of F. S. Mosely & Co. and Kidder, Peabody & Co. for a conspiracy on the part of the defendant bankers and Mr. Herrick, their counsel, to get for themselves valuable manufacturing properties including the American Felt Co. and the Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co., belonging to the plaintiff and his partners...
...first is a question of failing to deal drastically enough with the Communists. The Premier is criticized for organizing vast forces of police to curb the turbulent Bolshies and failing to achieve anything thereby. M. Briand, hoped the critics, would be more firm...
From the Wilhelmstrasse (German Foreign Office) came the news that Baron Ago von Maltzan was appointed German Ambassador to the U. S. in place of Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt who is retiring to resume important duties in the firm of Krupps...
...Colby Echo that bore reprinting in more than one other undergraduate daily. The title was: Our Most Prevalent Immorality. The thesis was: "If it is immoral to needlessly impair the body's vitality, then lack of sleep is Colby's most prevalent immorality. Students who ought to be firm-nerved, straight-thinking and clear-eyed go through their college course with a perpetual tired feeling, irritable, sluggish-eyed and languid-brained. They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome. They slump dismally into a chair and feed their minds on what takes the least mental...