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With the true causes of war as dim and uncertain as in the famous duel of Lewis Carroll's, General Wu and General Chang marched forth, each fighting against the other for the unity of China. General Wu has won after a battle lasting several days, and controls Peking and the government; while Chang is fleeing northward, his troops scattered in all directions...
...number of awards has already lessened their worth and the confidence in the juries which made them. Even the security or that court of highest appeal, the "Academic Francaise" is feared for. French critics, storm, protest, and sign manifestos,--but the only effect so far has been to call forth the announcement of a new fiction prize of 30,000 francs. Present day prophets the "wise one", predict a day when French authors will be obliged to conceal the fact that their work was "Crowned",--after this "disease" has run its logical course. The dimculty today is that the "disease...
...rather persistent rumors that the Administration was seriously considering the recognition of the Soviets have been killed by the recent statements of Secretary Hughes who has set forth our stand in a determined and logical manner. International law demands, in brief, that a government must pay its debts, protect foreigners, and conform to civilized customs in general; and it is with these facts in mind that Mr. Hughes outlines in clear terms what Lenine must accomplish to gain recognition from the United States...
...business in furniture is carried on by janitors and second hand dealers about the Square; every fall the same business is reopened even more successfully by the same generous and thoughtful business men. In this way the demands for furniture which face every Freshman class as it is cast forth from it furnished suites are cared for in a most efficient manner. Yet in spite of the efficiency of the method there is something distinctly depressing in paying twenty dollars for a second-hand desk in the fall, which never could have brought more than five...
...intense pre-examination era; Christopher Morley sees fit to ask, in his "Colyum" in the Evening Post (New York), "Why is it that a man who went to Harvard or Yale never forgets it?" To the undergraduate it seems almost like adding insult to injury to put forth such a question at the present time; there are certain days and nights indelibly impressed on our memories--and the shadow of the Widow we have always with us. The waters of Lethe are many miles away...