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Prof. Manley O. Hudson, of Harvard University, who was attached to the international law division of the American Peace Mission (1918), was legal advisor to the International Labor Conferences of 1919 and 1920, and to the International Conference on Obscene Publication at Geneva...
...existence of vegetation colors and the alleged canals. In general, astronomers displayed more interest in studying the satellites or moons, Phobos and Deimos (Fear and Dread), named after the mythological steeds of Mars' chariot. No new satellite was discovered, although at the Yerkes Observatory at Lake Geneva, Wis., conditions were very favorable for examining the satellites...
...general contents of a report prepared by a group of experts for the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva were published. The committee consisted of experts from the College of France, the Royal Institute of Florence, the University of Breslau, the Pasteur Institute, and Harvard, Copenhagen, Rome and Columbia Universities. It was appointed to investigate the possibilities of the use of poison gases and of bacteria in future wars...
Upon the wall supporting the terrace below the Secretariat of the League of Nations is a tablet: "To the Memory of Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Founder of the League of Nations. The Town of Geneva...
Last week it was unveiled. The President of the Town Council, the U. S. Consul, Sir Eric Drummond (Secretary General of the League) made speeches. Sir Eric made reference to "the atmosphere of Geneva, which, being clear from any international strife, has an appealing virtue which tends to render passions less violent and disputes less bitter...