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...French Royalist news organ, L' Action Française gravely carried in its "Court Circular," last week, the news that "King Jean III of France"† was sending his only son, the "Dauphin Henri of France" on a State Visit to British King-Emperor George V. Ignorant French republicans sniggered, supposing that a chill British reception, if any, awaited Dauphin Henri...
...temporarily reinstated for the finals of the Davis Cup play by the U. S. L. T. A. at the behest of Myron Timothy Herrick, U. S. Ambassador to France. Gallantly, recklessly he conquered Rene Lacoste of France, and was later trounced in straight sets by Henri Cochet of France. Ambassador Herrick, a quick-acting diplomat, knowing that the French would not feel satisfied unless Tilden was in action, promptly said the necessary words to the U. S. tennis officials. A final decision on Tilden's status will be made when he returns to the U. S. Meanwhile, Dwight Filley...
...paid more than the average African wage. Liberian blacks receive 25? a day, in cash. Last week, the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations was called upon to read a curious document. It was a report, made by onetime Harvard professor Raymond Buell, submitted to the League by Henri A. Junod, President of the International Society for the Protection of Natives. Declared Professor Buell, in effect: "Firestone forced its way into Liberia. The U. S. State Department and Herbert Hoover brought pressure to bear to make the Liberian government accept the refinancing operations and admit Firestone rubber. Eventually...
...Louis Henri Joseph Lucon, Cardinal-Archbishop of Rheims, 86, flew above and about his cathedral. Said he: "I should not have risked it before the War. People would have gossiped. . . . How beautiful, serene...
...promise by Standard Oil to press the Soviets to pay Dutch Shell and other owners for their seized and confiscated property. If that were accomplished, observers noted, Russian oil would no longer be "stolen." Standard Oil no longer would be an international fence in the eyes of Sir Henri. And Standard Oil would "carry out contracts," would not be "swerved by destructive measures...