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...Although Lord Curzon had condemned the proposal in the House of Lords, a special interdepartmental committee of the British Government reported on the proposed treaty and a reply was despatched to Washington. The reply evidently raised certain objections, because the State Department answered it in turn. But the text of the correspondence and the treaties was kept secret...
...Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, second wife of Benjamin Harrison, was never mistress of the White House. Her maiden name was Lord and she was a widow at the time of her second marriage. The first Mrs. Benjamin Harrison died during her husband's term of office. The second Mrs. Harrison (Mrs. Dimmick) was a niece of the first Mrs. Harrison, and 35 years the junior of the ex-President. A week before their marriage in 1896, General Harrison (a Presbyterian) was converted to the Episcopal faith. His son and daughter by his first marriage openly disapproved...
...British, faced by stout Franco-Belgian opposition, are in a quandary. The entire position as far as Britain is concerned is summed up by Lord Curzon, who said he did not know what the Government would do next week or next month. It is generally believed, however, that Britain will make a separate reply to the last German offer (June 7) and that this action will receive the official support of Italy and Japan, and it is reported in some quarters the unofficial support of the U. S. Government. This, however, lacks confirmation...
...Lord Robert Cecil reached a private agreement with the French Government for a mutual guarantee compact, calculated to end " the myth of French militarism...
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian War Lord, sent 30 graduates from his War College to Japan for an extensive course in military science...