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...visit to Paris in 1928, Prime Minister MacDonald's visit to Washington in the Autumn of 1929, and Mr. Stimson's sojourn in London during the Naval Conference, all have given proof of the value of that personal, friendly intercourse which it is the principal task of diplomacy to maintain...
...with its machine guns to Evarts. Col. Carrell set up headquarters in a caboose. The local headquarters of the U. M. W. O. A. ran up an enormous U. S. flag that shrouded the single doorway. Col. Carrell called a citizens' mass meeting, declared his purpose was to maintain peace at any cost, contributed $3 to a collection for destitute miners. The situation, for the time being, was under control...
...shall take full precautions and I shall maintain peace so long as I have the honor to be where I am. It has been charged against me that it is I who by my weakness am preparing for war. There are people who say and write that. Eh bien! Behind them are the people of France, who do not believe...
...other words the Briand way to combat Zollverein is to offer Germany and Austria something better, perhaps a general European cartel based largely on wheat. To maintain a balanced exchange of wheat and manufactures throughout Europe, the plan provides for a system of reciprocal tariff rebates between those countries which are buyers of wheat and exporters of manufactured goods and those which are exporters of wheat and importers of manufactured goods...
...money which is collected by the classes is turned over to the Treasurer of Harvard University to extend the work and personnel of the University, to increase faculty salaries, to improve equipment, and help Harvard maintain its high standing among American universities...