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Even the Foreign Minister seemed to be indulging in wishful thinking on that point. Scarcely had he set foot on Japanese soil than he delivered himself of a speech in which he said: "It is extremely reckless to maintain relations with persons that one has not even met. Only a fool or a genius can do that...
Look at Harvard. Harvard University has six interventionist and three isolationist groups we know of, most of them actively engaged in considering the problems before America. On Tuesday a "Union Now" organization was launched. Perhaps Harvard, larger, more diverse, citified, makes poor comparing, but we maintain that the number and quality of such student activities are fair criteria of collegiate thinking. --Daily Princetonian...
...there must be explained in part by the atmosphere of free debate. Meanwhile in Cambridge the war of propaganda and counter - propaganda rolls over the Yard leaving broken posters, crumpled pamphlets, hoarse throats, and shreds of torn hair in its wake. No one argues that student organizations should not maintain an independent existence, yet every reason pleads that some place be offered where they can meet in friendly, democratic debate. Democracy cannot function without full interchange of thoughts, and democracy today at Harvard is being smoked out in the class--not of ideas--but of pressures...
...preparing a force-supported diplomatic drive against U.S., British and Dutch interests throughout the Far East (see col. j). This week the drive began. The Osaka Maimchi accused the U.S., Britain, China, British India, Australia and The Netherlands East Indies of pooling their military and naval resources to maintain the status quo in the Far East. Australia's Minister for External Affairs Sir Frederick Stewart, the first to deny this, called it "a piece of deliberate propaganda." It was more. It was the start of a Hitlerian campaign against "encirclement." Its object: Singapore...
...undergraduates to take an interest in the war, and particularly suggested Red Cross work as a worth-while extra-curricular activity. "Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Harvard plays football while civilization totters." The paper's policy favored peace above all, following the theory that the best way to maintain it was to stay as completely neutral as possible. Our duty was to take steps to avoid war in the future rather than to make victory certain for the Allies. The policy further opposed summer military camps as a needless measure...