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...undoubtedly distorted reports which have come to the American public, was brought to a head by seemingly imperialistic Japanese invasions, has drawn up the following resolution, which will be read to the gathering, and then sent to the President at Washington, provided there are no objections to this move. It runs as follows...
...King. One procedure open to them is a petition of right, in which case they would hear their own suit against the Government. Since English judges are well paid (the Lord Chief Justice receives ?8,000 per year; the Chief Justice of the U. S. $20,500) such a move might not be popular. But as if by magic last week appeared news that focused public attention on the judiciary, especially the attention of women voters, of whom there are more than there...
Leon Trotsky, who was reported about to move to Germany from the Island of Prinkipo, near Istanbul, where he has resided since November 1929, took a new two-year lease on a villa on the island. His only known source of income: royalties from his books, said to be "tremendous" in Europe...
...central government. Smiling Chiang was still the most powerful military leader in China. The temporary government under pudgy Cantonese "Premier" Dr. Sun Fo could get nowhere. It was forced to beg Chiang Kai-shek to return. That he did last week as acknowledged head of the Chinese Army. Next move was the resignation of Sun Fo. He took with him Foreign Minister Eugene Chen, received promises of support from General Shen Ming-shu, commander of the troops stationed in Shanghai. Sneered Chen: "The conference at Nanking reminds one of a people facing conquest. Chiang Kai-shek is ready to tell...
...thin, grey, tight-lipped little man of 87 whose wrinkled face wears a placid look. Proud of his company, old Robert Long was sure that the troubles of 1930-32 would vanish as did those of 1874-75. Surprisingly, Halsey, Stuart & Co. (who sold the bonds), agreed, denounced the move as "decidedly destructive." In the fight that loomed last week Old Robert was not the example of a great name bowed as was Rudolph Spreckels, nor were his troubles those of new competition which befell Col. Carrington's Hudson River Navigation Corp. His fight was the fight...