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...Table Talk of G. B. S." he reports what progress has already been made. "After many years of struggle," says Mr. Shaw, "we have had but one subscription. The solitary sportsman who gave it was a Hamburg gentleman. When Germany recovers from the war, we may get another move on. Nil desperandum...
...years been the dream of German Imperialists and, with Austria allegedly no longer able to subsist in its present shadow of its former self, the dream has come within an ace of reality. The main obstacle is Czecho-Slovakia, although there is considerable, but not insuperable, opinion against the move in Austria. However, Herr Marx's plank was received with wild joy and termed a courageous dictum...
...final decision was to let the matter drop. This statement the Lampoon emphatically denied last night. There has been no action taken since the original statement was issued by the officers a week ago last Saturday. The meeting with the board of trustees today will be the first move taken in considering fighting the suppression issue in the courts. At this time legal advice will be received, and a final decision made, whether to drop the case or continue it in the courts. No indication was given last night us to the probable course of action...
...hand. M. Briand sought to end this state of affairs by forming a coalition Cabinet. The Unified Socialists decided that before giving a yea or nay they must consult their National Council. It was presumed, however, that if the Unified Socialists refused to join the Cabinet, M. Briand would move to the Right and form a Government that would seem sure to pass muster with the Senate...
...first move in the Lampoon matter came at 10.30 yesterday morning when two police captains entered the Lampoon Building, forbade further sale of the current issue, and threatened confiscation of all copies on the newsstands, Members of the Lampoon board rushed out and, only a little ahead of the police, themselves withdrew all but five or six copies, which fell into the hands of the police. In their eagerness to confiscate every available copy of the Lampoon parody of the Literary Digest the police took over a supply of the genuine Digest, but soon returned them. Speaking of the search...