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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...After talking with Admiral Peary on his return. I was convinced that his method was wrong. It seemed to me that although seals had never been seen in the region of the Pole, that they must exist, and that if this was true it would be possible to go on much longer trips, and to stay for a much longer time away from civilization. Accordingly, I decided to make an expedition to test my theory...
Half of the reasoning which prompted the founders of the League of Nations, was correct. England, France, Italy and Japan will never agree to decisions which are made entirely by small nations. They must have enough power to maintain their superiority--not enough to abuse it. How can the lesser States be brought to accept this proposition? How can natural jealousy be banished and universal justice practiced...
...because a commission of delegates from the three Powers has had charge of the external debt; it handled the revenues from salt, petroleum and other monopolies, and from several duties. This financial support will go with Constantine's arrival, and without the occurrence of a miracle the King will never succeed in keeping Greece from bankruptcy--a task that has been difficult enough for three European nations...
...successful cartoons of modern foibles and conventions, so delightfully satirical yet withal so absurdly true. The imaginative sketches he conceives abound in unconscious witticisms, in masterly touches of caricature, which produce a fresh burst of laughter at every page; and above all, by the judicious employment of exaggeration, he never fails to achieve the desired effect. One can as easily read his essays without laughing as go swimming without getting wet; the ridiculous twists to his tales, the whimsical matter-of-factness with which he describes his characters and relates events seem to touch a hidden spring in the reader...
...Ottawa Citizen" of December 13th states that the story had been brought to the attention of United States Consul General Halstead at Montreal, who stated, in reply, that he had never considered the story seriously. O. F. W. ELLIS 3G., President. D. CLARK HYDE 4G., Honourary-Secretary. December...