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State. Secretary Hughes' resignation, and the announcement of Ambassador Kellogg's appointment (TIME, Jan. 19) remained the object of much comment. Here is a collection of reasons assigned for Mr. Hughes' resignation...
First, of course, the text of the agreement must be discovered. This was the object of Senator Johnson's resolution. Afterward would be time...
...Graeff, Dutch Minister to the U. S., rose from his seat. Said he: "In Washington society I am frequently greeted, chiefly by ladies, as follows: 'And how is dear little Holland?' While I appreciate the sympathy, I take exception to the diminutive, and most strongly object to the 'dear.' At least as far as international law is concerned, I think that my country deserves a better name than 'dear little Holland...
...making up its mind about its next move. Accordingly, it was proposed in the Consulta to pay Deputies according to the number of sittings of the Chamber which they attended. (Incidentally the cost to the country of paying Deputies would be cut some 6,000,000 lire.) The object was, of course, to deprive the Aventine Deputies of the salaries which they are still drawing...
...beat And Tom went howling down the street-is obviously "bad grammar, bad morals." I chiefly object," said earnest Mrs. Stoner "to teaching children such nonsense because it misrepresents life. . . . It is not only criminal to do so but it helps to make criminals of children." Then, to show that she was not merely a destructive critic, Mrs. Stoner recited one of the numerous "jingle facts" that she has written in the hope of ousting Mother Goose...