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...Extremist party is composed of various elements all striving to gain their ends through an overthrow of British rule in India. One of the most influential of these is the Pan-Islam faction--Mohammedans, who, seeing in the break-up of the Turkish Empire the destruction of the center of their religion, are making India their last stand for a great Mohammedan country. With these are Socialists, Adventurers, men who want an independent India, and men who want a de-Westernized India. Gandhi, the leader of the Extremists, and the man who has the greatest influence over the masses, belongs...
...administration to reject the peace pacts of Versailles and St. Germain. George Sylvester Vireck, of the Committee, said he was prepared to suggest "Cabinet-sized German Americans," if he were asked to do so. It is doubtful if he will be asked; the United States is not interested in pan-anything, least of all pan-Germanism. No doubt there are German-Americans who are "cabinet-sized"; the point is, and the Germans, as usual, have missed it, that the country does not exist for the benefit of separate citizens whose chief interests are elsewhere. Our Cabinet, like our country...
Ever since the plebiscite in Austria rejected the plea for pan-Germanism, it has been evident that Germany's former ally has broken free of Prussian influence and Prussian modes of thought. The recent news from Geneva confirms this evidence; Austria, feeling that it is better to be a repentant member of the League rather than a defiant outcast, has faithfully complied with the treaty stipulations and has finally gained admission to the Geneva assembly. Except for Turkey, Germany has lost her last supporter...
...Pan-Americanism has long been misinterpreted and mistrusted by the people of South America. The prevailing idea seems to be that the United States purposes to maintain a predominating position in this hemisphere by means of the Monroe Doctrine. For this reason, the recent statement of Dr. Carlos Gibson, until recently secretary of the Peruvian embassy in Washington, is most gratifying. He declared that he had discovered that it was the "thought of brotherhood, of mutual help and benefit, which was the keynote' of this doctrine...
Princeton's forward passing game, much-vaunted as it was, did not pan out as successfully as was intimated. Except for the Murrey-Lourie loss that scored the touchdown, the Princeton passes that were successful, 5 out of 10 tries, gained only short distances in the middle of the field...