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Although Belgium's importance is minor, politically and, to a lesser extent, industrially, her foreign minister's article in the New York Times, reveals, none the less, an interesting process of diplomatic fortification. M. Vandevelde's narrative of Belgium's post-war mancuvres well illustrates the triple barriers of pledge that are exacted on the continent to allay suspicion and provide security...
Barricaded from assault by means of membership in the League and negotiation outside of it, secured by a host of expressions of political and industrial amity, Belgium seems to have reconstructed what M. Vandevelde calls "her shattered international status". Yet the very multiplicity of guarantees reveals that post-war diplomacy in Europe is very much a heritage from prewar days; and suggests that this is likely to be so until the League of Nations, the World Court, and the Locarno treaties attain the prestige of a much longer life...
...rushed off to fight. He obeyed an officer who commanded him to fire "just once more" a trench-mortar which he had warned the officer was unsafe. The mortar burst. Mussolini sustained 42 serious wounds, nearly died, lived to see Italy, although "victorious," slump into a period of post-War depression, discontent and unrest from which he felt that only the drastic "black shirts" could save her. To Signora Sarfatti, it was the Socialists who "deserted" Mussolini by betraying Italy?not the reverse...
While ultra-Fascists rejoiced in tearing down the post-War street signs, a moderate Fascist member of the City Council declared: " 'Hohenzollern Street' and 'Peace Street' are synonymous. Wilhelm II did more to foster peace while he reigned as Kaiser than any other monarch. The motto of the Kings of Prussia is Justitia fundamentum regnorum (Justice is the foundation of kingdoms...
...three billions. Thus far the debt has been steadily retired, but this has been due chiefly to the super-taxes on high incomes, which Congress is now proposing to abolish in part. These exactions though admittedly heavy, have proved more annoying than crushing; Industry reached its highest peak of post-war prosperity last year, thus showing conclusively that the present rate of taxation is not putting too much of a strain on business. The government can turn the prosperity of the times to advantage, by keeping taxation at its present level...