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...first problem that was thrust upon it was the investigation of the Italo-Greek hullabaloo, and it may be said that on the results it achieves in settling the dispute will depend the very existence of the League as a potent factor in regulating international affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The League | 9/10/1923 | See Source »

...vitality is lacking. An advance number was issued on Sept. 1 and regular publication will commence on Oct. 27. Its leading article was on New York, Wonder City of the World. Others were: Campaign to Reduce Auto Accidents; The Alaska Problem; The Market?Past, Present, Future; Playgrounds of the United States (by Hubert Work); Pension Office Will Speed Up; /Suggestions on Women's Apparel. The illustrations consist of 35 photographs of New York City, photographs of two authors of articles, six photographs of National Parks (including Old Faithful Geyser, Yosemite Falls, the Grand Canyon and the giant trees of California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Propaganda? | 9/10/1923 | See Source »

Premier Baldwin was closeted with the King for three-quarters of an hour. It is understood that Mr. Baldwin explained the course taken by the Cabinet in reference to the reparations problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Political Notes: Aug. 27, 1923 | 8/27/1923 | See Source »

...definite action." Many people are advocating extension of the exports credit's scheme-a scheme which indirectly means industrial subsidies; others suggest new railway construction and electrification projects. The Premier answered all these queries: " The policy of the Government is being directed earnestly toward settlement of the reparation problem and the establishment of sound and stable economic conditions throughout Europe, and eventually to the development of imperial resources and an increase of inter-empire trade." It is expected that a relief for the unemployment tangle will be sought in the Imperial Conference which meets in London in October. During...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Emigration and Immigration | 8/27/1923 | See Source »

...theme is one that either Rachel Crothers or Booth Tarkington might have chosen: the story of the breaking down of a family due to the frothy characteristics of a rather ordinary American husband-a bond salesman, a $10,000-a-year man. Miss Crothers would have discussed her problem at length and her adolescents would have represented a current difficulty in the younger generation. Mr. Tarkington would have made fun of his people. You would have been laughing at them from curtain to curtain. Not so, Mr. Davis. He has observed life well. He writes of it truly. Like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Owen Davis | 8/27/1923 | See Source »