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...potent seemed the motor cavalcade that it was allowed to proceed into the barricaded French concession area, while Frenchmen speculated gloomily on General Chiang's reason for compelling admission to the international city. A few moments later, the cavalcade returned from the French quarter; and the Conqueror subsequently let it be known that his chauffeur had mistaken the way. Soon Chiang Kaishek, his entourage, and his formidable bodyguard were installed at a large residence. A flagstaff was erected and the red, white and blue Nationalist flag unfurled. On a blue field in the upper staff corner...
...earliest form of the language. It is desired that all candidates for honors in English shall have some knowledge of Continental literature; among the modern literatures, next in importance to French and German is Italian. Of special importance are the classics. In fact, if a man plans to proceed to graduate work in English, a very good plan is to concentrate as an undergraduate in the classics, or in the classics and history. Both form an admirable foundation for effective study of English...
Traffic Must Proceed...
...ship of state obscured the issue by expressing an opinion. It has been made clear that such had manners as Senator King displayed are not to be tolerated. Senatorial interference with the noble work that is being done by Secretary Kellog and his marines might lead, if allowed to proceed unchastened, to all manner of trouble. President Coolidge by his stern, courageous shonce, and the Transcript by its clear and righteous indignation have once more come forward to save the country in a life or death situation...
Emotional sequences proceed with similar distinctness, subtle as the Russians, lucid as the French. Twilight is the tragedy of Dietz von Egloff driven to suicide by his thirst for a real fate among peers immured by aristocratic routine. He takes the wife, then the life, of his best friend. From Fastrade, whom he loves, he can evoke nothing but pity. She takes his body home through a spring morning with birds and sunlight making a festival of death...