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...issue, then," he continued, "is not between China and Japan, as it seems, but between the militaristic and liberal parties of Japan alone, the militarists hoping to discredit and annoy the liberals by stirring up trouble with a foreign nation." Proof of this is shown by the fact that Cheng Haseuh-Tiang, vice-commander-in-chief of the army of China, from the first clash with the Japanese, made every effort to get out of fighting, ordered the troops to remain in the barracks, and tried to avoid trouble as much as was possible, relying on the League of Nations...
...required, and this cannot be immediately improvised either in New York or in Paris." Almighty Dollar, Mighty Franc. British bankers might whistle last week, French and U. S. bankers might sympathize, might aid * but Greeks, Turks, Brazilians and such put John Bull's pound pudding to the proof. Greece, which has pegged her drachma to the British pound for years, switched last week, pegged it to the dollar. Small Danzig did likewise with her gulden. Great Brazil, whose 20 United States are larger than the 48 U. S. states, began at once to collect certain taxes on a dollar...
After battling terrific odds in her voyages to little America, her ice-scarred bow and hull give ample evidence of the clutching, ripping fingers of the polar giants that tried to hold the ship back; but there is no visible proof today of the gales she outrode or the times she struggled under tons of sleet and frozen spray that weighted her rail to the water's edge and nearly sank her. So the visitor who views the "City of New York" today sees only a proud, old, ship, a member of a fast-vanishing generation of square-riggers that...
...respects that it would be idle for an American to lecture to French classes. Nevertheless, the Centre offers one course in French and one in German each year, usually a series of lectures by prominent business men; in this way those who profess knowledge of these languages may give proof of their ability...
...contention that the various States should restrict their shooting seasons, forbid the use of automatic shotguns, live decoys and baiting in fields. As Dr. Pearson might like some proof of what happens to ducks in Arkansas let him read the September issue of Field & Stream. Nash Buckingham writing about what he has actually seen states that 40,000 crippled and rotten ducks were found in a 450-acre field. These are the places where a little law enforcement would be useful. Can't blame the drought for such slaughter, only inhuman beings could...