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...oral. All contributions to it are in the form of "outright personal gifts to William H. Anderson, its founder and general secretary, to be used in any way he sees fit." The object of this strange type of organization is to make the four P's Alliance "persecution proof and uninvestigable...
...adventurer with the Army behind him, was the chief cause of agitation. King Georgos was sent on an enforced vacation pending a plebiscite on the future status of Greece (TIME, Dec. 31, 1923). A few months later, the Greeks, who had not two years before given overwhelming proof of their devotion to the royal house, voted 758,742 to 352,322 for the establishment of a Republic (TIME, Apr. 28, 1924). King Georgos joined the colonies of ex-royalty which are dotted about the face of the globe...
...same gentlemen and counsel took up Miss Clancy's case. The customs inspector testified that he found four quart bottles in a chest marked with Miss Glancy's name. The defense counsel then pointed out that there was no proof that the bottles were Miss Clancy's, that there was no proof that they contained liquor. The customs agent was asked to taste the stuff. Said he: "I wouldn't be able to tell you anything. I am not an expert on the subject...
...prosecution asked whether he had ever tasted rye whiskey, but the defense objected to the question. Finally, it was agreed that he should smell the bottle. He said that in his opinion it was whiskey, but declined to swear that it was. Since there was no proof that the bottles contained whiskey, the court acquitted Miss Clancy in less than ten minutes...
President Calles was "insulted." He said he saw a threat to the sovereignty of Mexico in the U. S. statement. He dismissed the allegations of injustices to Americans by stating that the best proof of Mexico's good intentions was the establishment two years ago of joint commissions to settle claims for indemnities. He scored the U. S. Secretary for saying in effect that the U. S. had the greatest interest in maintaining order in Mexico, while at the same time taking advantage of revolutionary rumors to threaten that the U. S. would cease to have that interest unless...