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...Netherlands. Queen Wilhelmina, the Prince Consort and Premier Colijn toured the flooded districts in a motorboat followed by a second boat loaded with provisions for distribution to marooned sufferers. The floods in the valleys of the Lek and Waal were described as -"catastrophic." Numberless fresh water dykes burst. The enormous hydro-electric pumps installed against just such an emergency were barely able to save the country from irretrievable damage...
...Princeton team has not lived up to the expectations of its supporters this season, having lost a majority of the games played so far. Queen's College of Canada scored an easy victory over the men from Nassau last Wednesday night and previously the St. Nicholas Amateur Club of New York City, and the Royal Military College of Canada had registered wins at the expense of the Tigers. In the Queen's College game the Canadians had little difficulty in outskating their opponents. Prince- ton has an unusually heavy defense line, but it is slower than it should...
...Princetonians suffered an injury in the Queen's College game, when Charles, the heaviest man on the ice, was hurt in body checking a Canadian forward. He may not be able to get into the fray tomorrow as a result
...countries, some of which have been causing irritations for decades, were eliminated by the commission. The rights of American fishermen on the treaty coast of Newfoundland were granted; the American government was declared not liable for injuries sustained by British monarchists in Hawaii during the reign of Queen "Lil" the last national march Great Britain's claims for reparation for damage done her citizens at lloilo in the Philippines were denied, but the American government was declared liable for the looting of British owned houses in Lavite, also in the Philippines, when a crew of Chinese sailors from...
...sets out on a tour of Europe. He makes gifts; here a few pounds of rhubarb, there the skin of a black fox or a sable. Only twice does he give away an ermine, once to the Queen of Holland, once to a wench who satisfies him. At Riga he is chased away from the fortifications. At Königsberg he makes the Grand Electress blush, argues with Leibnitz, is trained in gunnery. At Berlin he rapes the Duchess of Mecklenburg. In Holland he learns anatomy and ship building. At Vienna he gets word of a revolution in Russia...