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Tokyo Expects. In Japan it is the Sublime Emperor, 124th descendant of the Sun Goddess, who ratifies treaties. The Japanese Parliament has no say at all. In the face of concentrated, long-standing opposition by Japanese Navymen (TIME, June 2 et seq.), grizzled Prime Minister "Shishi" ("The Lion"; Hamaguchi journeyed last week to the Imperial summer residence at Hayama and, prostrate before the "Son of Heaven," presented Japan...
Black. English, Scotch, Welsh and Irish were the nurses chosen to attend George V during his desperate illness (TIME, Dec. 3, 1928 et seq.). Last week Irishwomen were one up on Englishwomen, Scotch-women, Welshwomen. Nurse Catherine Black (Irish) was appointed permanent nurse to His Majesty, installed at Buckingham Palace in comfortable chambers...
...Kreuznach on the Rhine, G.H.Q. of the German Army from August 1916 to February 1918, gallant, gruff old President Paul von Hindenburg last week halted his triumphal tour of the liberated Rhine provinces (TIME, July 14 et seq.) to stalk stiffly about the buildings where he had worked so long, so dishearteningly. A few miles further on, at Gräfenbacher-hütte, he stopped again, descended with his middle-aged son and adjutant, Lieut.-Colonel Oscar von Hindenburg, at a little cottage. Here during the War, to be near the campaigning Feldmarschall, lived the late Frau von Hindenburg. Solemn...
Reporter Harry Thompson Brundidge of the St. Louis Star entered a grand jury room in Chicago last week, remained three hours to elaborate on his printed stories that many Chicago newsmen, like the murdered "Jake" Lingle of the Tribune, are actually, racketeers (TIME. June 23. et seq.). As he emerged Reporter Brundidge was met by a hostile group of Chicago newshawks. What had been his testimony? Reporter Brundidge was sorry, he could not answer. Then Reporter Hilding Johnson of the Herald & Examiner asked...
...Solicitous over Pope Pius XI's recent indisposition (TIME, July 7 et seq.), a Mrs. Margaret Browning of Manhattan wrote him a note and to it pinned a $2 bill. The letter: "Please accept this $2 bill as an offering for a mass, which Your Holiness will kindly celebrate for your health's sake." Last week His Holiness did as Mrs. Browning requested...