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...week with no speedy conclusion yet in sight, it became evident that a major battle was on between the two groups with opinion sharply divided between undergraduates. Disinterested observers believed that the influence of the A. F. of L. or the C. I. O. would become stronger and that settlement would not be reached until the organization was allowed full rights...
...Japan will present moderate terms of settlement at the end of the conflict," he said, enlarging on his "no unreasonable ambitions" theme. He implied that his country was driven to war. Most of the land which Japan is acquiring he classed as "all expense, no remuneration...
...York State, at least, the ultimate settlement of these contradictory rulings will rest on the interpretation placed by higher courts on the relationship between a publication and its advertising client. If the Guild can establish a "unity of interest" between a newspaper & its advertisers analogous to that between a manufacturer & a retailer, it will probably win. Union aim now is to picket in a manner which falls within the definition of secondary picketing, not secondary boycott...
...Shanghai, Generalissimo Chiang's big banker brother-in-law T. V. Soong was standing pat in the International Settlement, despite reports that he had fled. "I predict," he declared "that within three months-providing we can hold out, which I am sure we can-Japan will be on the verge of bankruptcy and facing revolution!" To achieve this aim, Chinese were burning down whole cities, such as Chinkiang 40 miles east of Nanking, destroying millions of dollars worth of Chinese property. This was announced as a "scorched earth policy" to make conquest as difficult as possible for Japan...
...were trespassing on U. S.-guarded ground, the Japanese commander promptly ordered their withdrawal. Same night a representative of the victorious Japanese commander in chief at Shanghai, long-eared General Iwane Matsui, visited the scene of the bombing, and there under the dim glow of street lights promised the Settlement police commissioner, British Major F. W. Gerrard, to withdraw at once all Japanese forces from the 30 square block area, leave further investigation of the bomb outrage to the Shanghai Municipality...