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...rich competitor. Suits under anti-trust laws have developed into a well recognized form of business blackmail. With its last few thousand dollars (or a lawyer on a contingent fee) the small company threatens the big one with a suit for damages because of unfair competition. If a settlement is not forthcoming the racketeer sues for some staggering sum, the victim gets publicity bad for any business, possibly a government investigation...
...toward the Japanese. There is a possibility that a second Lafayette Escadrille may be formed, and a body of this kind, such as existed during the World War, would have infinitely more dangerous consequences in the present case, since most of the fighting is being done around the international settlement...
...American participation in the League would not serve the highest purpose of the prevention of war and a settlement of international difficulties in accordance with fundamental American ideals. Because of these facts, therefore, I do not favor American participation. ... I have no apologies to make. The League has not developed along the course contemplated by its founder...
Japan's attack was divided in two parts : The effort to drive Chinese defenders out of the Chapei native district behind the International Settlement; the bombardment of the Woosung forts 16 miles away where the Whangpoo River flows into the great Yangtze...
Human beings can get used to anything and Shanghai's International Settlement got used to its battle last week. Cinemas in the Settlement re-opened for afternoon performances. There was tea dancing. The 31st U. S. Infantry arrived from Manila to the roaring strains of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres," and officers prepared for a long stay by looking for apartments in town. Reporters interviewed Countess Ciano, better known as Edda Mussolini, wife of the Italian Consul General. She, busy feeding Il Duce's grandson, complained that the curfew law interfered with her social engagements. In Rome her father despatched Admiral Domenico...