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Vilna. "There was the less complete solution of the controversy between Poland and Lithuania over the possession of Vilna, which at any rate stopped actual hostilities; and there was the much discussed settlement of the Silesian question between Poland and Germany, which, whatever may be said about some of its features, is in practice working smoothly and well...
Memel. "More recently we have seen an admirable piece of international work accomplished in the settlement of the Government of the territory of Memel, to which our Chairman tonight so splendidly contributed by his tact and wisdom. That was a controversy which had troubled Europe for two or three years and had defied the ordinary diplomatic methods of settlement...
Simultaneously came the news that the French Government intended to seek an early opportunity to effect a settlement of its debt to Britain. It was evident, however, that there was no intention of operating the settlement until after similar negotiations had been concluded with the U. S. Government. The mooted overtures to the British Government were undoubtedly designed to fix the total* that Britain would demand of France in order that the latter might know definitely the total of her Anglo- American obligations...
...implies the right of the Free State, if the Boundary Commission fails to settle the Boundary Question between Northern Ireland and the Free State (TIME, May 5 et seq.), to appeal to the League for arbitration of the difference instead of to the Privy Council for final settlement. It thus becomes clear that there is within the Commonwealth a power greater than King, Legislature and Executive, that functions outside the Commonwealth...
...citizen-students would cultivate their own fields round about the settlement, would work in carpenter shops, smithies, the village bank and in their own autonomous village government, including a Council of Seven (seniors only) of executive authority, and various stewardships for public safety, welfare, health, etc. A citizen-student prosecuting attorney would cross-examine malefactors brought before a citizen-student judge by citizen-student policemen, defended by a citizen-student public advocate...