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...done it with a less degree of harshness toward the unfortunate American personality involved, and with a more subdued sense of the pent-up wrongs of the Conference than either Keynes or Dillon. Only upon the question of the secret diplomacy of the "big Four" and the Shantung settlement does he exhibit in his memoranda the inflamed state of mind that burned beneath his constant dignity and forbearance. For Mr. Lansing the Conference was an uncharted course of neglected counsel, cutting rebuffs and purposed ignorance as to the American programme...
...that he would name the place with the name of the first fish he caught off its coasts. It's rather lucky for the inhabitants, by the way, that he didn't catch an eel." The first town settled was Eastham, and the first inhabitants came from the Plymouth settlement. But it is Mr. Lincoln's theory, based on deduction, that the settlers came by sea. For we are given to understand that our Pilgrim Fathers were men of commonsense and piety, and according to Mr. Lincoln, no one of commonsense would even attempt the Cape Cod roads, and nobody...
...announced that it needs more workers for the spring season and that it is not too late for anyone to start. There are at present about 400 men on the working list, some of them steadily and others only periodically. The greatest need at present is men for settlement house work, which is divided into groups for teaching night-schools, Sunday schools, library work and entertainment. All the pupils are young and the work is both interesting and instructive...
...Greener spoke on "Volunteers in Social Settlements." He told what a social settlement must be, its opportunities for serving the community, and the requirements and opportunities for men in the work. Hugo Francke'15, who followed him, said that the chief problem in industry today is the lack of understanding between employer and employee. Social service, he said, is the best possible connecting link between the two, and the social worker has an excellent opportunity to get at the difficulty and help to remedy it. T.S. Woods spoke on "Social Service and Some of Its Experiences...
According to the latest modifications of the Near Eastern settlement, the Allied Governments have decided to deprive Greece of Smyrna, Thrace, and her other Asia Minor possessions. In resentment of this decree, Greece has launched against Turkey an offensive which has two objectives. In the first place, she is pushing toward the junction of the Bagdad Railroad and a branch line that leads to Angora. The second offensive is against Aflun-Kara Hissar, another railroad terminal. Here the operations are most important, because, if successful, the Greeks will cut off the Turks from Cilicia in their attempt to join their...