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...Napoleon's ambitions: "When Napoleon founded the Grand Duchy of Berg in the Ruhr Basin and the Kingdom of Westphalia he observed to his brother-in-law that the Ruhr was the strategic road to the North Sea. This thought of Napoleon's . . . is gradually taking shape in Premier Poincaré's policy . . . it is only a short distance from the Ruhr to the North Sea. . . . France could seize the North Sea coast in no time if she were allowed to keep the Ruhr territory. France will then be able to use it as a strategic naval...
...have signed up for interdormitory baseball will begin today at 4.15 o'clock in the cage at Soldiers Field. Training will be carried on there for about the first week, but it is planned to get out on the diamond soon afterward, as it is already in fairly good shape. Teams will probably be chosen a week from tomorrow; men who live at home being assigned to a dormitory. As the season does not close until May 25, the squads will be able to play for six weeks after the spring recess...
...University and Freshman baseball teams will have their first outdoor practice on Monday providing the weather and ground conditions remain favorable. Both nines are being rapidly whipped into shape by Coaches Slattery and Davidson by daily practice in the cage...
...Godollo. Many more antiroyalist newspapers have been attacked and many cold-blooded murders have taken place. The whole trend of events points to the fact that anti-Semitism is not the only object of the demonstrations, and that the disorders are definitely taking on a new complexion in the shape of pro-royalism. Leaders of the opposition have warned the Government that the students are preparing for rebellion. Count Bethlen has retorted by threatening to enforce martial law if necessary. The anniversary of the 1848 revolution, which started the present trouble, commemorates the year in which Louis Kossuth established Hungary...
...unsuccessful attempt to break up the ice which has been rapidly forming on the Charles River to the depth of about an inch and a half was made yesterday by the crew management. A battering ram in the shape of a plow was constructed out of heavy planking and was attached to the bow of one of the coaching launches, but the engine refused to start, due to some more ice in the gasoline feed line. Though baffled by the cold yesterday, the attempt to clear the river will be resumed this morning...