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...Annoyed by persistent rumors, the President let it be known that his Cabinet is not split on the Chinese problem, that Secretary of State Kellogg has the situation well in hand and is not going to resign. Furthermore, said the President, even if Secretary Kellogg should resign, Secretary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover will not be appointed to succeed...
...throes of excitement and confusion incidental to this iron age. The furor is the result of bungling man's efforts to adjust his life, political organization, education, to the whizzing circle of accelerating machine civilization. The satire seeks to prove 1) That man is too busy being stimulated by split-second meals, red-hot tabloids and undressed dramatics to enjoy the simple compensations of life; 2) that in trying to regulate the political structure so as to alleviate economic distress, man swings from autocracy to democracy with perfect futility. The settings convey an impression of cogwheels, greasy steel pistons, chains...
...Nationalists have captured the Southern half of China; but they are split between the radicalism of their politicians at Hankow and the Conservatism of their military leaders at Shanghai. The Nationalists need and China needs a strong politician able to unify the Nationalist factions. Why was it supposed that Wang is the one man fittest for this task...
...last week it could not be told whether Wang's coming would heal or widen the split between Nationalist radicals and conservatives...
...Eielson had been forced down 100 miles from shore, not west, but east of Barrow's longitude. A blizzard raged. The distress signals ceased. The crew on shore waited for weather before flying out in a reserve plane to see how their chief fared among floes and hummocks which split, sometimes, with thunderous reports into leads of open water; which close again, sometimes, crushing whatever may have fallen in them like flies in a glacier...