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...Sooner than keep to the paths of sane and careful government, in which the Liberals were ready and willing to support him. the Prime Minister has chosen to appeal to the country. Like Mr. Baldwin, a year ago, he yielded to the hotheads in his Party, who prefer to stake all upon an election rather than forego their cherished nostrum of Socialism in the one case and of Protection in the other...
Miss Mary Rodney of Bryn Mawr College spoke in favor of the Progressive movement. "Really, one might think that the very fundamentals of the government were at stake", she said, referring to La Follette's desire to limit the powers of the Supreme Court, "but what the Progressive Party is really seeking is the abolition of tyranny by one branch of the government." She described La Follette's foreign policy as "refusing to let the flag follow the investor...
...Amending Bill was moved by Premier MacDonald. He said in his speech that "everything would be done" to bring about a compromise between the Free State and Northern Ireland before the bill became law. Meanwhile, he contended, the measure must be passed because Britain's honor was at stake. Then, paying a pretty compliment to the Conservatives, he asseverated...
...jurists when forced to decide whether the suggestive appeal of a silk-stockinged maiden is capable of selling more merchandise than the almost absolute purity of floating soap. But it cannot be expected that the choice will be as simple a problem as all that. Too much is at stake...
...Were the spirit in which Germany understands the report really alive, it would be self-evident to the victorious Nations that Germany, whose economic and National existence are at stake, must finally be admitted to the negotiations as a partner with equal rights. Otherwise, how can the German people make new sacrifices if they feel that once more, as in the fateful June days of 1919, their fate is to be dictated to them by the victorious wielders of power...