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China has, of course, never ratified the treaty of 1915 and as a corollary she now bases her protest on "forcible restraint." This question of duress is in itself a nice point; much can be said both pro and con. As a matter of strict fact, China has never ratified agreements and concessions to foreign powers since she became a republic, a little over eleven years ago. That is an important factor in the argument...
...Catskill Dutch' presents a picture rather than a problem. It gives a very life-like representation of certain sides of life in a remote district where men and women live under the rule of the Bible interpreted by a strict and merciless consistory, with the spirit of Calvin in the atmosphere of America...
With Germany's policy of "passive resistance" to France daily becoming more active, the world has increasing cause to fear lost the economic war in the Ruhr break into something more desperate. Until recently, the spectators have pursued a strict "hands off" policy. But rumors have begun to reach Paris that Great Britain and the United States are preparing for more active measures to bring about a settlement. Promptly and unmistakably, in reply to these whispers, an unofficial communication from Paris outlines France's position. "The French Government hopes sincerely that neither London nor Washington will attempt intervention of Paris...
...turn up", and regard the whole question in the light in which they look upon the selection of a field of concentration. It the field first chosen prove unsuited, it appears a matter comparatively simple to change to another division, for the rules on that point are not very strict. But in later life it is harder to "get out of a rut", and the experience gained is very seldom worth the time spent. The man who has "tried his hand at everything" is generally to be found among the "aristocracy of the road...
...brings before the public eye, a section of the country which until the last few years has been completely isolated from the adjoining regions. The Dutch farmers of the New York Catskills came to this country at the same time as the Puritan fathers, and like them came with strict religious views. They settled on the West bank of the Hudson in the Catskills, far from the regular routes of travel and business, keeping their religious views and old customs and speech long after the Puritans...