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...project of holding a National Defense Day on Sept. 12 has met considerable opposition from pacifist bodies. President Coolidge under-took last week to uphold the propriety of the proposed "Day" in a letter to the National Council for the Prevention of War. Said...
...British Fascist! have incorporated under the title of "British Fascisti, Limited." The articles of incorporation stated that its objects are: "to revive the spirit of sane, intelligent patriotism, to uphold the established constitution and to prevent the spread of Bolshevism and Communism...
...scrap of paper." From that moment the phrase, "a scrap of paper," became an Allied slogan, fuel for the fire of warfare. It was Sir Edward Goschen who, in reporting the Chancellor's words, wrote himself into history, because the British Empire went to war to uphold the sanctity of inter national contracts and for other very good but less moving reasons. When the news that Britain had declared war on Germany became known in Berlin, an unruly mob assembled outside the British Embassy. The Kaiser apologized for the disturbances, said that they plainly showed the state of feeling...
Professor Morize gave the reporter the following quotation from a speech of President Hadley's, which the Harvard Professor says shows that others beside foreigners uphold his views. "Nine people out of ten believe that the way to train a boy to think is to impart as much knowledge to him as possible. They do not distinguish between the possession of information and the power or habit of thought; or at any rate they assume that if you can secure the former, the latter follows as a matter of course. In no other field of life do we meet this...
...policy is the same as his old policy, only more so. His statement to the Chamber of Deputies announced: 1) The renewed intention of France to remain in the Ruhr and retain her hold on all gages until Germany pays reparations in full; 2) that France is willing to uphold the League of Nations but puts her own security first; 3) that every effort would be made to keep up the policy of economy without inflation of the currency; 4) that France desires an entente with the Allies, but only on Poincaré's terms...