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...supported by the peasants. Stanboulisky and his Agrarians succeeded in keeping the peace within the country and without and it will be but a question of time before they again hold the rein. In the interim Europe can only hope that nothing will occur of such violence as to upset the precarious balance of the Balkan Peninsula...
...must not be overlooked, however, that insidious plans were on foot to upset the Poincaré Ministry on the Ruhr issue. One plan had in view a rapprochement with Britain, the creation of a separate Rhineland state, immediate negotiation with the Germans and the formation of an industrial ministry under the leadership of Loucheur. Poincaré was too strong. It was felt that an attack on his Ruhr policy would be tantamount to admitting the weakness of France. The scheme was dropped. Another plan is on foot, however, to force the Premier to resign on the Near Eastern question...
...political upset in-England causes many a staunch Conservative to wonder dubiously whether the apple which taught Newton the law of gravity could have been a Baldwin...
Crooks won the Carroll cup race on the Basin last Saturday, with Emerson, whose shell upset a short distance from the finish, coming in last. The latter had been favored to win the event, however, and but for his accident, would undoubtedly have made a much better record...
...heard my fifth child say: 'Papa, I can't hear you! I am not going to talk any more! ' to me over the wireless telephone. I called up my home by telephone to make sure that there had been no trick. The whole affair rather upset...