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Russia is a fascinating subject to most of us even though we may believe that the system she is following is the wrong one. But it seems as though something of value to the world must come out of an experiment of such size also and to which so much time and energy have been devoted. We need the true facts of the situation but the program is so different that every one who writes on the subject does so with a prejudice. This latest volume suffers from the extreme dislike of the author for the Soviets...
...Covenant of the League of Nations be law, then in law Ethiopia and Haile Selassie are right and Italy and Benito Mussolini are wrong. The only trouble is that that portion of the white race represented by 44,000,000 Italians has opened hostilities and in the sphere of law Italy contends-much too late for popular acceptance-that under the League Covenant, membership in the League of Nations is barred to states in which slavery still nourishes, as it unquestionably does in Ethiopia. Therefore, argues Italy, the original mistake of admitting Ethiopia to the League should be corrected...
...method of administering justice," concludes Bronxville's McDonald, "is in conformity with the definition of the law given by Alfred Rosenberg . . .: 'Law is what the "Aryan" man deems to be right; legal wrong is what he rejects.' " By this arrangement of German Justice, a situation is created which soft-spoken James Grover McDonald feels ought to cause the Great Powers to deal with Germany in a manner "friendly but firm...
...eight boards. Members of the American Astronomical Society, convened in Princeton last week, relaxed from their more abstruse preoccupations with a set of 14 "true-or-false" questions cooked up by a colleague. Scoring was on the basis of plus one for a correct answer, minus two for a wrong one. Highest score: 8. Sample questions...
...disillusioning thing is that this man, believe it or not, the same who delivered Friday evening's guff, graduated from Harvard College, in good standing, about thirty-two years ago. Perhaps those who have repeatedly told us that educated men should go into politics were on the wrong track. Not that intelligent youth should shy from public service. Not that the problems of government are too narrow to challenge the gifted. But that, judging from our eminent example, and from Abraham Lincoln, perhaps brains and character are more important than, and not essential to, education, good family, and wealth...