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Must Compromise on Article X...
...principal change of the many which will be necessary in order to carry the treaty once more before the Senate is a compromise relative to the fight over Article X of the Covenant. As stated therein, the United States, together with the other countries of the League, assume an obligation to maintain the territorial integrity of any country in the League. But action by the United States toward this end is in every case left to a decision of Congress as to what form our action shall take. Now, the stand taken by Senator Lodge on this matter is that...
...Obviously this stand tends toward an extreme. The difference between Article X and Senator Lodge's interpretation, though subtle, is very potent. The following example well illustrates it: Three boys are oppressed by a bully, so they league together to jump on him should he attack any one of them. There is a great sense of security and power in such a compact. But, now, if the largest of the three withdraws from the agreement, saying, 'All right, boys, when the bully attacks you, jump on him. I will then decide whether I shall help you or not,' both...
...able to get himself to the railroad station, and from there to Boston. Since then he has been improving under the care of Dr. David Cheever '97, and if his condition permits by the end of the week he will be removed to a hospital, where an X-ray will be taken...
...following rainy day spaces for Spreads have been assigned: Class of 1909, Sever 1, 2, 5, 6; Speakers' Club, Holden Chapel; Phillips Brooks House, Brooks House; alpha sigma Phi, Sever 20; Alphi Phi sigma, Sever 7, 8; H. H. Pell, Jr., Harvard 3; K. G. X. Harvard 6; Kappa Sigma, Lower Massachusetts...