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Vividly do Swedes recall a day a few months ago when the Principe Alfonso slid swiftly out of Stockholm harbor. Aboard was King Alfonso XIII, the first King of Spain ever to visit Sweden (TIME, Sept. 24). But what was the tiny speedboat that darted like a water flea after the large ship? Swedes recall that the speedboat drew alongside the Principe Alfonso which, churning the water to soapy froth, stopped. A box was lifted aboard with pulleys. The Principe Alfonso moved on. The impertinent little speedboat shot back toward Stockholm. What did it all mean...
...polite reasons why Bolivia should not avail herself of offers of mediation made by 1) the Pan-American conference on arbitration and conciliation at Washington; 2) the council of the League of Nations sitting at Lugano, Switzerland; 3) the permanent Pan-American conciliation commission at Montevideo; 4) King Alfonso XIII of Spain; 5) Pope Pius XI; 6) President Irigoyen of Argentine; 7) President Machado of Cuba...
...year of Our Lord's birth is generally calculated, by modern Biblical criticism, as the fourth preceding the Christian era. Reforms in the calendar made by Gregory XIII, when ten days were dropped from the year, were not accepted by certain branches of the Eastern church, which therefore celebrate Christmas approximately at the time of the Western Epiphany...
...Infante Don Alfonso, cousin of King Alfonso XIII of Spain, said last week upon returning to Madrid from Manhattan: "I can make no suggestions to the indomitable people of New York, except that they might put a roof over their entire city, flood the streets with artificial sunlight, and install moving sidewalks...
...soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes." Among other scriptural writings contained in the tvillim are these: "This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt" (Exodus, XIII, 6), and "What nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments as righteous as all this law?" (Deuteronomy...