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Captain Ezio Garibaldi, grandson of the patriot, received the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary and was sent on a special mission to Mexico. The object of his mission is to seek an economic accord with Mexico, where Italy can obtain a large part of the raw materials necessary to her industries...
...then entreated that Spain might always be known as possessing the bravest men, the loveliest women, the healthiest climate, the most fertile soil and, last, the most perfect government. " Stop," exclaimed the Almighty, " all your wishes shall be granted with the exception of the last. For were I to accord to you that one also, all my angels would leave heaven and take up their abode in Spain...
...League is heartily in accord with the Washington Conference and the principle of limitation of naval armaments by agreement laid down by it. It stands for the full acceptance of the implication of the 5-5-3 ration; that is that the United States should not only Keep within the limits of the treaty but that it should maintain its naval strength in every essential respect as permitted under the treaty...
...show more zeal on his own part. Lingering soreness over the outcome of the coal strike settlement may have played some part. But the most plausible hypothesis is that of a political motive. He has already announced that if affairs at the White House should not proceed in accord with his standards, he would toss his ha into the presidential ring. Since he came into the governorship on a wave of reform sentiments, he may well have seized this opportunity to show the nation that his might is still on the side of right. But actions speak louder than words...
...Yale has suffered in the same way if not in the same degree as Harvard. Moreover, by actions which smack of boarding school discipline, Yale has laid herself open to ridicule, just as Harvard laid herself open to attack by emphasizing a phase of entrance limitation which could not accord with American ideas of education...