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...supplies for the refugees in eighteen hours. It was the first relief to reach Yokohama, where thousands of refugees were rescued. These people, mostly Chinese, had lived more than four days without food or water, suffering all the while indescribable physical torment from their wounds. In an attempt to allay in some measure the pain, they bathed themselves in the salt water, which only served to torture them more...
...more of a factor in international politics on account of her immense population and the possibilities of her heretofore unworked industrial and commercial wealth. It is the exploitation by foreign nations of just this wealth that China now fears. The problem of the American diplomat in China is to allay these fears by helping her to establish cooperative relations with the other nations, and by seeing to it that she gets a square deal. The college man who is looking forward to such a career should make a study of international law and Chinese history...
...better shape. There is a widespread belief in England that the failure to come to a closer agreement with France in the Cannes Conference was a serious diplomatic blunder. Many think that the trip of the Prince of Wales to India, where his presence has failed to allay the revolutionary discontent, was another costly mistake. Conditions in Egypt, already bad enough from the meagre reports that reach the press, call for drastic remedies, according to General Allenby, and ones which the present Cabinet cannot well grant...
...classification and the overtime provided in the McAdoo National Agreement. Railroads must agree that as soon as earnings reach the legally prescribed 5 1-2 percent on property values, they will reduce rates wherever it will stimulate business. I am convinced that these conciliatory arrangements would avoid the strike, allay business uncertainties and bring about an immediate business revival...
...Treasury Department made no attempt to allay this highly colored credulity. In fact, it organized a nice little publicity campaign. Pictures were taken of the Secretary surrounded by very busy clerks and great piles of telegrams and letters. Interviews were freely granted to the press. The theory of publicity seemed to be that if everybody was jollied into believing that everybody was doing it, everybody would...