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...army and joins them. He is captured, shot, left to die, then nursed back to life when an amulet which accident brought him convinces the White general that he is progeny of great Genghis Khan. The wily White general sets him up as a puppet ruler to insure peace amongst the surly Mongols, but the hunter, confused and bewildered at first, suddenly discerns his enemies' intentions, goes Mongol. The picture closes with the "storm" (1918 Red revolt against Tsarism) gathering fury over the wild plains of Central Asia...
Your attitude towards Indian affairs . . . smacks of the sickly sentimental ism noticeable amongst those who view the travail of a lesser people from afar...
...boiler-full of hot water it is doubted by Harvard Athletic Association officials if enough water can be supplied to provide each athlete with a three-minute shower. If it proves impossible to do this the difficulty has already been overcome, for it is planned to post a man amongst the bathers whose duty will be to see that no one stays in longer than the maximum limit of half a minute...
...Sunderland. It is quite another thing to let such words go booming around India today, now that citizen MacDonald is also Prime Minister. The two-year old possibly "seditious"* words of Scot MacDonald are: "The moral justification that has always been made for the existence of our empire amongst subject peoples has been that we are training them for self-government. The most typical of that is our Indian empire. A thousand and one reasons are given for a little more tutelage. . . . Now plain, practical common sense should come to our rescue. Nobody can imagine that any harm will come...
...further pauperize the henchmen of the favored politician. We, unless soon relieved of their means of support, shall have an indigent population as fatal to progress as England's "Dole" receivers. If left to ourselves I really believe we can work out these problems. But every worker amongst us is soon discouraged at seeing a truckload of five husky young men drive up to a homestead, two men reach for and pick perhaps one pepper, then the crew and their transportation hunt a tree for shade and well earned rest. I sincerely hope our Senator fails in his mission...