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Cultured, aristocratic, fragile and 83 years old, Prince Saionji conferred last week with half a hundred Japanese notables, his ancient brain cells turning over slowly what they said. He could advise 31-year-old Emperor Hirohito to appoint a political premier, which would further infuriate the fighting services and lower classes. He could advise the appointment of Japan's outstanding reactionary, Baron Hiranuma, who stood pledged virtually to sweep the Constitution aside and put down the dominance of politicians and the rich. Or was some third course possible...
...election if he is nominated. All that can safely be said is that on the basis of his past record he will bend both ways in an arduous effort to please both the reformers and Tammany, as he did when, after reluctantly firing Sheriff Farley, he proceeded to appoint a Tammany man as his successor. On that occasion the reformer set out to take Tammany for a ride, but they came back from the ride with the reformer inside, and the smile on the face of the Tiger...
...take place by mail at the end of this week. Under the revised constitution, the number of members of the Council has been increased from 15 to 17; in accordance with this enlargement, this week's elections are to obtain six Juniors and three Sophomores, who will then appoint five additional Juniors and three additional Sophomores...
...Each state or province of a Dominion has its own premier and its own governor, there being also a premier and a governor-general for the Dominion as a whole. Governors, no less than governors-general, derive their powers directly from the King who appoints them, theoretically, on the advice of the local premier. In practice the King used to appoint governors-general and governors much as he pleased, but George V has been forced to bow more & more to local sentiment, notably when His Majesty was forced to appoint Sir Isaac Isaacs, "a man he had never seen...
...professional discretion in the matter of contraceptives Mrs. Sanger has made herself champion, were flabbergasted when Dr. Jacob Daniel Brook, 56, county health officer of Grandville, Mich., rose up in the House of Delegates and proposed a resolution on Birth Control. Let the A. M. A., urged Dr. Brook, appoint a committee to spend one year pondering the effects of contraception on health, wealth, morals, happiness. Dozens of physicians leaped from their seats to shout pro & con on the long suppressed topic. Retiring President Edward Starr Judd cleverly put discussion over to the next...