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...baby-kisser, made himself solid by devouring publicly a huge plateful of the ancient city's long, white sausages and washing them down with frothing Münchner. He then launched into a fighting speech, shouted that other powers must at once grant to Germany the right of "armament equality" with themselves. Finally he drew thunderous Munich cheers by asking, ''How can our commerce nourish, if Germany does not enjoy the same respect abroad as other nations? Who will invest in a land which is constantly threatened by foreign invasions...
Arms Parley. Bland, tenacious German Foreign Minister Baron Constantin von Neurath arrived in Geneva for the League Council meeting last week, but not to attend the continuing committee of the Geneva Armament Conference...
Since most big armament buys are successfully kept secret, last week was remarkable only for what came to light. Munitions were pouring into the world's newest state (see p. 16). Japanese arsenals were going full blast. Japanese Marines suddenly landed at Nanking, the so-called Capital of China, from which last week all important Chinese had fled...
...Shantung. Taking the field with 80,000 picked troops, able, honest Governor Han Fu-chu of Shantung marched into the hill country near Chefoo, stronghold of General Liu Chen-nien and 30,000 soldiers whom Governor Han considers to be his soldiers. Thus last week the businesses of armament and war were having, at the very least, a baby boom...
...walked to the convention platform. He was seated as an Oklahoma delegate, thus being apparently obliged to join in voting for immediate payment of the cash Bonus. (The Oklahoma delegation was also pledged to vote for repeal of the 18th Amendment.) After a safe & sound speech on armament, Secretary Hurley was let off the platform with more cheers than boos...