Word: balkanize
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...utter futility of warfare, and presented his case on actual social, political, and economic reasoning. He pointed out that there is an international effect of all wars; the reaction is always felt in financial and industrial circles all over the world, as illustrated by the example of how the Balkan Wars resulted in unemployment for 5000 men in an American city. He styled as fallacious and mediaeval the popular European excuse for armament; that in future "some new territory must be conquered for the expanding population." Modern commercialism, with its intricate system of ownerships sales, and general business transactions would...
...American Red Cross Society has issued an appeal to the colleges of the United States to aid in completing the Balkan-Turkish Relief Fund. According to reports given out through the International Red Cross Committee conditions are extremely critical in the hospitals and relief stations near the seat of war. Lack of funds and inferior medical supplies have caused great distress in several of the large camps of Greece and Montenegro, where wounded refugees have congregated...
...appealing for financial aid the American Red Cross Society points out that during the Spanish-American War the European Societies contributed heavily to the care of sick and wounded soldiers. All contributions to the Balkan-Turkish Relief Fund should be sent at once to H. Francke, 7 Holyoke place, or to G. M. Lane, treasurer of the Red Cross Committee for Massachusetts, 44 State street, Boston...
Major F. C. Marshall, of the Second United States Cavalry, will speak in the Living Room of the Union Monday evening at 8.15 o'clock on the subject "Is Our Nation Prepared." Major Marshall will draw a lesson from the present Balkan war and apply it to conditions existing in the United States today. The lecture will be given under the auspices of Troops B and C which were recently organized by Harvard...
...Waltz, "Balkan Princess...