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Thus last week for the first time in history the anniversary of the day that President Wilson gave German Ambassador Count von Bernstorff his walking papers was officially observed. Though no "proper ceremonies" were held anywhere in Louisiana, the proclamation closed every bank in New Orleans, brought business to a standstill.* And it thereby stopped (as it was intended it should) a run on New Orleans' $65,000,000 Hibernia Bank & Trust Co.-third largest bank in the city. To New Orleans it was the fantastic second act of a drama that opened last month with the crash...
Birthdays. Benedictus de Spinoza, 300; Gerhart Hauptmann, Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, 70; Billy Sunday, 69; Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes, General Henri Gouraud, 65; John Nance Garner, 63; Oklahoma, 25 (see p. 14); Archduke Otto of Habsburg...
Completing the list of participants are the following: Herr Bernstorff, of Germany, S. B. Fay '96, professor of History; de Matof, of Guatemala, C. W. Put- nam '11, instructor in government; Lester, of the Irish Free State, Eric Wendelin; Grandi, of Italy, B. C. Hopper '24, assistant professor of Government; Yosdu Zawa, of Japan, Knight Biggerstaff; Braadland, of Norway, J. B. Thayer '21, assistant professor of Comparative Law; Barreto, of Peru, E. V. Huntington '95, professor of Mechanics; Sokal, of Poland, R. C. Dexter; Fotitch, of JugoSlavia, F. L. Kennedy '92, associate professor of Engineering Drawing, Emeritus; and Prentiss Gilbert...
...separately. With great acumen the French pointed out that if a nation [Germany, for example] were permitted to have an unlimited naval personnel she might, by the subterfuge of en titling her soldiers "sailors," build up an army of unlimited size. Where do we stand? In vain Count von Bernstorff argued for Germany last week that it would be better for the Com mission to admit failure and go out of existence than to continue to lull the peoples of the world into a false belief that their statesmen are advancing toward Disarmament and Peace. Said a spokes...
Since ignored Russia and impotent Germany could not influence the decisions of the statesmen in Geneva, a practical effect of the Hoover decision was to enable France and Italy to carry their point that "trained reserves" and "military supplies" shall not be reduced. The German delegate, Count von Bernstorff, expressed his chagrin as follows...