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...materialistic" and "prepared to sacrifice their lives without a moment's hesitation." A jumble of mysticisms and paradoxes, His Lordship's speech is termed by the New York Times "a Chesterfield essay. . (which) may become a wartime classic." But whatever its literary merits, Halifax's hate-tirade is a biter pill to swallow after the British government's repeated assertions that Britain fights the Nazi government, not the German people...
Beneath the outwardly smooth course of Anglo-American relations there runs a current of nagging hostility. The London Daily Express had this sarcastic bit to say on the death of Senator Borah: "We remember him as a biter critic of Britain. In this country he was always regarded as an extremist, but it must be remembered that all Americans shared his creed: America first." It would do no good to fan these smoldering embers, but The State Department can serve well the cause of keeping America at peace by insisting on the rights of neutrals. That these rights...
...bite is where your lips can reach it, suck it out thoroughly. Then bathe it in lukewarm (not hot) water and paint it with iodine. And don't worry. You are in no danger. If you are afraid the biter had rabies-which he almost never has-use the same treatment but paint the wound with carbolic acid instead of iodine...
...least that can be done," said Dr. Fishbein, "is to cauterize the wound and place the biter under observation in the city pound or a dog hospital. If he develops the disease, begin the Pasteur treatment at once if it has not already been started. ... In 99 out of every 100 cases treated, Pasteur treatment protects against a disease that is always fatal once it develops...
...Biter...