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Greece has been redeemed by the Greeks who fought and bled for every inch of it, and not "through the benevolence of the Great Powers." You must be naive indeed to assign such idealism to these powers, who, for their gain, have created in Greece such internal antagonisms and hatreds that it will take many generations to wipe out. It is now history how during the War they financed Venizelos to set up a rebel government in Saloniki by promising that great diplomat territories which they had already assigned by secret treaty to Russia. After the War, in the Greek...
Representative John McDuffie of Alabama, who once came within an ace of being House Speaker, fought, bled and nearly died politically putting through President Roosevelt's 1933 Economy Bill. Last week the President rewarded him with a nomination to be a Federal Judge in the Southern District of Alabama...
...last nine Serbian rulers, only three, including King Alexander's senile father, Peter I, died natural deaths while reigning. Spectacled Alexander never expected to share his father's luck. At his country estate in Bled last January he drew up his will and decreed that in case of his sudden death, three regents should rule the country until little Peter became...
...Even Prince George's visit to Bled was a complete surprise!" chimed in Princess Marina. Then, with a shy glance at Prince George: "So was his proposal at Bohinska Lake. I expect the wedding will be in November...
...Back to Bled next day went George and Marina. Correspondents who followed them into the Balkans were stood off by Inspector Evans with lavish treats of Serbian beer. He made copy with such jokes as "Now there, keep away. I have a policeman stationed behind every tree. No photographs!" When the correspondents grew restless Major Humphrey Butler. Adjutant to Prince George, joined Inspector Evans in describing at length the prowess of His Royal Highness. "He can outwalk either of us," they said. "Once the Prince climbed to Prince Paul's hunting hut in an hour and 45 minutes. Even...