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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Modern neutrality is active neutrality," declared Finnish Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko in Helsinki. "If a neutral cannot defend itself against threats then it no longer is neutral and independent. . . . I am convinced that the Russian Government does not want anything to happen any more than...
...Disagreeing with Playwright Shaw was Biologist Julian Huxley, who chose the London Times as his forum: "We cannot survive as a great power unless we smash Hitlerism; but if we are to prevent the growth of a new Hitlerism later, we must plan some kind of new international order." Scientist J. B. S. Haldane, who as a rule has fairly fresh ideas, wanted: 1) peace negotiations now; 2) an arrangement for "all peoples to be allowed free elections to determine their own form of government," a faithful echo of 1919 Wilsonian self-determinism...
...candor he would probably admit is the real reason for Great Britain's fighting Germany: "Our responsibility is the defense of a great Empire." Britain does not want to attack; she wants to defend. But if the issue is joined, she must attack or lose, because aerial warfare cannot be won on the defensive. That Sir Cyril and his associates fully realize this is indicated by the nature of the Force they have built...
When a syphilitic has harbored spirochetes for 15 or 20 years, they finally, migrate to his brain or spinal cord. He finds that his knees buckle under him, his hands jump, he cannot turn or close his eyes without falling. Faced with madness or paralysis, he is generally willing to undergo any heroic measure to set his world straight again. One of the best treatments for neurosyphilis (including tabes dorsalis, general paresis) is injections of tryparsamide, a penetrating arsenic compound. Tryparsamide has one tremendous drawback: it sometimes injures, sometimes destroys, the optic nerve, produces flickering vision, a narrow range...
Tubes for launching the rockets, not having to withstand much pressure, would be light and cheap (costing less than 1% of equivalent cannon). These tubes could be carried into mountains and other difficult terrain where big guns cannot go. They could be manufactured in great quantity. "When a fortified position is to be reduced by cannon," declares Major Randolph, "the bombardment often lasts for several days, giving the enemy ample time to bring up reinforcements. With rockets, the whole artillery preparation would probably be shot off at once. . . followed immediately by the attack...