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...Colonies M. Carton...
Opening. At Geneva, 39 members of the League of Nations and 4 nonmembers* inquired into the question of controlling traffic in arms and other munitions of war. Count Henri Carton de Wiart, President of the Conference, pointed out in his opening speech that "control" was meant in the French sense of the word (surveillance) and not in the English sense of authority. Much confusion became, nevertheless, rapidly manifest...
This vast assembly, presided over by M. Carton de Wiart, onetime (1920) Belgian Premier, turned to business...
With examples like these the campaign cannot fail of success. One more amendment to the Constitution will help render law-enforcement more nearly impossible. A new sort of bootlegger will arise, who, after saluting his customer with a knowing wink, will offer "A carton of pre-war Luckies, toasted and aged in the wood--genuine stuff, best on this side of the Atlantic...
Coach O'Donnell predicted a good season for the Crimson but he bewailed the fact that injuries forced several of the best Purple players out of the line-up. "If Crowley and Carton could have stayed in the line-up, I doubt if Harvard would have won," he said...