Word: chaotic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attitude, but the most likely interpretation is that the crisis is not important in so far as the internal conditions of China go. The Government when it was in office was practically powerless. Therefore, its being out of office can make little difference, one way or another, in the chaotic conditions of the Celestial Republic...
Three main considerations should, however, serve to temper Mr. Babbitt's complacency. In the first place financial conditions in Western Europe, and especially in Germany, are in many respects becoming more rather than less chaotic, and until the credit and currency of this important part of the world are stabilized, America too must suffer in some degree. Secondly, certain fundamental lines of business in this country aro not yet on a satisfactory basis, chief among these being our vast agricultural, coal and railroad industries, and the current housing and rent situation. Thirdly, the cycle of business, now evidently rising...
...time become one of the greatest cities of the world. But since popular expectation does not follow the imagination of Poe or Jules Verne it could not foresee that its prophecies would fall short of fulfillment thanks to the railroads. Sometimes, however, prophets are unwittingly right; the present chaotic condition of those railroads may yet result in the lifting of New Orleans to greatness while the natural course of events left her in peace...
...Turk is back, and Russia, although advanced in social theories, is still politically in the Middle Ages. The real gains from the war, gains in democratic thought, are very truly endangered, and their loss will affect the whole world. In answer to the question who is responsible for the chaotic state of Europe, Mr. Kerr said that France, Great Britain, and the United States share this blame; France, because she is animated by the fear and hatred of Germany; England, because she insisted upon forcing reparations to an impossible height; and the United States, because of the withdrawal...
Chief among the subjects that remain on the agenda is the stabilizing of international exchange. The chaotic fluctuations of the present day are an enormous barrier to international trade, depriving Germany and England in particular of markets for their manufactured goods., Solutions for the difficulty are almost as numerous as the delegations, but they agree broadly in emphasizing a strict regulation of the paper money issued by each country. Closely bound with this problem is that of free trade, but prejudices and difficulties of labor and transportation enter here so strongly that little progress may be expected. Aid to Russia...