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...March 16th a trade compact between Soviet Russia and Great Britain was signed in Lodon. This agreement, however, cannot be put into effect until the question of ownership of Russian money or goods is reconsidered by the British courts, since a court decision, already handed down in England, denies Soviet ownership of confiscated Russian property. Now a test cast is being brought forward to see if this decision will be reversed. If it is not, the Bolshevist representative, Mr. Krassin, admits that trade is impossible. It is interesting to consider why the agreement should have been signed before the case...
...Labor or to the Liberals, and one, at Woolwich, was saved for the Coalition by resumed, there can be no possible harm in signing the agreement and pleasing Labor. True, the Commons may turn down the agreement, the Kronstadt, uprising may be successful, or the courts may rule the compact worthless, yet Lloyd George will have done his best for Labor...
Great Britain's proposal is compelling. It is not to be supposed that the other nations of the world are more fortunate as regards economic resiliency that is that compact little island; none of them can safely afford to place much more strain upon their already overburdened resources; rather would it be better could they remove some of their present expenses. A general curtailment of navies and naval programs offers just such an opportunity, besides materially advancing the prospects of a world peace...
...According to Admiral Peary's idea, Polar exploration was nothing more than a problem in transportation--a problem of how to carry the most food in the most compact form. Peary's plan by which he reached the North Pole was to lead his sieds with food, and to send them back for more supplies as soon as their cargoes were exhausted. In this way, he just reached his goal, if he had fifty more miles to go he would have turned back...
...viciously with a high knee action that bowled over several tacklers before he was crushed. He rarely twisted or spun to evade the secondary defense. The effects of this bruising method of running evidently told on him as he became less effective as the game wore on. A compact little back of the type of Maulbetch of Michigan came to the fore in the later moments of the game. Zundell by name, he whisked through openings, usually in the right side of the University line, and swirled and stumbled up to and often practically through the second line of defense...