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...have inspired the philosopher with a few reflections. Perhaps the most striking feature to be noted in a review of the 1922-23 Metropolitan season is the large number of performances and of operas performed. In 23 weeks Mr. Gatti gave 169 performances of 40 different operas. When you con sider the amount of preparation and rehearsal that even a moderately spectacular opera needs, these are stunning figures. Morale. Now, if you strolled casually into the artists' entrance of the opera house during the height of the season and observed the laughing, joking, careless manner of the groups...
...program will be as follows: Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor Adagio; Allegro non troppo Allegro con grazia Allegro molto vivace Finale; Adagio lamentoso Wagner Aria, "Gerechter Gott" from "Rienzi" Groty-Mottl Three Dance Numbers from "Cephale et Procris" I. Tambourin II. Menuet ("The Nymphs of Diana") III. Gigue. Saint-Saens Aria, "Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from "Samson and Delilah" Weber Overture to "Oberon...
...Con Meany, Commandant of the Irish Republican Army in County Cork, one of the few remaining irregular leaders, was captured by Free State troops...
Many nice legal points are involved in such an agreement. The French view with alarm the proposed con cessions to an American concern which, as they state, would operate to the disadvantage of French interests. In Anatolia the French Government acquired important concessions from former Ottoman governments, and they still regard these as belonging to their own peculiar province. The Matin concludes: "Is there a change in favor of American projects? It is essential that we know that before the resumption of negotiations at Lausanne...
China has, of course, never ratified the treaty of 1915 and as a corollary she now bases her protest on "forcible restraint." This question of duress is in itself a nice point; much can be said both pro and con. As a matter of strict fact, China has never ratified agreements and concessions to foreign powers since she became a republic, a little over eleven years ago. That is an important factor in the argument...