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France's determinations to keep the League of Nations alive at the cost of considerable insecurity to herself shows Gallic tenacity in its highest degree. Her forthcoming treaty with Russia would no doubt be a far more effective weapon in keeping Germany on the floor if Comrade Litvinov were allowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SICK MAN | 4/20/1935 | See Source »

Instantly Chinese League Delegate Victor Hoo buzzed in to sting the Secretary General. "What does he mean by saying Japan now has no 'obligations'?" asked Dr. Hoo. "It is not for M. Avenol to interpret the Covenant of the League of Nations. In a wide sense he has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE: Buzz-Buzz | 4/8/1935 | See Source »

Since Japan flouted its League obligations by puppetizing Manchuria before withdrawing from the League, the inescapable inference from Dr. Hoo's protest, an inference he adroitly left for others to draw, is that Japan cannot pull out of the League. "I deplore M. Avenol's conception of Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE: Buzz-Buzz | 4/8/1935 | See Source »

Victorious finally in the warfare, Paraguay feels apparently that nothing is to be gained by arbitration. Her army at Villa Montes holds a strategic position relative to Bolivia's oil fields Even though she has broken the League covenant thus theoretically exposing herself to international coercion, Paraguay, it would seem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 2/27/1935 | See Source »

Father Coughlin concluded his address by reciting as a prayer the 82nd Psalm, with interpolations. Excerpts: "Oh God . . . thy enemies have made a noise. . . . They have taken a malicious counsel against thy people. . . . They have said: Come and let us destroy them, so that they be not a nation, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Up Senate, Down Court | 2/11/1935 | See Source »

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