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Next he touched upon domestic affairs, admitted that he had instituted the much criticized coal subsidy with reluctance, but defended it as better than the alternative of subjecting England to "a crippling industrial struggle." He replied as follows to those Conservatives who urged that the British Government crush British Communism by Fascist tactics: "I've been told that this country wants a Mussolini. I have great respect for the chief minister of a great country like Italy, but I know the temperament of my own people. The English people will never tolerate a dictator. The English people will never...
...world with the fury of their misgivings, the beast has kept slowly and methodically growing. And now the time has come when man must attempt to master the civilization he has created, for it is not to be thought that he will meekly submit to the forces that would crush him, once the danger is evident...
...months and years he has been directing from Moscow the Soviet's stupendous dream to unite with certain Western European nations and crush the rest. Until recently he has felt that Germany and Poland were diplomatically very close to Russia. Suddenly, with the coming of the Locarno Conference (see INTERNATIONAL) they seemed to be drawing away...
...Geneva the League opened with a fanfare and a crush which it has never equaled. For the first time there was standing room only and not enough of that in the Press Box. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was showered with bouquets. The Maharajah of Patralia (India) wore a blue turban, pink earrings, gold bracelets, frock coat. Senator Raoul Dandurand‡ of Canada was elected President of the present League Assembly (the 6th) on the first ballot and took up his duties; to the satisfaction of the Commonwealth because he is Canadian, to the delight of France because he is of French...
...Trade Union Conference urging them "to win the soldiers and sailors from the capitalists," to make the issue as between the workers and the exploiters "so that the army and navy mutiny," for "there is no doubt that the capitalist classes intend to intimidate and, if necessary, crush the workers with the army and navy...