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Great secrecy has been preserved by the Allied Governments and Washington concerning the terms of the British note. It is possible to state only in general terms that the British thesis is based upon a strict interpretation of the Versailles Treaty. Passive resistance is the crux of the great difficulty; it is probable that Britain will advise Germany to renounce passive resistance in order to conciliate French policy, which is adamant in demanding cessation of German resistance to the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr before considering negotiation of any kind. The advocacy of an international committee to determine Germany...
...disturb the order of rank in the international hall of fame. For all of their "saving of the world" and their "redemption of democracy." Foch, Clemenceau, Wilson and the organizing and technical genius that managed the enterprise were unable to displace Anatole France, Maxim Gorky, Bernard Shaw. That the crux of the matter is literary or artistic ability, can be demonstrated by an interesting test. A man without these gifts has seldom blazed out very brightly in the march of the Immortals through history, whatever his real achievements, and no man possessing them has ever been quite forgotten, although...
...situation. Any industry will start up whenever its managers think that they can pay expenses out of receipts. When industries run, men are employed. Until the managers see some way of paying expenses out of receipts, industries will not run and men will remain unemployed. Here we have the crux of the whole question...
...crux of the whole problem is as to just what will be the influence of the military camps on those who must be expected to educate the voter and supply the diplomatists. Fortunately the correspondents have themselves indirectly answered this question for us. No one can read the letters of those who support the camps or have actually been to them without being convinced as to just what their contributions will be for the settlement of international problems. The question of the military camps is not one of aggressive militarism; it is one of making a beginning towards a consistent...
...group of sturdy college athletes can play a game of football as well as it ever can be played. On the other hand, it is highly ridiculous to compare for an instant the theses or examinations of undergraduate scholars with the productions of famous scholars and professors. The crux of the question is this: the college man is just about in his prime physically and can performs athletic feats as well as they can be done; the undergraduate scholar, on the contrary, is just beginning to ripen intellectually and does not attain his full mental development until many years after...