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Reputedly Kaiser Wilhelm II referred in 1914 to "England's contemptible little Army" and the disclosures of last week revealed that the French, while too polite to employ the Kaiser's adjective, recall how much squabbling there was between British and French commanders in 1914-18. They fear that the necessarily small British Army may have been more trouble than its heroism was worth. Putting this even more politely the New York Times observed last week: "French generals are not certain that they want another British Expeditionary Force on their flank clogging their roads and transport facilities...
...Atlanta, convicted of falsifying records of the Federal Penitentiary after 25 years in its employ, Clerk Harvey Frick asked to serve sentence in his old office...
This evening every up-to-date newspaper in the land has made arrangements to serve their readers in some fashion as that which the CRIMSON will employ. Some only use green lights, some use red lights, some employ the swinging counter-clockwise, north-and-south motion, while others simply use chalk...
...solution of the problem is simpler than the smoke screen of mutual hate and intolerance implies. The companies should allow the unions the control they want in the hiring halls, agreeing to employ union labor without threat of "scabs" and strike breakers. Labor in turn should permit the companies to reject men they consider unfit, maintain the traditional right of the marine owner to employ whomever he chooses. Thus employers could not lock out workers for reasons of prejudice or party, but would still control the calibre of the crews, on which safe conduct at sea so much depends. Agreements...
...decision of the Phillips Brooks House Cabinet to employ the annual four hundred dollar scholarship for the benefit of the Grenfell Mission abandons one excellent policy only to fulfill another. In past years the Chairman of the Foreign Student Committee has been given the money with the understanding that upon his return from his summer travels he will help the foreign students here in the University. That plan, in their own words, has been overwhelmingly successful for the individuals who received the scholarship. But the second aspect, in spite of honest effort, has failed for the simple reason that...