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...Bolshevism succeeded Republicanism and was even shorter lived; for in August, 1919, after a harrowing Rumanian occupation, the Monarchists, led by Admiral Horthy, were once again in power. Horthy was elected Royal Governor, usually translated as Regent. He was invested with some of the royal powers, was empowered to enact the legislation of his Royal Hungarian Government-but for whom was he acting? When Karl was alive, Horthy publicly declared that he was keeping the throne warm for his Monarch. After Karl's death in 1922, both he and his Premier, Count Bethlen, were known to have expressed themselves...
...cynics who have disparaged the patriotic activities of the American Legion as the capitalist-fostered stupidities of militaristic yokels will be agreeably jolted by the campaign to enact a wealth-draft law. That the rich should contribute wealth when the poor contribute blood is, on the surface, a reasonable proposal, but certainly Judge Gary would not care to be labeled as its instigator. The American Bankers' Association, which has hitherto relied upon the American Legion in its "Red"-hunt, will be forced to denounce its partner...
...futile discussions, the Reichstag met to take a final vote. The galleries of the chamber were crowded to their maximum capacity with diplomats, distinguished visitors and breathless journalists. On the floor of the chamber, 441 Reichstag members assembled. A two-thirds majority, or 294 votes, was needed to enact certain parts of the Experts' Plan legislation?the mortgaging of the Reich railways to the Allies, for example. Failure to obtain the required majority would have meant dissolution of the Reichstag and a general election...
...maintain that the present hypocritical attitude toward the whole question of prohibition would be greatly relieved by having Congress fix a maximum alcoholic content based upon science and sound reasoning, thereafter leaving every state to enact any statute it pleases with regard to regulation of the traffic in light wines and beer within that alcoholic content, so that the state that desires light wines and beer within the alcoholic content prescribed by Congress may also have what it desires...
...when told that the veto had been issued. He said, without surprise: "I regret that the President has seen fit to veto the adjusted compensation measure. I am not familiar with his reasons. However, the ex-service men and women look with confidence to both Houses of Congress to enact this just measure into...