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Relative to any solution of the Chinese enigma (TIME, Sept. 17, Sept. 24), the political situation is unchanged. The Peking Parliament is a myth; the Cabinet only just functions; the Tuchuns (War Lords) quarrel among themselves as to which shall be the next President; all is utter confusion and the election of a new President in succession to Li Yuan-Hung seems as far off as ever...
Soldier Bonus. Mr. Coolidge is an enigma on the bonus question. He was the first Governor to sign a State bonus bill. That fact, however, will probably not be a factor in determining his future action. There is a large chance that there will be sufficient bonus strength in the next Congress to pass a bonus bill if he should veto...
...services to the Empire. He is a self-made man who joined the staff of the Montreal Gazette at the age of 18, and at 21, with a capital of $100, he combined with George T. Lanigan, the writer, to establish the Montreal Star. Cancer is the great enigma of medical science. Many of the most dreaded diseases have been brought under control or greatly mitigated-smallpox with vaccine, typhoid fever with chlorination, diphtheria with antitoxin, tuberculosis with an all-round hygienic program, yellow fever with mosquito control, leprosy with chaulmoogra oil, diabetes with insulin. But cancer goes marching...
...work as Mozart's E flat major symphony, (K. 543), they proved their remarkable ability in neat playing, and clean whittling, not in a large work like Zarathustra, but in a classical symphony. How Mr. Monteux is able to do so well with both moderns and "ancients" is an enigma to many at least of his hearers...
...taking G. B. S. seriously and he himself would in all probability be the first to laugh at us for doing so. And after all, he suggests nothing to mend the situation he seems to deplore; the play starts nowhere and ends there. No, the man is an enigma, and must be enjoyed as such. Some day someone will write a volume about him, but we predict brain fever for the author...