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Wine is fermented, brandy and whiskey are distilled, but vermouth, like tea, is steeped. Italians, Frenchmen, Spaniards drink it straight or dilute it with soda, lemon peel or various fruit juices...
...delegates Swanson and Woolley met their two colleagues at Geneva last week, a swarm of nearly 1,000 delegates and representatives of other nations were also converging on League headquarters. Foreign Minister Dino Grandi headed the Italian delegation. André Tardieu led the Frenchmen. Chairman of the whole Conference was sober "Uncle Arthur" Henderson of Britain. Hopeful and variously important personages crammed every hotel room in Geneva which had erected a special building for the Conference and presented it to the League...
...simpler for news readers, confused with stories of Britons fighting Somali in Somaliland, Italians fighting Senussites in Libya, Frenchmen fighting Tuaregs in Algeria, Spaniards fighting Riffi in Morocco, to remember that North Africa is populated by four races ("white" Berbers, Arab conquerors, native Jews, Negroes) which include innumerable tribes and sects. Italy's troublesome Senussites are a rambunctious Arab sect founded by Sidi Mohammed ben Ali ben Es Senussi el Khettabi el Hassani el Idrissi el Mehajiri, who was born in Algeria with an urge to militant reform. He ordered his two sons to jump off a palm tree...
...Like all Frenchmen," said he, "Maginot was profoundly devoted to peace, but he considered that France unarmed was exposed to aggressions which would imperil not only France's existence but the stability of Europe...
...half again as much); she could count her unemployed in hundreds of thousands while Britain and Germany counted theirs in millions; but her trade balance has turned adverse: her U. S. tourists dwindled from 300,000 in 1929 to 100,000 in 1931. The conviction is strong among Frenchmen that they are just entering hard times...