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...false belief that their statesmen are advancing toward Disarmament and Peace. Said a spokes man for Count von Bernstorff: "Better a failure and the knowledge of where we stand than this endless prolongation of discussion!" Without daring to propose anything so radical in open meeting, the German dele gation hinted readiness to accept the following proposal : Let every nation in the world agree to limit its artillery to one battery per 1,000,000 citizens. Quickly it became apparent that not even in the single category of artillery are the nations ready even for limitation, much less for disarmament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Better a Failure . . . ! | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

...first time since March 4, Citizen Calvin Coolidge returned to the Washington news spotlight. He enjoyed the experience immensely. From Northamp ton to the capital he had journeyed over night to attend the White House promul gation of the General Treaty for the Renunciation of War, creature of his own administration (see col. 1). Observers studied him sharply for changes, found that he talked more freely, smiled more benignly, looked a little less plump, a little less wrinkled about the eyes than when he had left the White House. If he had any regrets on revisiting the scenes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Public Character | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

...gation, but the two mainstays of the local team saw action in neither of these clashes. George Owen '23, now one of the leading defensemen on the Bruins, and J. P. Chase '28, who were mainly responsible for the clubmen's 4 to 3 win over Harvard, did not make the trips to New Haven. Owen was no longer a member of the team which the Crimson upset in a return battle, but Chase, last year's captain, was one of the outstanding players on the Garden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Team Engages Club Outfit in Rubber Contest | 2/20/1929 | See Source »

...decision is based on the fact that Cornell University was limited by its Conell University was limited by its charter to property not exceeding $3,000.000, and that it had that amount before the bequest of Mrs. Fiske. The future disposition of this money which will involve long litle gation is not determined by this decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Loses a Legacy of $1,500,000. | 12/5/1888 | See Source »

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