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...Germany's political and economic situation, so appalling only a year ago, is now beginning to improve rapidly, the moderate parties would seem to have some chance of convincing the German people that their best interests are bound up with the present regime, and that the word 'Republic', hitherto associated in the minds of so many Germans only with defeat, humiliation and misery, may come to mean peace, prosperity, and restoration to an honorable place among the nations of the world...
This year the Club has departed from its traditional policy of presenting European plays hitherto not acted in this country, and has chosen a play by an American, Miss A. Anthony Wyse; but as this deals with Spanish character of the fourteenth century, much of the foreign air which one has associated with the performances of the Dramatic Club since the production of the Governor's Wife some years back is still preserved. The play is almost purely one of the single character of Pedro, and although there is a large cast and much stirring action, the other personages...
...freedom of the press. According to him, it was unprecedented, unwarranted, a blot. Ending his short, well-balanced speech, he turned to the Premier, said: "For the sake of Italy's prestige do not treat people as if they were unworthy of that liberty they have hitherto enjoyed...
...Cabinet conferred behind closed doors. On the street, bedraggled urchins sold newspapers to the tune of "extra." An editorial writer of the London Times wrote: " The Egyptian Government must be taught that the practice of pandering to extremist influence for the sake of political advantage, which they have hitherto pursued, can no longer be tolerated. This is no case for a leisurely exchange of diplomatic notes and replies. It is a case for immediate and for energetic action. Apologies and honorary satisfaction will, of course, be demanded and will, of course, be forthcoming; but something more is required...
...according to these decisions, "cumulative and non-cumulative preferred stocks differ only in that cumulative stocks are entitled to dividends, whether earned or not, in any particular year." Preferred stockholders, therefore, contrary to what has been hitherto believed, do not lose a dividend which has been earned but not paid when earned...