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Angered afresh, Consul Dominguez replied instantly to Secretary MacDonald, also by special messenger: ". . . In my belief your excuse is puerile. My protest to the governor for the insult you made ... still remains until his excellency replies to me. ... In view of the seriousness and import because of my position as consul for Mexico the matter remains wholly to be settled between the head of the State and myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: MEXICAN GENERAL | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...Lindbergh, punctual messenger, delivered the resolution when he reached Washington. President Coolidge also received a cablegram from President Antonio Barcelo of the Porto Rican Senate and Speaker Jose Toussoto of the Puerto Rican House, confirming the resolution's import. Disappointed, hurt, President Coolidge delayed answering until last fortnight, when he wrote a long letter to Horace Mann Towner, the onetime (1911-23) Congressman from Iowa whom President Harding made Governor of Porto Rico five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Injured Innocence | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

...musical comedy which harks back to the 1860's, and passes two acts flowing about in crinolines. The plot, as is usual, is not of great import, but what there is of it concerns the love of a Crinoline Girl for the Prince of Wales of that era. Raymond Hitchcock, who must date from at least 1860 himself, makes frantic and exceedingly long-winded attempts to inject humor into the proceedings. At times he succeeds admirably, but for the most part the humorous stretches are too long, and consequently far too thin...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/23/1928 | See Source »

...trying to find a means of flight, and many famous names are associated with the attempts. Now that the immediate end has been accomplished, it seems trivial for the Smithsonian Institute to quibble with one of the inventors who were chiefly responsible for the success. It is of little import whether the contributions of the Wrights were or were not minor improvements which only added the finishing touches to a mechanism almost complete. The fact remains that they gave final impetus to what is now one of the greatest of modern industries. It is equally true that there is honor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREATER GLORY | 3/3/1928 | See Source »

Throughout the week Chancellor Seipel masked the import of his visit to Prague under the excuse that he was there to lecture on The World Outlook. This he dutifully did before a huge, enthusiastic audience in which sat and applauded Dr. Benes, biggest little statesman in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Sugar Plum | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

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