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...Paraguay bought 5,000,000 rifle cartridges. Peru, which last week agreed to drop its impending war with Colombia over the Leticia territory (TIME, Feb. 6, 1933-et seq.) had laid in 1,200 three-inch shells, eight rangefinders and a few cases of machine gun cartridges. Further to impress his adversary Yahya the Imam of Yemen. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia had just put in an order for 2,000,000 British rifle cartridges...
...that one example the whole philosophy of the armament makers reveals itself. Keep Europe in a constant state of nerves. Publish periodical war scares. Impress governmental officials with the vital necessity of maintaining armaments against the "agreesions" of neighbor states. Bribe as necessary. In every practical way create suspicion that security is threatened. And if you do your job thoroughly enough you will be able to sink into your armchair and reach the contented words of Eugene Schneider, announcing a dividend to his shareholders; "The defense of our country has brought us satisfactions which cannot be ignored...
...starts in the musical comedy kingdom of Taronia, which, despite the idy-llie happiness of its people, is sadly in need of these nice, fat, fifty-nine cent dollars. Santa Claus, in the person of an American banker decides to float a loan for Taronia. In order to impress the American people with the soundness of such an investment, he brings along the beautiful Princess Catterina (Sylvia Sidney). No sooner has the lovely lady put her foot upon American soil than she is smitten with the beauty of the land and a bad case of mumps. Rising to the emergency...
Contrary to all the confident expectations and fond hopes of General Nigh Phonnoforque, this demonstration did not go to impress the Great Man with the loyalty, fastidiousness, and devotion of his lieutenant, but rather served only to make him feel that his own judgment was not worth two onions, and that a subordinate might all too easily and without any just cause, overstep his duties and rights...
...story of the picture is very domestic and does not impress one as being particularly original. Nor does it present any new views of anything. Its theme is that of the harassed father, worried by business troubles and surrounded by a conventionally affectionate family which is entirely wrapped up in its own affairs. Something happens, the family undergoes a change and comes out stronger, better, less self-centered, and realizing how much they really love the head of the house...