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...pertinent to refer back to the original thesis to evaluate the relative merit of the subsequent remarks. It was not the desirability of communism for India, that I contested Nor did I offer a brief for jingo nationalism. My opponent's vexation, therefore, at my inability to understand communism "in spite of his efforts," is unwarranted. I contended that imminent triumph of communism in India as envisaged by him was not likely, that the abandonment of Gandhi's methods and introduction of communism "at this juncture" may mean a serious calamity for India. I search in vain in his latest...
...opposed them. He worried himself half sick lest he miss "the fun" in Cuba and when he returned he clamored loudly for a Medal of Honor. Most thoughtful citizens were amazed that his foreign policy from 1901 to 1909 did not embroil the U. S. in hostilities. A thorough jingo, he nevertheless won the Nobel Peace Prize for his Russo-Japanese war settlement...
...Author. Henrietta Leslie shows herself no jingo, displays a lively and indignant sympathy for her heroine. An ardent internationalist, active in reconstruction work, she was recently decorated by the King of Bulgaria. She has written many a novel, two plays, a pageant. Thoughtful John Galsworthy has written an introduction to Mrs. Fischer's War. Says he: "It makes you think. Yes, it makes you think...
Last week these words were sent forth as those not of President Herbert Hoover but of his brother Theodore Jesse Hoover. Dean of the Engineering School at Leland Stanford University. Dean Hoover, a recent White House visitor, had said such jingo things in a syllabus for students. Procuring a copy of the syllabus, the Leland Stanford Daily, student newspaper, published the Hoover quotations and an editorial flaying "militarism on a university campus...
...saber seems so attractive it is well to realize the essential similarity of all undergraduates in or out of uniform. A little careful observation reveals interesting facts and the playing field this afternoon should give ample proof that the men of West Point offer no inherent threat of jingo militarism against the world...