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Stankovitch, a Serb, and Perovitch, a Croat, are sympathetic to Croatian aspirations. But there was a joker up Alexander's political will. Should anything happen to these regents he had three substitutes. The most important was the ironfisted, fire-eating Serb, General Vojeslav Tomitch, commander of the Belgrade Garrison...
Japan's plan provides for the abolition of existing ratios, equality of naval strength, limitation of offensive ships yet unlimited authority for each nation to build as many defensive ships as it wants. The last provision is the oriental joker. International law has yet failed to give a satisfactory definition of offensive ships. Thus under the shelter of such a treaty Japan could, and will if possible, attempt to build her navy to match the strength of her Pacific rivals. Once already, fear of Japanese invasion has caused a concentration of English sea power to protect Singapore and the Dutch...
...Congress also required the President to give "reasonable public notice" before making tariff agreements. This put an end to the possibility of swift and secret negotiations, without the howls and whines of industries about to suffer a tariff cut. The word "reasonable," however, looked like a joker. By adroitly interpreting it the President might start his negotiations in secret and postpone to the last minute that noisy period in which "any interested person may present his views...
...story is stuffed like a haggis with hearty anecdotes: the practical joker who put a fresh-killed pig in the bed of the town drunkard; the man who could find no peace & quiet in his quarrelsome house, took his evening paper out in the graveyard to read; the sweet Alice who was known as "the Roarer and Greeter," not because she was hospitable but because anything out-of-the-way made her roar and greet (howl and cry); the town villain's tale of Robbie Burns's entry into heaven...
...untried, inexperienced and if forced to fight Japan at the end of the Trans-Siberian 5,600 miles from Moscow will be at an appalling disadvantage. But as Commissar for Air he is believed to feel that the Red Air Force (2,000 planes) is Russia's joker, her super-trump card against Japan...