Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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American citizens possess very large oil holdings and other industrial property in Mexico. Ever since the present government announced its intention to enforce the land laws of the new constitution these interests have believed their business to be threatened with destruction. They have exerted frantic pressure on Washington to adopt drastic measures in their behalf and have apparently succeeded in forging the issue. Time and again President Calles has declared that the new land laws are in no way retroactive an will affect only future property holdings. Nevertheless the State Department has continued to write notes bordering on the insulting...
...President tested public opinion last week to see whether the country desires strong arm tactics against the anti-foreign land and oil laws of Mexico. The test consisted in a "leak" from the State Department to the effect that a very stiff note had been sent to the Calles government. When the note had been perused at Mexico City and had been declared no stiffer than usual by Foreign Secretary Saenz, the President had already received the benefit pf all that the newspapers could say on the subject of possible intervention.
With such a background young Cannon went to law school in Cincinnati and thence to Danville, Ill., a land of Lincoln legends, destined in another half century to grow big with Cannon legends. There he embraced Republicanism and carried it through 46 years' service in the House. His diversion, he said, was: "Raising the tariff in the daytime and raising the ante at night...
Then, too, he comes from Iowa, a land of pioneers and Methodism. With the wanderlust he combines a purpose, which for me rather crippled its appeal. He feels it "a fitting thing that men of nomadic habits should give, from time to time, some account of their wanderings to the Spartan souls who carry on the world's work. Thus may all itinerants render some small service to society, and--those who will--take the road again with a lighter conscience." Mr. Hall then writes from a sense of duty. Now a sense of duty is not inspirational--I know...
...like Fay for his authority and weaves a pattern from present day memoirs of war guilt to clothe the Allied Nations, it can hardly be a matter of concern to his reviewer. The material, say, from Page's letters, the House memoirs, and Grey's memoirs, will in combination land themselves to as many interpretations as there are readers. These interpretations will be based on emotion, not reason, and this is why some can call Page a traitor to his country, while others hail him as the truest representative of the best in American democracy...