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...justified in the Ruhr? Yes-713. No-326. These are the opinions of distinguished lawyers, bankers, educators, etc., and are not taken as representative of popular feeling. " Uncle Sam's Voters" headed by Ira Nelson Morris, ex-Chicago packer and recent U. S. Minister to Sweden-is the latest effort to rouse the American people from their apathy toward national affairs...
...interim between fact and probability speculation is still rife as to who will succeed Lenin. The latest theory is that when his death is announced the whole fabric and government of the Russian Communists will collapse. There is not one iota of truth in this contention, for during the past few months Lenin has ceased to be of any political consequence. Kaminev, weak and moderate, has been installed in the shoes of the great one; but these shoes are so big and strong that Kaminev has to go where they take him. The men who are really ruling Russia (Rykov...
Miniatures of Young Love and Old, Done in Quiet Humor The Story. For his latest volume Mr. Tarkington has collected thirteen stories in his lighter vein. For the setting of these amusing tales he selects a large middle western city (presumably Indianapolis), or one of the growing middle western towns...
...Vienna. THE HOUSE OF THE SECRET? Claude Ferrere?Dutton ($3.50). Three infamous old men live like cruel spiders in a dark house in a rocky ravine. They are the possessors of an appalling secret. A French captain penetrates to their retreat. They demonstrate to him an experiment in the latest methods of magnetism and hypnotism. Through the course of the action horror creeps nearer and nearer. Spirits summon a man bound in a trance. The whole interest of this shuddery tale lies in the culminating horror. It does not take rank with the best work of Algernon Blackwood...
...theory that Shakespeare is " so great that you can do anything with him you like," a repertory company in Birmingham, England, will produce Cymbeline in a modern setting. The characters will wear dinner jackets and the latest gowns...