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...merely a further sign of the disappearance of party boundaries were it not that President Coolidge has set forth definite issues in taxation and the bonus. The trouble is that beyond a few stout supporters, the President is surrounded by a flabby party. At present the Democrats are fairly leaderless. Their strongest champion and the only one to set up a platform a very wide straddle of reduction in taxes and a soldier's bonus has been badly smirched in the oil battle; Senator Underwood has never been strong; and Senator Ralston is known to most people only...
After five leaderless months in the University, the class of 1927 will elect today the officers who will guide it for the remainder of the year. The balloting will take place at Standish Hall from 8 in the morning until 6 at night and at Sever Hall from 8.30 to 1 o'clock...
Temporarily at least Chancellor Stresemann and his government appear to have greater worries than that of a Rhineland Republic. The very fact that its population has been scattered and rendered leaderless by France, thus making the putsch easy for the handful who consummated it, points to the instability of the new state. The crisis in Bavaria where Reactionary forces are concentrated and organized, and the rumbling of Communists antagonistic to Bavaria have a far more ominous appearance...
...soldiers of the Governor of Chihli. President Li was forced to resign. He had, however, taken the precaution of giving his seals of office to Mrs. Li before leaving the Chinese capital. Application of the "third degree" made Li speak and Mrs. Li hand over the seals to the leaderless Cabinet in Peking...