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After that nothing but approving votes were heard until Siam's Assemblyman softly murmured "Abstain."* Other abstainees who either sent no Assemblyman or simply did not vote totaled 13: Abyssinia, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Honduras, Irak, Liberia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador. Gravely President Hymans read out the final count: 42 to 1-hailed in Geneva as "The World against Japan!" Ruling that the Committee of 19's recommendations had been adopted "unanimously,"* Mr. Hymans called Japan a land "which seems desirous of retiring into isolation and carrying on its policy without taking into account the opinion...
...troubles of the League of Nations were augmented last week by the fact that, in Liberia, Mr. Barclay and Mr. Mitchell are no longer on speaking terms. All official communications from the U. S. and Liberian Governments on the subject of Liberia's decision to suspend payments on a $2,250,000 loan from Finance Corp. of America (subsidiary of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.) had to be relayed through the French Government...
Easily distinguished from Charles E. Mitchell, iron-haired president of New York's National City Bank is Charles E. Mitchell, U. S. Minister to Liberia. Minister Mitchell is black. For many years he was a Republican National Committeeman from West Virginia and business manager of West Virginia State College for Negroes. In Liberia Charles E. Mitchell is a most important...
Important too is Edwin Barclay, President of Liberia, though the U. S. refuses to recognize his Government until and unless it is cleared of ugly charges of countenancing slavery. Month ago Minister Mitchell wrote a letter about the suspended Firestone debt payments to President Barclay, heading it merely "My dear Mr. Barclay." The letter was saucily answered by the President's secretary. Back went the secretary's letter with the oral comment, "You tell Mr. Barclay that the American Minister cannot accept a letter of such a nature from...
...years ago last week, the yacht Ohio dropped anchor in the harbor of Monrovia, Liberia. Her owner, Edward Wyllis Scripps, a big bristly-bearded man of 72 for whom the yacht had been Home for four years, had the U. S. Consul aboard to dine with him. After the consul had gone ashore "Old Man" Scripps felt suddenly, terribly, weary. "Too many cigars this evening, I guess," he mumbled. He sank into unconsciousness and in a few minutes his weak old heart ceased to beat...