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...that status upon leaving his employment. Under the Clayton Act thus upheld, Justice Sutherland declares that it is not necessary for the old status of employer and employee to exist at the time the alleged contempt was committed. This meaning of the law gives to the worker the lien on his job which the feels when the leaves work with the intention of returning to it under more favorable conditions. It gives legal solidity to the worker's contention that continued possession of a job gives him an inalienable interest...
...gold marks is to be issued for the German Government, as provided under the Plan, was signed this afternoon. . . . The contract for the issue becomes effective upon receipt of official notification from the Reparations Commission that it has completed its action subordinating present reparations claims against Germany to the lien of this loan and that it has taken the necessary action for putting the Dawes Plan completely into effect...
What kind of "brownies" suggested this unhappy venture is uncertain. The road has been beset by one difficulty after another, and has been involved in much litigation. Finally, the road was ordered sold to satisfy a government lien of $2,500,000 with interest, advanced in 1923 to enable the road to continue in operation...
...House of Representatives a bitter feud waged over the appointment of a Premier and the election of a Speaker. Wu Ching-Lien, the present speaker, was apparently determined to secure the Premiership or prevent the confirmation of another candidate. This had the effect of dividing the House into two factions-pro-Wu and anti-Wu, the result being that a free fight occurred when an anti-Wu man attempted to force a new election for the Speakership in order to get rid of Wu. As to the Premiership, Wu's supporters were not strong enough to secure his confirmation...
...proportion to its importance since 1919, the Peace Conference spent relatively little time on the question of Reparations. France wanted security but was forced to accept the League and an Anglo-American Treaty in lien of the left bank of the Rhine. Then she was deserted, as she felt, by England and America and forced to depend for safety against a more powerful nation on her own unaided efforts. That, under such circumstances, she should insist on the literal execution of the Treaty even when that appears almost impossible, seems perfectly natural...