Word: life
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Armaments. "We shall use all our influence, when the time comes, in the building of a new world in which the nations will not permit insane armed rivalry to deny their hopes of fuller life...
...more organic union. But if it is our hope to create a more truly international system out of independent States, we must learn the lessons of the past. No paper plan will endure that does not freely spring from the will of the peoples who alone can give it life. . . . There is a cynical saying that it is often the task of the wise to repair the harm done by the good. When this war is over, we shall have to see to it that wisdom and good will combine for the immense task that will await...
...Life in The Netherlands Indies is abundant. Dutch colonials grow rich on oil and rubber, fat on Bols gin and rijsttafel ("rice-table," a huge meal which requires a dozen natives to serve). Their activities at clubs are so serious as to be nearer worship than relaxation. The social hierarchy is solid and rigid as a marble staircase. After a party at the Harmonic Club in Batavia, Java, chauffeurs must line cars up according to their masters' standing, so that 20,000-guilders-a-year may drive off before 15,000-guilders-a-year...
During World War I, club life in Batavia and Surabaya was trying. Since The Netherlands Indies were neutral, both Britons and Germans were allowed to retain club membership. Arguments and fist fights occurred. Finally the diplomatic Dutch rebuilt their bars with three separated bays-Germans to the right, Britons to the left, Dutchmen buffing between...
This time the problem is different. And the difference is the fault of an ambitious little country where life is not abundant, Japan. Last week a European squeeze was on The Netherlands, and Japan was on the alert. At the most opportune and opportunistic moment, out came a spectacular jingoistic blast: Japan would like some of that Dutch abundance, and would brook no interference to her ambition to dominate the South Seas...