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...Chinese trade which Britain may lose? Japan and France want it. Therefore, the French avoided every clash with Chinese last week; and only as a matter of dire necessity did some Japanese Marines at Hankow unlimber their machine guns to disperse a Chinese mob which attempted to loot the Japanese concession there. Two Chinese were killed; but if Baron Shidehara can manage it, their blood will not be the beginning of red freshets on Japanese steel...
Northern Chinese Army, broke through the barrier in search of loot. Two British armored cars sped to the attack, three Britishers were wounded in the exchange. In another part of the International .Settlement, two British Punjabi soldiers were killed, ten wounded, in a short clash. In Moscow as news came that Shanghai, "stronghold of imperialism" had fallen, thousands of jubilant workers tramped the streets waving red flags and singing the "Internationale...
Professor C. H. Haskins '08, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, has his revised edition of his "History of Medieval Science" on the press, and Professor George Loot Moore's new volume is called "Judaism At the Beginning of the Christian Era." Professor A. C. Coolidge '87 has not named his new European history which is due off the press in a month...
...Honduras, Australia. Geologists reported that the stones had been formed after a petrified forest was prehistorically inundated by volcanic ash and lava. Made bold by successful recent raids on Nevada gold mines, bandits broke into a store of the gems laid away by prospectors, but soon found their precious loot turned to worthless dross in their hands. Softer than most gems, opals must be aged slowly in clay to permit their water to evaporate. Dried too fast, they crack and disintegrate into dust...
...proverbially good natured soldiers of the various warring Chinese Tuchuns (TIME, Sept. 6) fought lightheartedly up and down the land last week, intent as usual upon nothing but earning their pay and seizing as much loot as possible...