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...goes further. In effect, this is nothing more than the unfurling of the banner of the House of Osman, deposed by the Grand National Assembly in 1922, and raising the question of the Califate, suppressed by the Assembly in 1923 (TIME, Apr. 28,1923). A Kurdish victory, therefore, could mean but one thing-defeat of the Kemalists, resurrection of the Califate at Constantinople, restoration of the Ottoman Empire. It may well be that the Angora Government is only too conscious of these issues; and in view of the gravity of the revolt (the Kurds number, perhaps, a quarter...
...attract gold to Britain rather than to repel it. When the news of the change arrived in London, the Bank of England at once began to purchase bills in the open market, with the result that market-money rates rose. London financial writers at once took this to mean that the Bank of England would soon raise its rediscount rate from 4 to 5%, in order to keep money rates in London above those in Manhattan...
...doubt a highly unpopular, and some will say impracticable, proposal to suggest that a return be made to those days as soon as we can do so, but it is our frankly expressed opinion that this is the course to take. it would mean limiting the opponents of any college that undertook that change to those who did likewise. But if some one leading university one of these days firmly took this stand we believe that enough others would be glad to follow suit to make it practicable. And a difficult problem would have been solved...
...interpretation of the rule of the triangular agreement about absences of the Freshman football team was decided so that the words "Absence from college" should mean absence from the required college exercises. The interpretation was made for the proper regulation of trips by the Freshman teams...
...favor of the proposed organization of theatregoers. He advocated the education of the theatrical public. With great good humor he illustrated this, saying "When I was paged today by your chairman, the desk man at the hotel said, 'Sure I could recognize Mr. Guest if I saw him. You mean the poet...