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...Died. Monnett Bain Davis, 60, veteran foreign-service officer, U.S. Ambassador to Israel since 1951, onetime Ambassador to Panama (1948-51); of a heart ailment; in Tel Aviv...
Tough Talk. Last week the U.S., fearful that even the sometime-peace was now about to blow up, stepped into the picture. In Tel Aviv, U.S. Ambassador Monnett B. Davis, a quiet, methodical career diplomat of the old school, handed Israel a note that was diplomatic but plain. The U.S., it said, is deeply concerned over the recent Israeli forays over the border, and it could only conclude that they are inspired by calculated Israeli policy. A similar but much milder note of caution was handed to the Jordanians...
...deadline Chanis still insisted that he would never quit, and called on his little guard to defend him. But by then the situation was hopeless, and the foreign diplomatic corps intervened to avert bloodshed. Just before 2 o'clock a committee of ten diplomats, including U.S. Ambassador Monnett B. Davis, arrived at the police station to ask for a ten-minute extension. They telephoned the palace, where Chanis was now ready to compromise: he would resign if Remón would...
...present, for the purposes of keeping tins brief, let me state just these points: 1) Monnett B. Davis, American Consul at Shanghai, fears the situation to be so dark that there exists in China a fuse leading to a huge bomb, and that this fuse is burning rapidly, and only very sensational action can cut it and prevent the bomb from blowing up in our faces; 2) Mr. Tsuyee Pel; Governor of the Central Bank (China's official currency), felt the situation so dark a year ago that he resigned his post to devote his time to planning...
...following matches in the third round of the doubles will be played to-day at 1:30 o'clock: H. S. Deming 2L. and J. C. Monnett 2L. vs. F. F. de Rham 3L. and G. P. Gardiner, Jr., '10; A. Fraser-Campbell '08 and S. T. Stackpole '07 vs. C. R. Leonard '08 and W. H. Y. Hackett '08; D. V. Leland Sp. and J. L. Swarts '07 vs. J. M. Morse '07 and R. S. Lovering...