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...nationalism, the charitable support of colonial possessions, however Christian, must be swept away. Philippine motes are ocularly harmless compared with the beam of depression. The McDuffie Bill remains a rough-hewn measure, but, even if Congress insists on eating its cake and having it too, there's time to munch the crumbs later. JUDAS...
...soldiery to "deal with bandits on the Siberian frontier" doesn't bother anyone but the Russians, who, as everyone knows, don't count. In fact, all the European countries are wishing they could run excursion trains into the maritime provinces in the spring to cheer the Japs as they munch the bored cadavers of stagnant Siberians. In short, the world is walking on its heels; it has a glassy eye and waddles like a duck; instead of the music of the spheres, the snore of nations now regales the public ear, and even the esoteric mouthing of peripatetic anarchists...
...generally dashes for the dining room and claws angry gashes in the leather seats of the ponderous Empire furniture. Fifi Vollard does not mind for he has two dining rooms, one to exhibit his furniture and another smaller closet off the kitchen where he is apt to retire and munch raw peaches while would-be purchasers are left alone in a silent house full of pictures...
...save the energy of men & mounts until the scene of battle is reached, just as racehorses are vanned to meets. The actual ''marching" time was three days; on foot it would have taken six days. The horses rode eight to a trailer, standing sidewise with hay to munch in their traveling stalls which soldiers had built for them out of the Fort Bliss junkyard...
There were cheers (at last) for Russia's Foreign Minister who always used to be hissed or ignored (TIME, May 6, 1929, et seq.). Only Danish Foreign Minister Dr. Munch had the courage to drag Reparations into the Conference, and also tariffs. He flayed both as potential war causes...