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...will be welcomed, not merely as an ecclesiastical visitor and by those of his faith and racial origin, but as one of the great characters of the Old World, where he is popularly known, it is said, as "the best-loved man in Northern Europe." He has no temporal power of office, but he has a real temporal as well as spiritual power of personality and of scholarship which has been felt throughout a considerable stretch of the earth almost as wide as the reach of his Viking forebears, who penetrated not only westward to the edges of America...
Masonry had its origin in the crafts guilds. The Freemasonry of 17th Century England, entered the U. S. with the foundation of the Boston Grand Lodge in 1733. Benjamin Franklin was an early and ardent promoter of the craft. Likewise George Washington. There are now 49 Grand Lodges in the U. S. with Temples in most state capitals...
Cause. The revolution undoubtedly owes its origin indirectly to the Fascist revolution in Italy, although it is important to remember that the military clique in Spain has existed for a long time and has enjoyed considerable power. If the revolution was of Fascist origin it was nevertheless based upon a desire to annihilate political corruption, which has been rampant in Spain for decades. To this must be added the indecisive handling of the War in Morocco against Abdel-Krim, leader of the Riffs. To give one specific instance of corruption is to mention the case of Don Santiago Alba...
...Blatt = slang noun of unknown origin, meaning rebuff, censure, Insult...
...These posts are an excellent bit of patronage for the President and the party in power. It was the recent increase of the number of agencies and consequent graft which occasioned the summoning of the American Ambassador, General Crowder, to Washington. The other trouble is of even more recent origin. It was occasioned by the passage of the Tarafa railroad bill by the Cuban House of Representatives. This bill provides for a holding company to operate the consolidated railroads of Cuba, and for the closing of 47 " private " or sub-ports and the operation of only 25 public seaports. There...