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...central idea of the League ot Nations, as I understand it, is a system of international conferences and cooperation, not depending on coercion, without coercion, without force, without any interference with the sovereignity or full independence and freedom of action of any of its members; working not for any selfish interests, but for the establishment of better and more brotherly relations between the nations, and for the establishment of peace upon the earth. That is the idea of the League...
...Kerguezec, President of the Naval Committee in the French Senate: " I guarantee in the name of the French Parliament that France will suppress her entire fleet if the other powers will do like- wise." This statement was received in Washington as so much verbiage. With the Washington Limitation ot Naval Armament Treaty still gratified, critics point out that it is indeed a strange moment to make such a suggestion-considering that the limitations agreed to have not been carried into effect...
...members of the English Government, some of whom have been my friends for a long time. I saw them and can state that the situation of France is beginning to be better understood by English opinion. I am persuaded that an agreement is possible without sacrificing the legitimate interests ot France." He went to England in opposition to that section of French opinion who favor a peace settlement without Britain. His purpose was to tighten the slackened bonds of the Entente Cordiale, and many Paris papers insist that Premier Poincare should now follow up the course opened by M. Loucheur...
...theory that anti-Semitism caused the objections is disposed ot thus: Asher Wertheimer, in his will, left the paintings to the nation, in gratitude for the way the Jew is treated in England...
...another record. More furnaces are scheduled to go into blast, and output for the current April may even surpass March figures. Both producers and consumers are becoming conservative, however, and prices have steadied, though premiums for early deliveries have, if anything, increased. Pig iron production is a favorite barometer ot prosperity, and from the present tremendous output some students conclude an equally sizable period ot prosperity is at hand. This may turn out to be the case; nevertheless, the incidence of a building boom, a depleted railway system and a foreign steel and iron tie-up have added special force...