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Petition Squelched. Roman Catholic attempts to secure six million signatures for a petition of protest to be presented to the Mexican Parliament resulted in the presentation to that body last week of the petition-signed by 162,830 persons. The Mexican Chamber of Deputies refused to act upon the petition by a vote...
Byng-King, This highly technical issue grew out of the refusal of Baron Byng, Governor General of Canada, to dissolve Parliament on the "advice" of Liberal Leader William Lyon Mackenzie King (TiME, July 5) who was at the time Premier. Not for many a year has a Governor General of Canada refused to heed such "advice" from a Premier, and accordingly the Liberals were able to ruffle the pride of Canadians by the slogan: "Is Canada a (locally autonomous) Dominion, or a (subservient) Crown Colony...
...Conservatives pointed out that Baron Byng acted within his rights. Mr. King, defeated in the House of Commons, was forced to resign as Premier and was succeeded by Conservative Premier Arthur Meighen (TiME, July 12). The Liberals swiftly retorted that when Premier Meighen "advised" the Governor General to dissolve Parliament (TIME, July 12) Baron Byng complied at once...
...Women were allowed to vote during the plebiscite, whereas they have never been allowed to vote in the elections for the Cortes (Parliament: now suppressed...
...retirement as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U. S. Steel Corp. I go to the office every day and stay as long as anyone. Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor, cheered me up by a bit of smart rhetoric. 'Gladstone,' he said, 'ran the British Parliament when he was past 80; Von Moltke ran the German army when past 80, Pope Leo ran the world-wide Catholic Church...