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...caps and gowns that were ordered before March 10 are now ready for delivery at the Co-operative. Seniors to whom these belong are urged to get them at once, payment to be made on delivery. Men who have not as yet been measured should attend to it immediately. CLASS DAY COMMITTEE...
...Ewell, the first speaker for the negative said: We agree with the affirmative that the creditor nation should have justice. But by seizing land they would not be carrying out the award of a Hague tribunal for a money payment. Our first objection to the proposition of the affirmative is that it is too broad and sweeping. Its conditions could never exist by themselves. There would inevitably be other conditions, and as these other conditions vary, the case outlined in the resolution will very in most important particulars. This resolution of the affirmative denies that the United States...
...policy of the past three quarters of a century. The strength of the Monroe Doctrine lies in the fact that we have allowed no exception, no opening wedge. There is many a better pretext for taking land than an unpaid claim. For the principle of seizing land in payment of money claims is absolutely unjustified by the precedents of civilized nations. In the cases the affirmative have cited land was seized by war, not by the award of an arbitration of tribunal. If we allow the seizure of land in the case of an unpaid debt, we throw open...
...them in the unjust repudiation of honest obligations. Let them once lose part of their territory as a result of their own wrongdoing and they will soon eradicate the evils from which the loss arose. Any policy which allows the debt to remain unpaid after the day set for payment, would mean nullification of the award of the Hague tribunal. Not only, then, will our policy do justice to European countries, but also will it teach South American states invaluable lessons, and support the great principles of arbitration; it will give to the United States a position unique among nations...
...rebuttal speeches for the affirmative, Lyman stated that before there can be any seizure of land, the Hague tribunal must decide upon the claims. It is a decision of this tribunal, taken after due consideration of all circumstances, that we are discussing. Moreover, it has given ample time for payment and if the money is not forth-coming as agreed, the European government has the right by international law to seize and hold land. If the negative objects to this just claim, then they strike at the very heart of arbitration...