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United States are bound to be friendly by virtue of the geographical positions of the two countries. Likewise, the political and economic ties of the two countries assure continued friendly relations. War talk is powerless in the presence of the solid facts...
Offensively the Crimson team was slovenly and dull. When it tried to break through the scrub line, it was powerless. Not until the last few minutes of play did Coach Fisher's eleven score a first down...
...refusal of the King, for example, to accept the resignation of a Ministry defeated in Parliament would have serious effect, but Parliament could not legally force the Cabinet to retire. It would be powerless to legislate, for the King's consent is necessary to each Parliamentary bill before it can become law. All it could do, short of causing a revolution, would be to refuse to vote supplies, thereby depriving the Government of money with which to conduct its business; or to decline to pass any measures framed by the Government, thereby deadlocking the legislature...
...nations are arming as hard as they can, and what about democracy?-just look at the cables from over the whole world. Dictatorship of some sort or other is the favorite idea. The only good the War did is to show that a nation, not well armed, is powerless, and that such a nation gets no help from anybody." Maximilian Harden, German editor, intractable enemy of the Hohen- zollerns: "The certainty that war has lost its last glowing charm of romantic chivalry or knighthood, that it has lost the manly nobility of a fight to be decided by personal valor...
...Before the fountain they stopped and took some pictures. Immediately the crowd rushed upon the Americans, crying out that they were Bahaists. They dragged them from the carriage, cut them, beat them. In vain did native servants of missionaries explain that the Americans were not Bahaists. The police were powerless to stop the infuriated mob. Four hours later, Vice Consul Imbrie was dead; Seymour was taken to a hospital in a critical condition...