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...countries stipulating that neither was to send troops to Corea without first notifying the other. In the spring of 1894 an agrarian rebellion broke out in Corea, and the king applied to China for help. The Japanese are accused of egging on the revolt to obtain a pretext for entering the country; if they were not guilty they were getting ready to take advantage of the very first opportunity. China landed troops at once without notifying Japan in accordance with their treaty. Japan landed a number of troops at Chemulpo, ready to advance on Seoul, the capitol, for the protection...
...government ownership: Manson; Public Opinion, XIV, 298 (Dec. 31, 1892). - (a) For public interests. - (1) Complete monopoly should not be run for private profit. - (b) For commercial interests. - (1) Early completion. (2) Economic construction.- (3) Low tolls.-(c) For national interests. - (1) Foreign governments cannot meddle under pretext of protecting capital invested. - (2) U.S. will have undisputed right to canal as a strategic point...
...Customs Union is more desirable than reciprocity because (a) it would not be likely to be terminated on slight pretext (b) it would prevent frequent change in our tariff policy...
...from typhoid malaria were sent to their homes. Leave of absence has been granted to any student who has any reason to suspect that the symptoms are upon him and it is said that a number of men have taken advantage of this privilege and have made it a pretext to obtain a recess. Most of the men who have been taken ill with the fever have rooms in different parts of the city, away from the college and the contagion has spread very little in their neighborhoods. The few cases of sickness among men residing on the campus...
...that, owing to the unfortunate action of the overseers, no other conclusion is open to an outsider who has no opportunity of knowing the real facts of the case. But when the Princetonian adds, "notably of the part of it which takes away all restraint upon exercises under the pretext of giving freedom," it is apparent that our contemporary is letting imagination supply the lack of information...