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Therefore, it was no free gift, but rather a quid pro quo which Secretary of the Navy Denby offered to the editors of a number of prominent newspapers. He invited them to take a three weeks' cruise in southern waters, beginning Jan. 10, to see the war manoeuvres of the U. S. Fleet at first hand. The trip will include visits to Culebra Island, San Juan, Porto Rico and St. Thomas, opportunity to inspect ships and be present on the war vessels during actual manoeuvres. Thus will the public learn of its Navy, the Navy get free advertising...
...Quid vobis videtur?" he asked the Cardinals...
...Pope has sole power to create a cardinal. At a meeting of the college of cardinals he announces his selections and asks: "Quid vobis videtur?" The cardinals bow their heads in consent. The newly elected cardinal appears at a public consistory (the Pope, the college of cardinals, princes and ambassadors to the Papal Court) and receives the red hat, which the Pope places on his head. Immediately afterwards a secret consistory is held during which he is given the cardinal ring and the appelation "Eminence...
...present political position is that President Li is obliged to stand in with General Wu in order to keep his job; for Dr. Sun has openly agreed to recognize as a candidate for the Presidency General Tsao- Kun. The Government party is, then, a tertuis quid, because the issue is between General Wu and his friends and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and his supporters...
...situated in the extreme north of the Kingdom of Hedjaz, and under a mandate held by Great Britain from the League of Nations. The question resolves itself to this: Turkey will try to interest America at Lausanne to back her claim to Mosul. It is in effect a political quid pro quo. Turkey will receive Mosul and American interests will work...