Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...affairs last week in the Philippines may well have caused Secretary of War Weeks to reflect upon his island charge : 1) On the 25th anniversary of the proclamation of the "Philippine Republic" Emilio Aguinaldo motored peaceably side by side with Governor General Wood to Malolos, a town about 30 miles north of Manila. General Wood made a speech declaring that the Filipinos' desire for independence was "natural and creditable" and that "all should coöperate in establishing conditions precedent to independence." Aguinaldo, in full agreement, unveiled a monument commemorating the founding of the erstwhile republic...
...needed all his cunning to strike off the group around the board. With rapidity and daring he has caught them. Mr. Longfellow fils lends the dignity of the New England literary tradition to a group in no great danger of being considered restrained. Professor Lake and Professor Merriman both reflect deeply. Perhaps they are led by old loyalties to compare the organized humor of undergraduate England and America; to set the Lampoon over against the Isis of Oxford...
Senator Caraway on the elder son : "I believe that this story, since it has become more or less a matter of public interest and might reflect upon the American Administration there, should be inquired into carefully. ... It appears very evident to me from letters received daily that Captain Wood used his name and that of his family to dispose of oil stock to private holders, and while such an inquiry has no direct bearing on the conduct of affairs in the Philippines it is eminently proper that Congress should make an investigation...
After Konstantinov, Vigilansky was made editor. The censorship continued. Vigilansky declared it was undemocratic. The Central Committee said the Pravda was its organ and must reflect its views. Vigilansky resigned...
...many who have sought passage with him will have many an hour on the Atlantic to reflect on questions of vital concern to civilization. In their persons, safeguarded in accordance with ancient usage, there is given to the world a profound lesson in international law. A thousand hostile commanders, any one of whom might send them to watery graves and boast of it, if actuated as the German Admiralty is actuated, will see them safely home, as in honor bound...