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...concedes that he has done his best against the dragon of his riches. Incidentally, she has found that the labor workers, her ex-associates, are not as disinterested as they look. John and Rhoda find new strength for the battle of society on the shores of the Central Park reservoir at sunrise...
...young and literary Englishman- a Beau Brummel in khaki pants and red shirt, exiled from home because of ill-health. There were compensating novelties. For instance, on the night of his arrival he lay shivering through the white hours in a disused woodshed while a lion drank from a reservoir outside his door; later, he put down a native riot, shot a hippopotamus, trapped a lion, was hoodooed by a witch-doctor, barely escaped being trampled by a herd of wild elephants...
...Germany, told of the pressure which will soon be exerted to force emigration from Great Britain and Germany. "It is inevitable that Germany must renew her exportation of human beings as she did in the 80's . . ." ¶ A silk manufacturer contributed these phrases: "We have a tremendous reservoir of labor in this country. We used to say, 'Let George do it.' Now we say, 'Let Giovanni do it.' We can do it ourselves. Those who demand an unlimited labor supply have upon them the burden of proof not only that they need labor...
...claim", he declared, "that any action which is destroying the great reservoir of good will built up in America for France during the war, which has already broken the Entente, and will shortly lead, unless all signs fail, to action by the British against the French their chief law officers have declared the action of the French a violation of the Treaty of Versailles and their newspapers are now united in opposition to the policy in the Ruhr--is surely the supreme of stupidity, the very reverse of enlightened and intelligent statesmanship. France's action has been denounced in Sweden...
...Free State Government claims to have cleared the Rebels out of County Donegal by the capture of seven Republicans. ¶ The Republicans cut off the water supply in Maryborough, Leinster, Queens County, by blowing up the reservoir...