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...been guaranteed in equal parts by central banks in Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy and by banking interests in Japan and the United States. It is therefore apparent that central bank governors will guide the policies of the new institution. It is to be hoped that this factor will safeguard the interests of each of the nations concerned, will prevent the bank from becoming a political organization and will facilitate cooperation among the central banks...
...success of the experiment is dependent, not so much on the perfection of the machinery of the plan, but rather on the question as to whether the world is ripe for so comprehensive and so sweeping a sacrifice of national interests. The clause which provides that each nation may safeguard its national desires is reminiscent of the liberum veto and is attended with the same dangers. Although only the future can determine the success of the World Bank, it is certain that the plan is among the most progressive experiments...
Captain Benyaurd Bourne Wygant entered the Naval Academy in 1897 and served as a Midshipman in the Cuban Blockading Squadron in 1898. In 1904 he commanded a landing party of bluejackets and marines that was landed in San Domingo to safeguard American and foreign interests during a revolution. He saw service in the Gulf of Mexico in 1904 and commanded the Destroyer Tucker, which was in the second group to reach Queenstown, Ireland, in May, 1917, and operated from Queenstown and later on escort duty in the North Atlantic. In June, 1929, after two years spent in Central American waters...
...President Lu Yung-huang, unmuzzled at last, explained: "Since 1924, violations of the Treaty have been numerous. . . . Soviet Communist propaganda through . , . the railway is proved by documentary evidence seized in the recent raid of the Soviet Consulate at Harbin. We are constrained to take the present drastic measures to safeguard China's interests." Distinctly a threat was his conclusion: "If Russia resorts to retaliatory measures, China is prepared to deal effectively with them...
...department store and its depositors are its customers. Neither private banks nor private bankers affect the stability of the standard, normal, supervised, incorporated savings banks and trust companies which constitute the type of bank which the public recognizes as such and in which the public has many a safeguard for its money...