Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Bryan came to Boston last Monday, and has been delivering speeches in and around the city. On the evening of his arrival he addressed a large audience in Tremont Temple on "The Vital Question," a subject including the factors of allied victory in the war and the settlement of the terms of peace after the conclusion of the conflict. As a speaker Mr. Bryan ranks among the highest in the country. His "Cross of Gold Speech" in the Democratic National Convention before the campaign of 1896 immediately brought him into prominence, and the spotlight of public opinion has been centered...
...Saturday an expedition to Lincoln House is planned. The work of this active social settlement house will be explained by its superintendent. All who are interested are invited. In the evening the students will be entertained by the Boston...
...Saturday afternoon all who want to make the trip will meet at Phillips Brooks House to go to Lincoln House, a social settlement in Boston. In the evening all the foreign students will be entertained by the Boston Y. M. C. A. On Sunday the visiting students are invited to attend the service in Appleton Chapel. Charles D. Hurrey, chairman of the New York committee on friendly relations with foreign students, will speak, as will also one or more members of the University faculty...
...munitions to credits, must be determined. The apportionment of the world's available tonnage, so that Italy may get her raw materials and France her food and coal, will have to be settled. But the conference will do much more than this. Pressing diplomatic and political problems demand immediate settlement and mutual understanding. The Russian project of an allied declaration affirming the Russian resolutions concerning the independence of Poland, the Balkan problem, and China is one of the most important...
There can be no doubt that the representatives of this country will have much to say in the final settlement reached on all these subjects. As a part of the higher civilization of the world, the United States ranks alongside of Europe. For the time being that civilization is threatened by a lawless member. With so many savage races in the world, and so much rich but undeveloped land, it is perhaps too much to expect that this will be the last war. But with a common purpose between this country and the allied nations of Europe, it may well...