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...Nations Non-Partisan Associations Except for the doubtful precedent of The Hague, which proved to be not even an annoyance to the activities of Mars, the League has been forced to learn solely through its own mistakes. The Russo-Polish War, the Upper Silesla affair, the massacre at Smyrna the occupation of Corfu the Geneva protocol the Greco-Bulgarian frontier altercation, and the squabble during last year between Brazil and Spain have been the annual causes of "I told you sols" from the irreconcilables of post-bellum days: largely because the meetings of the League to consider problems have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BY DEGREES | 10/31/1927 | See Source »

...Turks. They yielded when Admiral Bristol was grimly defending U. S. interests at the- drafting of the Treaty of Lausanne (TIME Aug. 6, 1923 et ante).* They wondered at his prodigious activities in directing U. S. relief among Baron Wrangel's shattered "White Russians" in Constantinople, and at Smyrna after the great fire. All Turks are sure, with proved reason, that Admiral Bristol is their inflexible, understanding friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Paladin Departs | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

...University of Munich, received his degree of Ph.D. from the University of Gottingen in 1904. In 1908 he became professor of mathematics in the Lechnische Hoehschule of Hanover and then of Breslan. Since 1913 he has been professor of mathematics at the University of Gottingen, Berlin, Smyrna where he was also director of the university. Athens and Munich. He will lecture here during the second half year on mathematics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO FAMOUS PROFESSORS COME HERE NEXT YEAR | 5/27/1927 | See Source »

...nouns and pronouns. He already speaks fluently French, Russian, German, Greek, Italian, Turkish- no English. He has 18 days in which to learn English before his passport expires. He will then be handed a U. S. Army enlistment examination. If he passes, this young aristocrat who has fought from Smyrna to the Ukraine will become a doughboy. Failure means deportation to Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Doughboy | 8/23/1926 | See Source »

White, billowy garments were brought to the condemned. Placards setting forth their guilt were hung about their necks. Attended each by an executioner, they marched in silence to the Smyrna quay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Thirteen | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

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