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...Broker") Laval began with sub rosa dickering which the British Government would not acknowledge, progressed by getting the League to give Britain and France a mandate to make the deal respectable (TIME, Nov. 11) and last week was having pressure exerted at Addis Ababa. For the first time Ethiopian statesmen close to the Emperor discussed openly with correspondents this hypothesis: Suppose Emperor Haile Selassie should keep his rich native Province of Harrar but give up the Province of Ogaden in which the original Ualual Incident occurred, the fruitful Webbe Shibeli Valley and of course Aduwa, "if by this enlightened sacrifice...
...Deal," Revealed little by little in Geneva leaks last week was the current status of "The Deal" which Italians and French statesmen have been in course of making with the British (TIME, Oct. 14). In Paris its technical and colonial aspects have now been negotiated outside the fevered atmosphere of Britain's General Election by Mr. Maurice Peterson, the quietly efficient British Foreign Office civil servant charged with Ethiopian affairs. Mr. Peterson and his French counterpart, Count Rene de Saint-Quentin, placed at the disposal of Sir Samuel, Premier Laval and Baron Aloisi last week the negotiated basis. Next...
...orgy of Chinese marksmanship a janitor and a onetime Minister of Justice fell, their winging being charged to the assassin. Everyone else's bullets hit nobody as nimble Chinese statesmen ran like rabbits and the Chinese militarists formed a hollow square around crumpled Wang...
...Bolshevik? It might be best, some Nanking statesmen were saying at week's end, for China to team up not with Imperial Japan but with Bolshevik Russia. After all, so many Russians, including Stalin, are Asiatics and Bolsheviks have plenty of zip. Guardedly the Nanking Government spokesman said: "China has not yet been forced to decide between Japan and Russia, but some time in the future, perhaps, China must make this momentous decision...
...Hall of Fame is heavily weighted in favor of men of letters. Of the 13 statesmen already installed, eight are U. S. Presidents : Washington, the two Adamses, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln. The other five are equally familiar: Franklin, Hamilton, Henry, Webster, Clay. It was not until 1930, after running five times, that James Monroe slipped in. But there are 16 authors, five preachers and theologians, five educators. There are seven women, of whom Harriet Beecher Stowe is the only household name. Only businessman is George Peabody, who entered under the colors of a philanthropist. The Electors include few businessmen...