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Since then the latest trial which Her Majesty has magnificently borne was the long excursion of George V to the very brink of Death (TIME, Dec. 3, 1928 to July 15). Night and day she intelligently aided the doctors to save her husband, the statesmen to rule his realm. As presiding officer of a specially created Council of State she signed for His Majesty hundreds of state papers, among which the following Order in Council was not the least: "It shall not be lawful to import any hen or duck eggs in shell into the United Kingdom, nor to sell...
...statesmen of all but one Great Power, the existence of God is an axiom and the worship of Him is considered a vital corollary of good government...
...observer, peering through a super-telescope from Mars last week, would have seen the clergy and congregations of the West becoming suddenly incensed against the statesmen of Soviet Russia who, for some twelve years past, have denied the existence of God or gods, and have steadily maintained that Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, called "Lenin," uttered a profound truth when he said: "Religion is opium for the people...
Naturally such petitions as the one sent from Harvard are likely to be received as annoying indications of impatience and lack of confidence on the part of the American public by statesmen at London. Moreover, the worth of the petition as an effective weapon of public opinion in remedying unsatisfactory conditions is extremely doubtful. Secretary Stimson, however, in announcing that the petitions in question have no basis is allowing his irritation to transgress the saner view of the situation which he could well afford to take. Although no responsibility can be directly imputed to the American delegation, proceedings...
Lately, it is true, the proceedings have been more nearly in accordance with public sentiment and it is a comparatively safe surmise that if they continue so statesmen will no longer be bothered by petitions. Secretary Stimson's reproachful announcement would seem to be based largely on recent developments, for anyone who has followed events in the conference at all closely for the past two months will agree that whether petitions were of any aid to the situation or not, they were not entirely inspired by imagination...