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...foreign secretaries of the great powers desired a World War. The proportion of responsibility attaching to each country and each statesman is a matter of opinion, and complete agreement on these proportions will never be reached. I entirely agree with the famous doctrine of Lloyd George that the statesmen of Europe did not mean war in 1914 but 'stumbled and staggered into...
...gridiron calls for red meat. Raw politics are red meat for journalists. Were Washington full of statesmen, the Capital newsgatherers' Gridiron Club would lead a meagre existence. Last week's Gridiron dinner, though it was the second in three months, was a bountiful feast...
...That Isvestia is the official and responsible newspaper of the Soviet Government which is accordingly responsible for "grossly insulting and mendacious cartoons" of British statesmen...
...Russian note then matched almost line for line the anti-British outburst of Soviet statesmen with similar virulently anti-Russian utterances from Winston Churchill, Lord Birkenhead, and Colonel Amery. Shrewd, M. Litvinov, pointed out that no Anglo-Russian "agreement exists limiting the liberty of the press or speech within the boundaries of either country...
...dishevelled half and ink stained fingers after the last sheet of copy has dropped into the insatiable basket. During the interviewing period, rumor has it, he spends his time dashing from University Hall, to Soldiers Field, to the H. A. A. in a frantic search for news; assailing famous statesmen in their bedrooms at the Somerset, and actors in their dressing rooms at the Opera House in quest of interviews; writing fervent letters to every acquaintance he and his parents boast; beseaching special articles on anything from birth control to the British Empire. So busy is he on these pursuits...