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...Rhodes, which commanded such close and pleased attention in Sanders Theatre last June, is preserved in its pages. Mr. Rhodes finds in the steadfastness, humility, and humanity of Lincoln during the dark days of our Civil War an example which may be of value to present European statesmen. The picture which he gives of Lincoln is intimate, kindly yet critical, and suffused with a genial humor. The address should receive a place in the row of classics numbered among previous Phi Beta Kappa orations...
...Ratcliffe has had wide journalistic experience in many parts of the world. He was for five years editor of the Calcutta "Statesmen," and has long been a prominent writer on the staffs of the "New Statesman" and the London "Daily News." More recently he has lectured under the London University Extension Board. Professor. A. N. Holcombe, of the department of Government will preside and introduce the speaker...
...International Polity Club will be held in Stoughton 15 this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Ten constructive programs of peace put forward by important political groups in the belligerent countries will be discussed, and the essential features of a constitution for a World Federation as proposed by European statesmen will be presented by Mr. E. A. Filene of Boston, who recently returned from a trip through the countries of Europe which are at war. All who are interested are cordially invited to attend...
...peacemaker. It is quite probable, however, that the Prize will be awarded to some statesman from the Western Hemisphere. In the present year there exists the greatest opportunity for peace-loving and ambitious American scholars and officials since the Russo-Japanese war. This announcement should stimulate our statesmen to equal in the next two months what ex-President Roosevelt accomplished...
...President Wilson does not want it; his cabinet do not want it; Congress does not want it; the country does not want it; certainly none of the Mexican leaders can want it, and when no one in authority wants war there ought to be wisdom enough among the statesmen to avoid it. The President has accepted the good offices of the great South American states. They would not like to see Mexico occupied by our troops, and they will spare no effort to secure terms which the United States can honorably accept...