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...threat that Japan means eventually to seize C. E. R. without paying Moscow so much as a copper kopek. Restrained, but ominous, this statement read: "The Japanese Army has decided to adopt a stronger attitude than before in the event of future Soviet provocations." Meanwhile Moscow made an even stiffer threat, hurled by Soviet Vice President Kuznetsov of C. E. R. Said he: "The Soviet Government will protect the railway employes. The defenses along the border are now complete and the Soviet will not be forced to sell too cheaply. The world powers understand the danger of Japanese armaments...
Answering other questions Premier Okada took a stiffer line. He said that his Government is "considering" whether to abrogate the present 5-5-3 Washington Treaty in advance of the Conference. Japan, though she has" left the League of Nations, will not give up the South Sea Islands she received as "mandates" from the League, but means to keep them as integral parts of her Empire. By the time Premier Okada was through, most correspondents present were convinced that in failing to demand parity now, he was merely pulling for the present a punch which Japan will deliver as soon...
Although the Freshman team has lost only one point so far this year, a close match is expected, since Andover will offer far stiffer competition than the Crimson men have encountered in their first two matches. Edward H. Peterson. George E. Enos, Allan G. Pattee, Paul R. Wiley, Richard G. Bull and John B. Barney will represent Harvard...
...musicians under his baton. When he returned to New York in the summer he conducted the Philharmonic in the Stadium series (TIME, Aug. 21). Twice the audience rose to cheer him. But Iturbi well knew when he went to Philadelphia that a formal winter engagement would be a stiffer test, that success depended largely on the response of the men at rehearsals...
...problem of increased riding comfort. The new streamlined car had to offer smoother transportation at 70 m.p.h. than the old high-bodied model did at 50 m.p.h. This necessity resulted in the major mechanical innovation of the year-independent front wheel suspension. Heretofore front springs had to be made stiffer than rear ones to hold the front wheels rigid for steering. A front wheel bump tended to jounce the car up & down on the rear springs. To overcome this obstacle and soften the front springs engineers have now mounted each front wheel on springs which act independently, thus replacing...