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Secretary of State Stimson, alive to the embarrassment of the situation, cogitated in his office. He could, of course, communicate what was on his mind to Nationalist China, but to Soviet Russia he could not speak. The U. S. does not recognize the Soviet's existence. Lawyerlike, Statesman Stimson remembered, got out, and ruffled the unused pages of the so-called Four-Power Treaty which the U. S., Britain, France and Japan drafted in 1921. A phrase in this treaty makes it possible for the Four Powers to discuss "freely and fully" almost any Far Eastern matter. Statesman Stimson...
Before many days passed Messrs. Stimson and Kellogg received reassuring news. Came formal notices from Russia and China that each would live up to the terms of the Kellogg Treaty (see p. 22). Statesmen the world over applauded Statesman Stimson's perspicacity and promptitude for his "reminder...
Easily secured by Mr. Stimson was the cooperation of both Britain and France, the latter country consenting to transmit his "reminder" to Russia (see p. 9). Soon after the "reminder" was transmitted, Statesman Stimson received formal assurance from China and Russia (the latter through French Ambassador Paul Claudel) that each would abide by the Kellogg Treaty, that neither intended to take hostile action in their dispute...
...last week returned to Manila. He was promptly inaugurated as ninth Governor-General of the Philippine Islands. His arrival caused a holiday. White men and Filipinos stood in the streets to cheer. In his inaugural address, he pledged himself: 1) to pursue the policies of his predecessor, Henry Lewis Stimson, now Secretary of State; 2) to oppose any limit on duty-free sugar to the U. S.; 3) to promote "an era of economic and industrial development." Independence he would not discuss...
...whole French debt ($4,025,000,000). The French deputies, anxious to avoid ratifying any debt agreement at all as long as possible, ingenuously asked Prime Minister Raymond Poincare to request more time from Washington. Dutifully M. Poincare instructed Ambassador Paul Claudel to interview Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. Dutifully Ambassador Claudel called at the Stimson office, was referred to Secretary of the Treasury Andrev Mellon. Secretary Mellon, himself under orders, was dutifully unimpressed. Mr. Claudel so informed M. Poincare, who so informed the Chamber of Deputies, which was then more sternly than ever faced with the necessity...