Word: stratagem
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...Powers. At Washington, U. S. President Coolidge and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur prepared stealthily to deal with the Chinese. Lest it be thought that the U. S. was rushing too many armed forces to China (TIME, Jan. 31) these statesmen designed a stratagem. They caused the transport Chaumont to sail from San Diego, Calif., loaded to the scuppers with U. S. marines last week, but announced that she was merely sailing for "a secret destination in the Orient." British statesmen, not so subtle, baldly admitted that 12,000 British troops were being rushed to China last week-thereby enraging...
...there was no good reason why last week's crisis should not have been delayed till after Christmas. President von Hindenburg recognized this fact, instructing Dr. Wilhelm Marx who resigned as Chancellor last week to carry on ad interim. Thus by a comfortable and quite orthodox German stratagem the Herr President was able to free himself from weighty cares at Yuletide and play Kris Kringle to his grandchildren...
...sooner was this stratagem for maintaining the Dictator in power announced than the artillery officer's clique (whose prerogatives he has curtailed) fomented mutinies at Segovia and Valladolid...
...London the Baldwin eight hour stratagem evoked little enthusiasm from the man in the street; but of course, the present Government can put almost any program it chooses through Parliament...
Cuba's Week. President Machado signed last week a bill reducing the present sugar crop 10%, with penalties up to $2,000 a day for sugar producers who start grinding their crops before the late set by the government. Cubans hope by this stratagem to keep the price of sugar from slumping because of overproduction...