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General Lu Chunglin, commander of the Feng troops, thereupon tried the old trick of offering to share Peking with Wu, if the latter would abandon Chang. The week passed while these ticklish negotiations were in progress. Late despatches reported that Wu had refused to listen to Lu; and that the latter, having given up hope of holding Peking, was rapidly withdrawing all the Feng armies to their great northern base, Kalgan...
...next important matter was the appointing of the investigating committee. This the resolution had placed in the hands of the Vice President. It was considered a ticklish problem and it was freely predicted that Mr. Dawes would seek advice from the regular Republicans. He did not. The next day he announced his selection: Regular Republicans, Wadsworth of New York and Reed of Pennsylvania; Progressive Republican," LaFollette of Wisconsin; Democrats, Robinson of Arkansas and Bruce of Maryland. The two regular Republicans are considered among the abler young Republicans. LaFollette is indubitably Progressive; in fact he is the only Republican...
...from exploring the educational solemnities of this marine innovation. Mrs. Greene takes her delight in its practical arrangements and curious statistics. For instance, economy in ship space makes the location of the library a ticklish problem. The passengers' smoking room has been found a poor place because the passengers inevitably borrow the books. While the lower gyro room, as the Scotchman said, is "way down, ye know". Resort is usually had to the working alleway although narrowness bothers here. The librarian has to be a man whose profane tasks are not too arduous and one for whom the printed page...
...cavalcade clattered into Cetinje, massed crowds lined the streets. Would they accept their new ruler, or would a shot, a knife, a bomb express the hatred of unwilling subjects for their lord? It was a ticklish moment. Steel-nerved, the smiling royalties awaited what was to come. Then suddenly their people knelt and poured forth the ancient greeting of Montenegrin subjects to a Montenegrin King: "Lo, thou art our heavenly sun, our wish, our happiness and our sharp sword...
Last week history almost repeated itself. One half of Premier Stanley Baldwin's Cabinet was at daggers drawn with the other and the Premier himself was in a ticklish position between the points...