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...Amid the tumult of vivas for the King, the Constitution and Liberty, a Congress of Italian jurists at Turin passed the following resolution: "From this city, which was the cradle of Liberty, the Congress reaffirms the principle of the absolute liberty of the press...
...League of Nations for days. There had been dissension. Now the debate was brought out into Chapin Hall, where the Army and Business (pro) locked epithets with the Navy and miscellaneous interests (con). Rear Admiral John A. Rodgers, outspoken mariner, "shocked" a Britisher, was hissed by a woman. The tumult over, Sir Arthur obliged by answering League questions, dubbing the U. S. "Arcadia," to keep his remarks free from improprieties...
Rowing. Undistracted by the tumult around them, never daunted by the sights they saw, eight much-lauded Yale oarsmen rowed Toronto University (Canada), Italy, Great Britain "out of sight" on the Seine, became world's champions. Jack Beresford, Jr., of England, Henley single sculls champion, swatted past W. Garrett Gilmore of Philadelphia to the world's singles title (amateur) and the Philadelphia Gold Challenge Cup, emblematic of that honor. Switzerland took the four-oared race with coxswain; Holland the pair-oared without coxswain; Great Britain the four-oared without coxswain...
...also quite naturally, reference was made to France's outstanding "traitors": Louis Malvy, exiled for défaitisme, Joseph Caillaux, convicted for "endangering France's alliances" (TIME, June 2). Everyone began to shout at once, a not uncommon occurrence in the Chambre. Then, high above the mighty tumult, a shrill voice from the Right was heard enunciating the name of Mati Hari (famed Dutch dancer, shot as a spy during the War; alleged mistress of Louis Malvy). Instantly Louis, whose term of exile was recently completed and who now sits in the Chambre as a Communist...
Love is supreme. Its voice can never be drowned by the tumult of politics. Of all times this is the Mme when the followers of Nichiren should unflinchingly and steadfastly stand by his eternal doctrine of tolerance, love and righteousness. My second duty, then, is to convey to you, and through you to the American people, the humble assurance that we who endeavor to follow Nichiren will do all in our power to convince our countrymen that the way to set American-Japanese relations aright is to walk in the footsteps of the Great Saint...