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...Washington Conference is hailed as a milestone toward World Peace. . . It is a four-power pact be tween first-rate Powers, who utterly ignore the interest in the Pacific of other Powers, like Holland, for example, who has more interest in the matters dealt with in the four-power treaty than some of the Signatories. Such a treaty and such an alliance do not make for World Peace...
...type of British life, portrayed with an observation keenly penetrating but rich with understanding. It is not the best thing the author has done, but it is decidedly good. These people are so real that one is sure Mr. McFee has, for our benefit, graciously detained them be tween the book covers for an hour or so, but as soon as is polite, they will walk right off the last page, through the back cover, and on with their own all-absorbing concerns. The style is bewilderingly and fascinatingly reminiscent of Conrad, Dickens (in the humorous passages especially), Flaubert, Tolstoi...
...Tangiers dispute now rages be tween France, Britain, Italy, Spain ; some other nations have ancillary interests. The bone of contention is: Who will govern Tangiers on the north Moroccan coast, now under international control? For various reasons the Powers have never been able to settle this question and the dispute has lasted intermittently since 1906 (TIME, July...
...next meeting of the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague was fixed for Nov. 12. This is an extraordinary session called by Judge Loder of Holland, President of the Court, to settle differences be- tween Czecho-Slovakia and Poland relative to their common frontier...
...stroking was substitute on the Yale Henley crew in '96. Ballantine, 7, has had some experience on his class crew at Yale. The rest of the men are fairly finished. The crew as a whole rows a strong stroke with an excellent run. There is no stopping be tween strokes, and the time is lately very much improved. The crew was yesterday changed about somewhat. Their order is now as follows: Stroke, Hitchcock; 7, Ballantine; 6, Byrd; 5, Cross; 4, Morill; 3, Bacon; 2, Parker; bow, Nichols...