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...than the number of German residents in Paris. The Fatherland's trade with all German colonies in 1914 amounted to only 1% of Germany's total trade. Today such facts of economic history are flung by Germans on the scrap heap. In Hamburg last week an especially vehement colony-demanding speech was made by General Göring. Roared he: "Germany is entitled to colonies-the same as other nations-and we shall not rest until our just claims are fulfilled...
Handsome, vehement, unscrupulous Leon Degrelle, whose Rexist Party in Belgium spells Fascism, failed utterly last week to make his recent charges of corruption against popular, democratic and sorely tried Premier Paul van Zeeland stick. After examining the mud slung (TIME, Sept. 13), the Senate upheld Professor van Zeeland 121-to-6 and the Chamber, vindicating him 130-to-34, hailed his "integrity and disinterestedness." In agreeing that van Zeeland had a perfect right to receive $11,250 from the Bank of Belgium as a "bonus" for work he did before becoming Premier, Belgium's legislators sharply indicated that...
...nominally Liberals, Hepburn and King have broken violently, thus threatening to split Canada's majority party wide open at the next Federal election, and this week the provincial election show which "Mitch" was putting on fascinated not only Canada but the U. S., for Premier Hepburn is a vehement critic of President Roosevelt. At the age of 3. according to his fond mother, "Mitch" clutched her apron strings and crowed: "I want to be a politician...
...corps for a 48-hour flying visit to the Party Congress-hitherto boycotted by democratic diplomats. Noticeable absentees last week, however, were the Papal Nuncio, the Soviet Ambassador. Conspicuous among the foreign envoys were sad-eyed Prentiss Bailey Gilbert, U. S. Charge d'Affaires (who attended over the vehement protest of his chief, vacationing Ambassador to Germany William E. Dodd), who is expected soon to resign, Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson, British Ambassador, and André François-Poncet, French Ambassador...
...ship, shell-shocking three passengers, wounding six of the crew, killing one, damaging hull and deck. Shanghai's Mayor 0. K. Yui promptly admitted Chinese responsibility, promised fullest redress: four bombers had mistaken the liner for a Japanese troopship. Washington immediately cabled Ambassador Johnson to make a vehement protest...