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...Chinese Foreign Office attempted to take up the question of a Sino-Russian recognition treaty where it was dropped following the Russian ultimatum (TIME, March 31). Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Foreign Minister, relieved Dr. C. T. Wang,* the former Chinese plenipotentiary, and made direct overtures to L. M. Karakhan, Soviet Envoy. The latter insisted that unconditional recognition of Soviet Russia by China precede any negotiation. Discussion was hampered by the illness of both diplomats and by an attempt on the part of Peking students to force Koo's hand by staking a demonstration in favor of recognition...
...agreement must be accepted within three days, or Russia would withdraw. On Wednesday, the Chinese Cabinet, ostensibly in a huff, told Mr. Karaghan to leave the country. On Thursday, M. Karaphan not having left, the President of China transferred the conduct of the negotiations from Mr. Wang to Dr. Wellington Koo. But the prospects for settlement were no better...
...coveted of encomiums. In their searching compilations of the biographies of great men, they find that Genius has been largely accustomed to growing up "study free." Napoleon looms out with a colossal capacity for mental vacuity, and the moral is obvious; set a lazy man to catch a dullard. Wellington was notoriously lazy. Blucher, by some mysterious prefiguration, early showed signs of his later forte by earning for himself the sobriquet of the "last-place pupil".--Waterloo was to see him starring in his old position, with Wellington showing that laziness is superior to mere lack of education, such...
...DuBois '24 defeated C. O. Wellington, 15-7, 14-15, 10-15, 15-7, 15-9; J. J. Kerrigan defeated P. R. Pease '26, 16-16, 15-10, 16-14, 14-15, 18-16; J. J. Dyer defeated J. M. Roots '25, 18-13, 15-4, 16-8, W. M. Bullivant defeated G. M. Laimbeer '26, 12-15, 15-10, 9-15, 15-12, 15-10, H. C. Johnson defeated L. A. Welsman...
...very much dismembered squash team lost its meet with B. A. A., 4-1, in the final round of the Class B inter-club tournament last Saturday. J. D. Du Bois '24, the only regular on the combination won his match with C. O. Wellington, 15-7, 14-15, 10-15, 15-7, 15-9. The setback, however, does not affect the University's standing in the league, the championship title having been sowed up as a result of the Lincoln's Inn meet a week...