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Many a volume might be written on why this country has not recognized Soviet Russia; in fact, a whole history of U. S. foreign policy could be appended. Four fundamentals of U. S. precedent in recognizing foreign governments are: 1) The government desiring recognition must be in de facto control; 2) There must be apparent popular acquiescence of the de facto government; 3) It must "manifest a disposition" to fulfill its international obligations; 4) It must have secured its power by constitutional means. (Policy No, 4 is a quibble, since scarcely any existing governments have attained power without some sort...
Cody watched her shoot for a few minutes, engaged her for his Wild West show on the spot. He always called her "Missie" and there was no written contract between them. They toured Europe. She hunted deer with the Emperor of Austria; won a running-deer shoot from Grand Duke Michael of Russia for $350. At an exhibition in England, five ruling monarchs were present. A man who was to rule as Wilhelm II of Germany, expressed a desire to have the ash removed from his cigaret by a bullet. Annie Oakley obliged. Queen Victoria sent her a signed photograph...
...delving into his mannerisms, his emotional constitution, stray scandals and so forth; the second, to deal with the man in connection with what he accomplished in other words, to regard him as a brick in the structure of things rather than as a human being. Both these books are written with the second purpose. To Mr. Bradford, Darwin is the work he did; to M. Clemenceau, Demosthenes' personality is not worth a tenth the space demanded by his significance in world history...
...last century, M. Clemenceau would not have treated him much differently. Here again it is what the man did, what he meant to his contemporaries and to us that assert their right to be treated fully. And it is surprising to read this book and reflect that it was written by an old man, a professional politician; even in translation it is a sweeping, rhythmic picture. American politicians must be a different breed; young and vigorous, they neither think nor write so well. The jacket hints that the whole book may be a spiritual biography of Clemenceau himself--which...
There can be but one definite, sane, and satisfactory conclusion to all that has been said and written in the last few days about the Princeton-Harvard game, namely, that immediate action be taken to return that game to its place as an athletic contest between friendly and ancient rivals, two venerable and dignified American universities. It is too easy to make verbal gestures, either of derision or understanding and sympathetic cooperation toward a common end; it is often too difficult to let such gestures give way before adequate and conclusive action...