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Those who fear the advent of a militarist of the old school must remember that the powers of Germany's president are so limited that even if this were a great national attempt to throw off the Allied yoke, it could result in nothing but failure. Von Hindenburg is too much of a political realist not to see that submission is the only salvation of Germany. He will adhere more closely to the Versailles Treaty than Europe half realizes...
...during all this, the Sophomores, who were irking under the yoke of required Greek, had not been sleeping. After playing the part of sympathetic onlookers for some time, they decided to take advantage of the situation and demanded that the irksome requirement be abolished. More disturbances occurred and Prayers were quite regularly interrupted...
...Might we not, without fear of injuring the feelings of the City of Cambridge (which we can ill afford to do), might we not offer Memorial Hall to the Irish Republicans? There is a small deserving. Freedomloving God-fearing group whom the cruelty of England has put under the yoke. But they are still alive. And here would be a drill hall! What could be nobler than for us to further the cause of liberty in this...
...Communism. Theoretically it is separated from the Soviet Government, but actually it is the most important branch of that body, controlling foreign policy and spending Government funds. Its prime function is the propagation of Communism throughout the world-a call to the world proletariat to throw off the capitalist yoke, overthrow the existing government, proclaim a dictatorship. "Workers of the World, Unite!" That is its slogan...
France. "We are going to help the Eastern people shake off the yoke of foreign domination. We shall never pay the Tsar's debt to France. We are standing firmly on our feet. The French know they will never overthrow...