THE BATTLE OF THE SKIRTS HALF humorist, half philosopher, a good friend of ours wrote in his commonplace book a few weeks ago: “To-day, at high noon, saw two young women wearing skirts that reached down, down, down to their very heels. Experienced a sensation not only of bewilderment but of shock. Stared. Then averted my face. Was in the sam... continued
WU PEI-FU A Single Minded Chinese
December 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CHINA’S GREATEST SOLDIER, WHO NEVERTHELESS BELIEVES IN REUNION OF HIS COUNTRY BY TALKING RATHER THAN FIGHTING SOMETHING is known outside of China of Chang Tso-lin, variously called the “Satrap of Manchuria,’ “First War Lord of China,” and Super-Tuchun, but little has been heard about Wu Pei-fu, the ch... continued
The Turk Who Didn’t Go
December 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
FROM the moment when Turkey entered the World War on the side of Germany men in all the Entente countries and in America came to one conclusion: “The Turk must be put out of Europe.” But he was not. True, his lands were lopped off both in Europe and in Asia. He was practically reduced to Asia Minor. It was hoped that his European days w... continued
Friendship Between France and America
December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
ON the steamer Chicago, from Havre, France, on September 19, sailed a large number of American students returning from a summer abroad to their respective colleges and universities. But there also sailed forty-two young French men and women who attracted equal notice. They had been selected for the scholarships offered by our colleges and universit... continued
Kaleidescopic China
December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
NOTHING better illustrates the rapid shift of Chinese politics than the fact that since the writing of Upton Close’s study of the relations of Wu Pei-fu and Sun Yat-sen !n the reconstruction of China most encouraging progress has been made in accommodating the divergent views of these leaders. The compromising of position has been faci... continued
Germany Benefits From Paper Marks
December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A FEW weeks ago one of the foremost publicists of France made a statement to a member of the Outlook staff that Germany had received in gold as the result of the sale of the Government’s paper marks abroad more than Germany had paid out in reparations. In other words, Germany was engaged in a very profitable transaction as a result of the wa... continued
Quiet Days in Ireland
December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
IN the six weeks following Michael Collins’s death there have been in Southern Ireland less of fighting and disturbance than in any such period since De Valera and his supporters defied the authority of the Free State. One reason is found in the wide sweep of dismay and indignation at Collins’s death; another, in the previous defeat of ... continued
A Lull in the Near East
December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
REPRESENTATIVES of Great Britain, France, and Italy are, as we write, entering into conference with Mustapha Kemal at Mudania, an unimportant port on the Sea of Marmora. This conference is nominally of a military nature and aims to frame an armistice between Greece and the Nationalist forces of Turkey. The plan is that it should bo followed by a fu... continued
Gandhi Jailed
October 27, 2010 By
GANDHI IN JAIL IT WAS IN A BRIDAL CAR (made in Detroit), with pink curtains pulled down, that India’s saint was whisked off to jail. Awakened at 1 A. M. in his camp tent by the British officials, he asked a few minutes to dress, and cleansed his teeth with the contraband salt that is the symbol of India’s revolt. Strikes, riots, death, ... continued