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Reports on socio-political and economic developments around the world. Role of the League of Nations on the seizure of Corfu Island, Greece; Pressure on Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini by France and England to accept the terms of the League; Information on the negotiations between Jugoslavia and Italy on the domination of Fiume, West Croatia; Speculation on the attitude of the U.S. political parties on foreign policy in the wake of 1924 elections; Information on the currency question in Germany; View of Governor Gifford Pinchot on the added cost of anthracite as per the settlement of the coal strike; Speculation on the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake; Information on the activities of the League of Nations; Information on issues related to the politics and government in the U.S.; Report that the organization Ku Klux Klan, victim of outraged public sentiment at Carnegie, Pennsylvania, invoked the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union in making good its right to peaceable assembly, free speech and free movement; Information on the golden jubilee of the invention of the typewriter; Statement of Secretary John W. Weeks in reply to criticism of U.S. military expenditures; Information on the new Intra-Wall Correspondence Schools in Columbus, Ohio, for the uplift of the inmates of every penitentiary in the U.S.; Clash between Ku Klux Klan and John C. Walton, Governor of Oklahoma; Criticism of the fine imposed by the American government on the steamships which crossed the line a few minutes before midnight on August 31, 1923; Information on the practice of commandeering personal property belonging to citizens of enemy countries; Information on the brutality of the British government in penalizing many luckless individuals who happen to be enemy aliens; Victory of the Ku Klux Klan in the municipal election at Portland, Maine; Statement of Lady Eleanor Smith in support of her father Earl of Birkenhead, F.E. Smith.

The article discusses the buildup to World War II. There is little doubt that Japan is planning the construction of battleships larger than the 35,000 tons allowed under the London Naval Treaty of 1930, if it has not already started to build them. The sharp request for information on this point, amounting to an ultimatum, from the United States, Great Britain, and France would therefore superficially seem destined only to irritate the Japanese. Actually, this joint action of the powers has two purposes. It serves notice that the three democracies intend scrupulously to observe the forms of international law-in itself no mean-purpose in a world increasingly given to lawlessness-and that they include Japan in the company of those countries whose word is not to be taken seriously.

Focuses on political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Information on the U.S. Navy's proposal for peace and weapon disarmaments; Discussion of the Pearl Harbor investigation and theory set up by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to warn the Americans of the dangers of fascist aggression; Information on the U.S. Government's encouragement of reconversion policy; Discussion of the Anglo-American talks on the Lend-Lease between Great Britain and the U.S.; Discussion of the unemployment-compensation legislation and the Kilgore unemployment bill which is considered by Senator Walter George of Georgia to reveal his opposition in the U.S. Congress; Opinion of Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada on the Administration bill that the main purpose of reorganization should be to return to the states the powers which, the federal government usurped during the war; Discussion of the demands of the steelworkers for a wage increase; Information on the U.S. state referenda which states that since there is ceiling on the price of cotton, one must have a low price on the cost of picking and poor sharecroppers must pay their hired hands, and cannot afford decent wages; Information on U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's announcement that he will be the boss of the Japanese Emperor, and stay in Japan until the Potsdam terms are carried out; Discussion of the responsibility of the U.S. in deciding how to control the atomic bomb and cooperation of British and Russian scientists; Information on the Economic Stabilization Act that authorizes the U.S. President to set farm wages and State Wage Board in each state, which holds hearings and then sets a tentative figure for farm wages.

Offers a look at the importance of a peace agreement between Great Britain, the US. and Japan to achieve world peace. Ineffectivity of the League of Nations in maintaining peace between countries; Details on the vital decisions for preserving peace; Accounts on the political reason for the U.S. to fight the war for principle of universal application.

Comments of United States Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes' disarmament proposals. Proposed naval holiday for 10 years; Proposed tonnages of ships to be abandoned by the three major naval powers of the U.S., Japan and Great Britain; Observation that this would leave Japan wholly secure against an attack from the other two; Inability to Japan, on the other hand, to attack the other two because the combined forces of the two is much larger.

The basic fact that must now govern every decision made by the anti-fascist countries with reference to the Far East is that Japan is leading from weakness, not from strength. The change in the Tokyo Cabinet two weeks ago signified that Japan was threshing about in the hole it had dug for itself. By joining the Axis Japan mounted the tiger of European war diplomacy. Then it found itself afraid to stay on and afraid to get off. The Great Britain would not collapse. The United States would not conveniently move into the Atlantic, leaving the Pacific free for Japanese adventuring.

Focuses on the situations that initiated the second world war based on information from the summary chapter in the book "The History of the Nineteen-thirties." Information about peace treaties that established unjust settlements and initiated more wars; Effect of the industrial depression on various countries; Loss that accompanied the boycott of Japanese goods by China; Economic condition in Japan; Military assistance provided by Great Britain and the U.S. to Japan.

Presents information regarding the foreign policy of the U.S. in the wake of impending War. Viewpoint of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding the establishment of peace; Allegation by the President that his statement that he is devoted to the cause of peace has been twisted to mean that he will support Great Britain in the event of war; Earlier speech of Roosevelt regarding the quarantining aggressor nations; Plan for a combined action by the U.S. and Great Britain for an economic blockade of Japan.