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| 1 Toward the end of the year 1920 the government of the United States had practica
lly completed the programme adopted during the last months of President Winthrop
's administration. | 1 Toward the end of the year 1920 the government of the United States had practica
lly completed the programme adopted during the last months of President Winthrop
's administration. |
| 2 The country was apparently tranquil. | 2 The country was apparently tranquil. |
| 3 Everybody knows how the Tariff and Labor questions were settled. | 3 Everybody knows how the Tariff and Labor questions were settled. |
| 4 The war with Germany, incident on that country's seizure of the Samoan Islands,
had left no visible scars upon the republic, and the temporary occupation of Nor
fold by the invading army had been forgotten in the joy over repeated naval vict
ories and the subsequent ridiculous plight of General Von Gartenlaube's forces i
n the State of New Jersey. | 4 The war with Germany, incident on that country's seizure of the Samoan Islands,
had left no visible scars upon the republic, and the temporary occupation of Nor
fold by the invading army had been forgotten in the joy over repeated naval vict
ories and the subsequent ridiculous plight of General Von Gartenlaube's forces i
n the State of New Jersey. |
| 5 The Cuban and Hawaiian investments had paid one hundred per cent, and the territ
ory of Samoa was well worth its cost as a coaling station. | 5 The Cuban and Hawaiian investments had paid one hundred per cent, and the territ
ory of Samoa was well worth its cost as a coaling station. |
| 6 The country was in a superb state of defense. | 6 The country was in a superb state of defense. |
| 7 Every coast city had been well supplied with land fortifications; the army, unde
r the parental eye of the general staff, organized according to the Prussian sys
tem, had been increased to three hundred thousand men, with a territorial reserv
e of a million; and six magnificent squadrons of cruisers and battle-ships patro
lled the six stations of the navigable seas, leaving a steam reserve amply fitte
d to control home waters. | 7 Every coast city had been well supplied with land fortifications; the army, unde
r the parental eye of the general staff, organized according to the Prussian sys
tem, had been increased to three hundred thousand men, with a territorial reserv
e of a million; and six magnificent squadrons of cruisers and battle-ships patro
lled the six stations of the navigable seas, leaving a steam reserve amply fitte
d to control home waters. |
| 8 The gentlemen from the West had at last been constrained to acknowledge that a c
ollege for the training of diplomats was a necessary as law schools are for the
training of barristers; consequently we were no longer represented abroad by inc
ompetent patriots. | 8 The gentlemen from the West had at last been constrained to acknowledge that a c
ollege for the training of diplomats was a necessary as law schools are for the
training of barristers; consequently we were no longer represented abroad by inc
ompetent patriots. |
| 9 The nation was prosperous. |
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