Abstract

Editorials

The article focuses on political developments in various parts of the world. The Dutch Government, despite the utmost pressure that Great Britain and the United States could bring to bear, refused to make an arrangement whereby they might use the Dutch ships. The war of 1917-1918 has brought much talk of the achievement of American unity. It would be far nearer the truth to say that it has revealed American unity. It is more than a clean bill of health which the navy got from the House Committee on Naval Affairs, after a long and careful inquiry into every branch of the service. The arguments advanced at Albany last week in favor of a return to the convention system of making nominations will strengthen the ease for the direct primary under the conditions that prevail in the Eastern States.