Rangoon intrigue and a fugitive in disguise
Elsa Chetwood, traveling alone in Penang and Rangoon, encounters Warrington a Parrot & Co. associate accused of theft. A U.S. consul general investigates a cablegram about restitution while Elsa faces gossip and a looming moral test as Warrington begs to return to America.
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Parrot & Co
Rangoon
Aloe
Chetwood
Atrington
Atrington Parrot
Rangoot
Warington
Newell Craig
Filda
Craig
Warrington
Elsa
Craece
Ae Low
R Hington
Atala
Shela
Ashe
Stump Mei
States
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Irrawaddy
Ali
Warrington, Parrot & Co
Mallow
Wise
Yokohama
Taarleau
Elna Chetwood
Prome
Hera
Udaipur
Prince's Railway
Miss Chetwood
Warrington Rose
Uti
Mal. Jon
Andes Construction Company
Lisa
Penang
Ilsa
Bisa
America
Jim
San Francisco
Michnael
Michael
Excerpt from Chapter Xiil Reveals Diplomatic Tension
A ten year stretch frames a scene with a consul general and a poised, well-dressed interlocutor seeking private discussion. The diplomat anticipates introductions and social obeisance while a discreet private talk is requested in a tense, literary exchange set in an embassy milieu.
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Myn
League to Enforce Peace Formed in Philadelphia
In Independence Hall Philadelphia on the anniversary of Bunker Hill a group launched the League to Enforce Peace American Branch led by former President Taft as permanent president. The body urged a working union of sovereign nations with a judicial tribunal for disputes and a conciliation council, and joint economic and military measures to enforce peace.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Bunker Hill
League of Nations
League To
Taft
United States
Council of
Bryan proposes mediation as path to prevent war
In his third section on The Causeless War former Secretary of State Bryan urges universal extension of his peace treaty plan via an investigation commission and international agreement. Mediation is described as the means to bring belligerents to conference and delay disputes to avert future wars.
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Washington
Bryan
Investigation Commission
Carranza Ignores Villa Overture For Peace in Mexico
Washington reports General Carranza again declined to consider peace overtures from the Villa Zapata faction. Three proposals have been sent without response, the latest conveyed to Carranza through the U S diplomatic channel. The Mexican convention in Mexico City proposed a thirty day armistice to allow talks for a provisional government.
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Carranza
Villa
Washington
Mexico
Villa-Zapata
United States
Francisco Lagos Chazaro
Special Legislative Session Ends in Louisiana
Baton Rouge lawmakers wrap a 30 day special session by passing sugar refining as a public utility, enacting a strict anti trust law and granting a constitutional convention pending voter ratification. An appropriation bill of nearly $400000 was approved before midnight Tuesday.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
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