DOCSLIB.ORG

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 17 Mr

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 17 Mr 208 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 17 Mr. REED. Can the Senator from California tell us of any Mr. WATSON. I would like to ask the Senator whether or other Senator who wishes to speak on the pending treaty this not, beginning next Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, he is willing evening? to fix a limitation of 10 minutes on debate for each individual Mr. JOHNSON. At present, none. Senator on each reservation and the treaty itself? Mr. REED. It is 7 minutes to 5, and I move that the Senate Mr. JOHNSON. He is not. stand in recess until 11 o'clock to-morrow. Mr. WATSON. I desire to serve notice now that we will have The motion was agreed to; and (at 4 o'clock and 53 minutes a session on Saturday. · · p. m.) the Senate took a recess until to-morrow, Thursday, July Mr. JOHNSON. May I suggest to the Senator that we meet 17, 1930, at 11 o'clock a. m.) also on Sunday? Mr. WATSON. Yes; the Senator may suggest that, but, as he treated my suggestion to him, I do not agree. That will gi\e SENATE Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday in which the oppo­ THURSDAY, July 17, 1930 nents of the treaty may have additional time in which to express themselves. I have no desire--- (Legislative day of Tuesday, July 8, 1930) 1\Ir. JOHNSON. I simply want to thank the Senator from The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m., on the expiration. of the Indiana for his kindness. I appreciate beyond words that he recess. will give us until Monday next in which to express ourselves. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senate resumes the considera­ Mr. WATSON. I am glad the Senator is so thoroughly satis­ tion of the naval treaty. fied with the situation. The truth is that a clear majority and LONDON NAVAL TREATY a very heavy majority are in favor of a vote. There has been no. desire at any time to shut off debate, but it became very In executive session the Senate, as in Committee of the eVIdent yesterday that there is quite a bit of talking indulged in Whole, resumed the consideration of the treaty for the limita­ for the purpose of killing time. There is no desire on the part tion and reduction of naval armament signed at London, April of the majority-and I have discussed it with many of them­ 22, 1930. to shut o~ any legitimate debate, but there is a desire to pre­ Mr. FESS. Mr. President, I suggest the ab ence of a quorum. vent taiJnng for the express purpose of dissipating a quorum. The VICE PRESIDEN'.r. The clerk will call the roll. Having a clear majority, we do not intend that that shall be The Chief Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators done. answered to their names : l\lr. JOHNSON rose. Allen Goldsborough Mcl\faster Shortridge Mr. WATSON. Does the Sen'ator desire to ask me a question? Bingham Gould McNary Smoot Black Greene 1\Ietcalf Stephens Mr. JOHNSON. No; I do not want to ask a question. When - Blaine Hale Norris Sullivan the Senator concludes I shall proceed. Borah Harris Oddie Swanson Mr. WATSON. That is the situation. Of course if we have Capper Hastings Overman Thomas, Idaho Caraway Hatfield Patterson Thomas, Okla. the majority that I think we ha\e, we shall then h~ve to resort Copeland Hebert Phipps Townsend to the only method we have left to us of closing debate. Couzens / Johnson Pine Trammell Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. Mr. President-- Dale Jones Reed Vandenberg Deneen Kean Robinson, Ark. Wagner The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Indiana Fess Kendrick Robinson, Ind. Walcott yield to his colleague ? Fletcher Keyes Robsion, Ky. Walsh, Mas. - Mr. WATSON. Certainly. George La Follette Schall Walsh, Mont. Gillett McCulloch Sheppard Watson Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. I am wondering who it was Glenn McKellar Shipstead that was talking to kill time yesterday. Mr. McMASTER. I desire to announce that my colleague the Mr. WATSON. I do not like to mention any names. I do senior Senator from South Dakota [Mr. NoRBECK] is unavoid­ not know whether my colleague was on the fioor yesterday. ably absent on official business, and that he will be absent for Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. There were three speeches made the remainder of the session. yesterday, I believe, and I wondered if my colleague would state Mr. McKELLAR. I wish to announce that my colleague the where the time killing took place. As a matter of fact all junior Senator from Tennessee [Mr. BROCK] is unavoidably de­ speeches kill time. I do not know how much good they d'o so tained from the Senate. I ask that this announcement stand far as convincing ·other Members of the Senate is concerned. for the day. I have a notion, however, that tho e who do speak are anxious Mr. SHEPPARD. I desire to announce that the senior Sena­ that the country should know what their views are. Here is a tor from South Carolina [Mr. SM:ITH] and the senior Senator matter which has been before the Senate now for less than two from Mi souri [1\:Ir. HAWES] are detained from the Senate by weeks, and it would seem almost impossible that much time illness. could be killed in that short space of time when the country is I tal o wish to announce that the senior Senator fl·om New simply being told what the treaty contains and the rea ons some Mexico [Mr. BRATTON] and the junior Senator from South of us have for being opposed to it. Carolina [Mr. BLEASE] are detained from the Senate by illness Whether speeches were made yesterday for it or against it, I in their families. am not certain, because I was not in the Chamber all the time, I also announce that the Senator from Arizona [Mr. AsHURST], but I think it rather difficult to say that time is being killed the Senator from Maryland [Mr. TYDINGS], the Senator from deliberately when less than two weeks have been spent in the Texas [Mr. CoNNALLY], and the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. consideration of a treaty which changes all the naval relations BARKLEY] are ab ent on official busine s, attending se ions of of the United States with the two most prominent naval powers the Interpar1iamentary Union in London. of the world. Mr. SWANSON. My colleague the junior Senator from Vir­ Mr. WATSON. Mr. President, I understand the importance ginia [Mr. Guss] is unavoidably detained from the Senate. I of the treaty. Every Senator here understands the importance ask that this announcement may stand for the day. of it. Every Senator here now has his mind made up definitely Mr. FESS. I desire to announce that the junior Senator from as to how he is going to vote on the question. So far as influ­ North Dakota [Mr. NYE] is detained on business of the Senate, encing the Senate is concerned, I do not think debate will change attending sessions of the special committee to investigate cam­ votes. No one has at any time sought to cut off legitimate de­ paign expenditures. I will let this announcement stand for the bate. I shall not mention names, and my colleague knows I day. should not, but it is true that on yesterday a speech was made Mr. KEYES. I desire to announce that my colleague the for the express purpose of delaying action until another Senator senior Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. MosES] is absent arrives in the city. We were told so in express terms. I do from the Senate on account of a death in his family. I ask that not desire to mention any names, but I can do so if pressed on this announcement may stand for the day. the subject. Mr. NORRIS. I desire to announce that my colleague the All I want to say is that if the Senator from California [Mr. junior Senator from Nebraska [Mr. HowELL] is absent from JoHNSON], having charge of the opposition, will agree that on the Senate on account of illness in his family. Tuesday we may begin a limitation of debate, as a matter of The VICE PRESIDENT. Sixty-three Senators have an­ course we will not seek to apply cloture. That would give the swered to their name . A quorum is present. opposition Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and ·Monday, in addi­ Mr. WA.TSON. Mr. President, with the kind permission of tion to the days they have had, and it would simply mean that the Senator from California [Mr. JoHNSON], I would like to ask the same Senators who have spoken hitherto will speak again. him whether or not he is ready at this time to agree on a time That is all right, but we can not sit here interminably to per­ toro~? · mit the same Senators to speak when the great majority are Mr. JOHNSON. He is not. ready to vote. 1930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 209 1\Ir. JOHNSON. Mr. President, my distinguished friend from There being no objection, the communication was ordered to Indiana speaks for the great majority of the Senate. I do b~ printed in the RECORD, as follows : not doubt in the slightest degree that he is speaking for the THE FIRST AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, great majority of the Senate, and I do not doubt that I may St. Petersburg, Fla., July 12, 1!)30. be in a very woeful minority in the Senate ; but I am engaged in a task here concerning this treaty that far transcends in The First Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church at St.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat (Keokuk
    3< j f v,. J£LJ»%.'fc30S& " The Telegraph Service of The THES WEATHER 813 i i • Daily Gate City and Qonstitu- - '/r? £*• Fait; Warmer Tonight. Local tion-Democrat is received over V i temp. 7 p. m., 34; 7 a. m., 17. ^* f our own leased wire. '< ##»»• tj> V i-y '>m? ''A1" ^ atb Constitutum-S VOL. 128 NO. 9. *' # " i, fj,^ KEOKUK, IOWA, SATURDAY. JAN. 11, 1919 EIGHT PAGES r £?T m HlnES AT HEAD I CLOSE OF RAIL Assistant Director Ge der McAdoo is Ele BLEW I Chief of Dep ment Ebert Government Grows Stronger Every Count Michael Karolyi, Hungarian Premier} Hour, While Riots on Streets t are Rapidly ^ Says This is Necessary to Safeguard World Diminishing. •SfV? WILSON */ . -i > From Future Wars. j. -*ttm Vr " afc ,1 * General Strike in Buenos-Aires Explanation of Tragedy in •> rnfrtij; 1 Rapidly Developing Pos- Appointment Announced Today Ashes of Home of Prank ' sibilities of Revo- *Former Treasurer Who Re- Blizek at Oxford ^ H THAT LIEBKNECHT IS KILLED - , lutioa. 'A cerit'y Resigned -%? . • v > Junction. ."•? Position. - , K / HUNGARY DRAGGED INTO,: THIS-WAR ^1?$$ f \ V ' i:1 •• ' -t MAOHINE , . GUNS USED r • <?*' MURDER AND SUICIDE Serious Rioting in Other Cities Including Dus- [United Press Leased Wire Service.] Present Government Cannot Hold Out Much • t .xVs*'- seldorf, Which is Said to be ynder Spar- *2X4 ^ ' "•KC/ DOS AG®LES, Calif., Jan. 11.—Wil­ Loinger, but Will Sink Into Bolshevism Establishment of Military Dictator- liam G. McAdoo, today announced -isa,« shnt- that President Wilson has cabled the Fiv® He?dleM Corp8M and Two 8hot tacan's Control.
    [Show full text]
  • Gandhi Wields the Weapon of Moral Power (Three Case Stories)
    Gandhi wields the weapon of moral power (Three Case Stories) By Gene Sharp Foreword by: Dr. Albert Einstein First Published: September 1960 Printed & Published by: Navajivan Publishing House Ahmedabad 380 014 (INDIA) Phone: 079 – 27540635 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.navajivantrust.org Gandhi wields the weapon of moral power FOREWORD By Dr. Albert Einstein This book reports facts and nothing but facts — facts which have all been published before. And yet it is a truly- important work destined to have a great educational effect. It is a history of India's peaceful- struggle for liberation under Gandhi's guidance. All that happened there came about in our time — under our very eyes. What makes the book into a most effective work of art is simply the choice and arrangement of the facts reported. It is the skill pf the born historian, in whose hands the various threads are held together and woven into a pattern from which a complete picture emerges. How is it that a young man is able to create such a mature work? The author gives us the explanation in an introduction: He considers it his bounden duty to serve a cause with all his ower and without flinching from any sacrifice, a cause v aich was clearly embodied in Gandhi's unique personality: to overcome, by means of the awakening of moral forces, the danger of self-destruction by which humanity is threatened through breath-taking technical developments. The threatening downfall is characterized by such terms as "depersonalization" regimentation “total war"; salvation by the words “personal responsibility together with non-violence and service to mankind in the spirit of Gandhi I believe the author to be perfectly right in his claim that each individual must come to a clear decision for himself in this important matter: There is no “middle ground ".
    [Show full text]
  • Climate Change Disobedience
    Law Faculty Scholarship WVU College of Law 2020 Climate Change Disobedience Charles R. DiSalvo Follow this and additional works at: https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/law_faculty Part of the Civil Law Commons, and the Environmental Law Commons CLIMATE CHANGE DISOBEDIENCE Charles R. DiSalvo* Abstract Among those who recognize climate change as an existential threat, some are willing to take dramatic action against it by committing civil disobedience. Activists, such as those taking part in the Extinction Rebellion in the United Kingdom, are willing to exchange their liberty for some putative good. There is no discussion in the disobedience literature of the discrete purposes of climate disobedience or the principles by which climate activists ought to be guided in seeking to fulfill those purposes. This Article takes on that task. After offering an overview of the purposes of civil disobedience, this Article isolates those purposes relevant to a climate disobedience campaign, identifies those principles by which climate disobedients should abide to achieve the purposes most attainable by climate disobedience, analyzes a serious limitation inherent in climate disobedience, and suggests measures to counteract the effects of the limitation. Finally, it critically examines Extinction Rebellion with a view to more effective future disobedience. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... I. A PRIMER: THE PURPOSES TO WHICH CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MAY BE PUT........................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Copyright by Mohammad Raisur Rahman 2008
    Copyright by Mohammad Raisur Rahman 2008 The Dissertation Committee for Mohammad Raisur Rahman certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: Islam, Modernity, and Educated Muslims: A History of Qasbahs in Colonial India Committee: _____________________________________ Gail Minault, Supervisor _____________________________________ Cynthia M. Talbot _____________________________________ Denise A. Spellberg _____________________________________ Michael H. Fisher _____________________________________ Syed Akbar Hyder Islam, Modernity, and Educated Muslims: A History of Qasbahs in Colonial India by Mohammad Raisur Rahman, B.A. Honors; M.A.; M.Phil. Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Texas at Austin August 2008 Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to the fond memories of my parents, Najma Bano and Azizur Rahman, and to Kulsum Acknowledgements Many people have assisted me in the completion of this project. This work could not have taken its current shape in the absence of their contributions. I thank them all. First and foremost, I owe my greatest debt of gratitude to my advisor Gail Minault for her guidance and assistance. I am grateful for her useful comments, sharp criticisms, and invaluable suggestions on the earlier drafts, and for her constant encouragement, support, and generous time throughout my doctoral work. I must add that it was her path breaking scholarship in South Asian Islam that inspired me to come to Austin, Texas all the way from New Delhi, India. While it brought me an opportunity to work under her supervision, I benefited myself further at the prospect of working with some of the finest scholars and excellent human beings I have ever known.
    [Show full text]
  • 1930 Congress! on Al Record-House 8683
    1930 CONGRESS! ON AL RECORD-HOUSE 8683 CLASS 6 NEBRASKA Donald F. Bigelow. William J. Grace. Herbert M. Hanson, Clay Center. Thomas D. Davis. Stanley Hawks. Andrew E. Stanley, Loomis. Samuel S. Dickson. Stewart E. McMillin. NEW HAMPSHIRE Harold D. Finley. Walter T. Prendergast. Walter A. Foote. Gaston Smith. Harriet A. Reynolds, Kingston. Bernard Gotlieb. Gilbert R. Wilson. NEW YORK CLASS 7 Albert C. Stanton, Atlanta. Maurice W. Altaffer. Harvey Lee Milbourne. Harry L. Carhart, Coeymans. Paul Bowerman. Hugh S. Miller. DeWitt C. Talmage, East Hampton. Paul H. Foster. Julian L. Pinkerton. Clarence F. Dilcher, Elba. Bernard F. Hale. Leland L. Smith. John A. Rapelye, Flushing. John F. Huddleston. Edward B. Thomas. Clarence M. Herrington, Johnsonville. Car] D. Meinhardt. Emma P. Taylor, Mexico. Mason Turner. William V. Horne, Mohegan Lake. CLASS 8 LeRoy Powell, Mount Vernon. Knox Alexander. George F. Kennan. Dana J. Duggan, Niagara University. Vinton Chapin. Gordon P. Merriam. Henry C. Windeknecht, Rensselaer. Prescott Childs. Samuel Reber, jr. NORTH DAKOTA Lewis Clark. Joseph C. Satterthwaite. William M. Gwynn. S. Walter Washington. Ole T. Nelson, Stanley. OHIO PATENT 0:F.FICE Frank Petrus Edinburg to be examiner in chief. Bolivar C. Reber, Loveland. Fred Me'rriam Hopkins to be Assist!lnt Commissioner of Pat­ Solomon J. Goldsmith, Painesville. ents. OKLA.HOMA. Paul Preston Pierce to be examiner in chief. William C. Yates, Comanche. Elonzo Tell Morgan to be examiner in chief. "' Ben F. Ridge, Duncan. COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS SOUTH OAROLINA Jeannette A. Hyde, district No. 32, Honolulu, Hawaii. Paul F. W. Waller, Myers. Robert B. Morris, distl'ict No.
    [Show full text]
  • The 1927 Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference: a Study in Failure Edward Adolph Goedeken Iowa State University, [email protected]
    Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1978 The 1927 Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference: a study in failure Edward Adolph Goedeken Iowa State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Diplomatic History Commons, and the Military History Commons Recommended Citation Goedeken, Edward Adolph, "The 1927 Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference: a study in failure" (1978). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 16657. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/16657 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ISa /978 GS~I ~/O The 1927 Geneva Naval Disarmament Conference: A study' in failure by Edward Adolph Goedeken A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: History Signatures have been redacted for privacy Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1978 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii THE CONFERENCE PRELIMINARIES 1 THE CONFERENCE BEGINS 34 THE CRUISER CONTROVERSY 58 THE CONFERENCE COLLAPSES 78 THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE FAILURE AT GENEVA 104 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY 139 WORKS CITED 148 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer thanks Professors Richard N. Kottman, John M. Dobson, and Donald F. Hadwiger for their patience and guidance during this project. The staffs of the Public Record Office, the British Library, and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library provided valuable assistance.
    [Show full text]
  • Congressional Record-House
    1938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 2381 case probably there ought to be a local contribution, particu­ - Yet only 2 .years ago, when at my request the House of larly in the building of levees, as .the Senator suggests. It Representatives authorized the building of 13 reservoirs on may be impossible to protect a community without the bUild­ the Arkansas and White Rivers at a cost of $81,600,000 I ing of levees, and inasmuch as the levees are built particu­ was met with the argument from the Dep~rtment that the larly to protect the community's property, the community work could not now be undertaken. ought to make a contribution. However, that does not appJ.y I believe in river development projects; and I believe that to Gilbertsville Dam. The people in the vicinity of Gilberts­ when we begin to develop a river we should complete its ville Dam are not so much interested in flood control as are development. However, I say that su:tncient work has been the people along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. How are done in connection with the Tennessee River to take care we going to ascertain what contributions ought to be made of immediate needs until other sections of the country get by a local community? some of the cake. That is the position I am taking. Mr. MILLER. It cannot be done at all. The Senate can adopt the amendment if it cares to do so. Mr. NORRIS. I do not believe it is possible. I think that It will not break the Government, and I know it will not is illustrated by what the Government is doing in Montana prevent other projects from obtaining money; but I want the in building an enormous dam on the Missouri River at Fort Senate to know what it means.
    [Show full text]
  • The HOPE Bulletin: March 2009 Bulletin —
    Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful .......... The HOPE Bulletin ……….. Health, Ongoing Projects, Education (Vol. 3:9) March 2009 AAIIL Worldwide Edition Editor: Akbar Abdullah CALIFORNIA JAMA‘AT PROJECT: APPROVED BY THE CENTRAL ANJUMAN, LAHORE INTRODUCTION Dr. Zahid Aziz, Editor of The Light, UK Edition, inspired us in his letter (reproduced below) to publish in book form the bio-sketches of Hazrat Mirza Sahib’s companions and our Jama‘at’s founding fathers, which were translated from Urdu into English by our venerated brother, Choudry Akthar Masud, Secretary of AAIIL, California, USA, from the book Yad-i Raftigaan and appeared in the “All About Us” segment. “I have always been greatly inspired by reading about the lives of our elders in our Urdu literature, and had wished that these were also available in English. So I am very happy to see the article about Dr Ghulam Muhammad translated into English. Perhaps in future these could be collected together in book form English, just like the Urdu book that they are translated from.” Our proposed compilation of Volume 1 will, inshaa Allah, include the biographies and life-sketches of the blessed memories of Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ali, Hazrat Hakeem Nur-ud-Din, Maulana Syed Ahsan Amrohi, Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti, Dr. Muhammad Hussain Shah, Al-Hajj Khwaja Kamal- ud-Din, Dr. Mirza Yaqub Beg, Dr. Basharat Ahmad and Dr. Ghulam Muhammad, which appeared in past issues, Maulana Aziz Baksh (this issue), and Hazrat Sheikh Rahmatullah Sahib, which will be published in the April, 2009 issue. Inshaa Allah, the completed project will be placed on the Central Anjuman’s official website, aaiil.org.
    [Show full text]
  • A Fistful of Salt DBA (Gandhi)
    Standard 10.4 Describe the independence struggles of the colonized regions of the world. Document Based Assessment A Fistful of Salt Mohandas Gandhi’s campaign of nonvioent resistance was a potent weapon in the Indian struggle for independence from Britain. The documents below describe one hard-fought battle: the Salt March of 1930. Document A Document B “Wherever possible, civil disobedience of the salt laws should be started. These laws “The Salt Satyagraha started with a dramatic long march by can be violated in three ways. It is an Gandhi and a group of picked companions from Sabamati to offense to manufacture salt whereeer there the coast at Dandi, 240 miles away, where he proceeded to are facilities for doing so. The possession make salt illegally by boiling sea water. The march was a and sale of contraband salt, which includes publicity enterprise of great power as the press followed the natural salt or salt earth, is also an offense. party’s progress…As he journeyed…,deliberately challenging The purchasers of such salt will be equally established authority, village headmen began to resign in large guilty. To carry away the natural salt numbers…in April, India’s Viceroy, Lord Irwin reported to deposits on the seashore is likewise London that in Gujarat ‘the personal influence of Gandhi violation of the law. So is the hawking of threatens to create a position of real embarrassment to the such salt. In short, you may choose any one administration…as in some areas he has already achieved a or all of these devices to break the salt considerable measure of success in undermining the authority monopoly.
    [Show full text]
  • "New Music" Between Afghanistan and Its Transnational Community by John Baily* (London, United Kingdom)
    Congrès des Musiques dans le monde de l'islam. Assilah, 8-13 août 2007. Conference on Music in the world of Islam. Assilah, 8-13 August, 2007. The circulation of "New Music" between Afghanistan and its transnational community by John Baily* (London, United Kingdom) The background I, along with my wife Veronica Doubleday,1 have been engaged with the music of Afghanistan for the last 35 years. The foundation of my knowledge of Afghan music comes from 2 years fieldwork in Herat, and to a much lesser extent Kabul, in the 1970s. My first foray into the Afghan diaspora was in 1985, making the film Amir: An Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan. Since then I have conducted further fieldwork on Afghan music in Peshawar, in Mashad, New York, Herat (in 1994, in the interval between the communists and the Taliban) and Fremont (California). Since the defeat of the Taliban I made four visits to Kabul, where I set up a music school for the Aga Khan Music Initiative in Central Asia. The Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK has a Diasporas, Migration & Identities Programme, which in 2006 gave me funding to carry out research Afghan music in London, and London's connections with Kabul, Hamburg (with a very large Afghan colony), and Dublin (with a very small one). My paper today considers some of the more general questions that arise about the circulation of music between Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora that my study raises. This is very much a preliminary report on work in progress.
    [Show full text]
  • Timeline for World War II — Japan
    Unit 5: Crisis and Change Lesson F: The Failure of Democracy and Return of War Student Resource: Timeline for World War II — Japan Timeline for World War II — Japan Pre-1920: • 1853: American Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo harbor and forced the Japanese to allow trade with U.S. merchants with threat of military action. • 1858: Western nations forced Japan to sign the Unequal Treaties. These articles established export and import tariffs and the concept of "extraterritoriality" (i.e., Japan held no jurisdiction over foreign criminals in its land. Their trials were to be conducted by foreign judges under their own nation's laws). Japan had no power to change these terms. • 1868: Japan, in an effort to modernize and prevent future Western dominance, ousted the Tokugawa Shogunate and adopted a new Meiji Emperor. The next few decades saw rapid and successful industrialization during the Meiji Restoration. • 1899: With newly gained power from recent industrialization, Japan successfully renegotiated aspects of the Unequal Treaties. • 1899–1901: The Boxer Rebellion led China to a humiliating defeat by the Eight-Nation Alliance of Western powers including the United States and Japan, ceding more territory, and dealing one of the final blows to the struggling Qing Dynasty. • 1904–1905: The Russo-Japanese War began with a surprise attack and ended by an eventual Japanese victory over Imperial Russia. The Japanese took control of Korea. • 1914: During World War I, Japan and other Allies seized German colonial possessions. • 1919: Japan, as a member of the victorious Allies during World War I, gained a mandate over various Pacific islands previously part of the German colonial empire.
    [Show full text]
  • Hindus, Mohammedans Vis-A-Vis Sikhs
    36 HINDUS, MOHAMMEDANS VIS-A-VIS SIKHS Sikhs have generally been working under the Hindu spell that they were created only to defend the Hindu Dharam and Hindu Nation. This purpose having been fulfilled, a section of the Hindus who have never tolerated the independent existence of the Sikhs, have begun to suggest that the Sikhs should better merge now into the Hindu fold. This spell had even created a common aversion amongst the Sikhs towards the Muslims as a whole. It will be worthwhile, therefore, to look into the facts and reality of their mutual relations. Sikhism, the Satguru’s way of life, was founded by Guru Nanak. We have seen that when Guru Nanak started this movement in India, the Aryan and Semitic thoughts and cultures were in conflict. Sometimes it took shape of bloody happenings and aggression and tyranny on the physically and politically weak which were the Hindu Aryans. Guru Nanak struck the middle way. It steered clear of both, though it passed through the middle. It was an independent approach. This is vividly and definitely made clear by the tenth Satguru in his significant Swayya that we recite every evening : Since I have embraced Thy Feet, I have brought no one under my eye : gkfJ rj/ ip s/ s[wo/ sp s/ e'T{ nKy so/ Bjh nkB:' . Ram and Rahim, the Purans and the Quran express various opinions, but I believe in none of them. okw ojhw g[okB e[okB nB/e ej?_ ws J/e B wkB:' . The Smritis, the Shastras, and the Vedas all expound so 202 THOUGHTS OF BHAI ARDAMAN SINGH many different doctrines, but I accept none of them.
    [Show full text]