THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: The Pencil Sharpeners

A lean faced Texan with a curious eye walked in and looked around It was his first visit. With a curious deference he was sharpening their pencils for the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations on September 4. Then he called on Sir Eric Drummond the Secretary General of The League and was courteously recieved.

Outside afterwards he was cornered by reporters and asked what he had learned. But the Texan, lean of face was lean of words on the topic. He talked a little though. He recalled the day...

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