4 Americans—and other residents—in Shanghai were alert 10 hear the result of the important contest for the: Presidency of the United "States of America. Tt was seen that the eleventh-hour assessments of the position still inclined to give the President the verdict and the consequent right to another term of office. The election has been fought with more than usual flerceness, But somehow "it seems to have reached ts climax. with surprising rapidity If the precise records of the calendar ave ignored. The unfortunate shipping dispute. which is dis-Jocating trade "for. the. moment. in tH] unsettled but presumed that when the Gistrdctions of the election afe over the opportunity for getting It under "control will be promptly seized, Americans are naturally'specially.concerned' in the outcome but also know that the importance attached to their country's activities at' this. juncture makes other nations mote than usual Interested in the identity of the new President. In the critical state of, the world, America's ability 10 solve her domestic problems con stitutes a important. factor which ible bearing on inter: "The doctrine of! extreme nationalism in being sedux ously, preached in Europe, and nowhere Ig Its disastrous consequent ces more keenly perceived than in the United States.
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