Word: accordingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meanwhile, in the Chaco region, where the little strip is located, it was said that the soldiers were "digging themselves in," preparing for hostilities; and it was hoped that the conference in Buenos Aires would arrive at a settlement before the troops made an accord impossible by attempting simultaneously to occupy the disputed territory...
...each, speaks volumes for the distance the two onetime enemies have traveled since the War. Up to 1914, trade between the two countries was regulated by the Treaty of Frankfort, which ended the war of 1870-71. Since the World War, there has been no well-defined commercial accord, trade being subject to a general agreement, except in the case of specific articles, on the basis of the customs laws of both nations, which has been governed in turn by certain provisions of the Versailles Treaty...
...accord is not without deep concern to the U. S. There is now every prospect that the duties fixed for German goods in several hundred different categories will soon be applied to U. S. products, and will therefore have an adverse influence on French imports from the U. S. on account of higher U. S. prices and the great shipment distances involved. U. S. businessmen in France were accordingly hopeful that the Franco-German Treaty will have the effect of hastening the conclusion of a U. S.-French treaty, which they feel is badly needed to protect their legitimate interests...
...accord now reached represents a compromise obviously unsatisfactory to the Persians, who sought to raise the trade limit to 35,000,000 rubles. The threat^ of the railway is primarily inspired by British influence, which aims at strengthening Persia as a buffer state between India and Russia...
Patience was not shown last week by the delegations at Geneva. On the contrary their members seemed weary of negotiation and content to let the Parley gutter out at the forthcoming third plenary session. Meanwhile the chief hope for accord seemed to lie in an agreement between U. S. President Calvin Coolidge and British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, now in Canada (see COMMONWEALTH). When this project was broached by newsgatherers to Mr. Baldwin he said...