Word: alarmists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Alarmist travelers from northern China told: 1) that a Soviet Russian army of 50,000 men is assembling in Mongolia north of Peking; 2) that the "Christian" War Lord Feng Yu-hsiang is moving slowly down upon North Central China with his large itinerant army (TIME...
Returning to the Belgian Chamber, what seemed to be the true attitude of the Belgian Government, as opposed to the professionally alarmist views of the War Minister...
...Learned that ten Church of England Bishops and twelve Nonconformist dignitaries had drawn up a proposal (seconded at once by the Miners' Federation conference) that Premier Baldwin repeal the Eight Hours Act in return for which the miners would agree to arbitration of wages. ¶ Smiled at alarmist reports that the ten Bishops would "stump the country" against Premier Baldwin if he refused to adopt their proposal and hamstring his pet anti-strike measure...
...estimated the "bombardment loss" in Damascus, since the original or "heavy" bombardment of last October, at $6,000,000. One third of the city is in ruins. Throughout the remaining two thirds, life has become a bare existence. Thomas T. Topping, able Associated Press correspondent at Damascus, no beardless alarmist, cabled last week: "The situation in Damascus today is unparalleled in world history...
...destitution abroad it takes a very blunt imagination not to be disturbed. . . . Every nation hates us. ... In this bitter feeling there is the making of a conflict that would not only hurl us down from our high place but, in destroying us, destroy civilization. . . .I am no alarmist.-Bruce Barton, President Barton, Durstine, and Osborne Advertising Agency...