Word: ambassadors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President & Mrs. Hoover last week broke a precedent by giving a private dinner for Belgian Ambassador & Princess de Ligne. They had a good reason...
...found Hugh Gibson as First Secretary of the American legation in Brussels and the two men soon became closest friends. During 1918-19, Mr. Gibson was detailed by the State Department for special and extraordinary duty under Mr. Hoover, then Director General of Relief. So intimate are President and Ambassador today that Mr. Gibson dared, two days after his naval speech last week, to pledge the U. S. to a most vital concession with respect to land armaments in a second blue-bolt speech delivered extemporaneously...
Next day the commission took Ambassador Gibson's cue by voting to omit "trained reserves" from any plan for the general reduction of armaments which they may succeed in drafting. Since the Versailles treaty prohibits Germany from having any "trained reserves"?whereas the other Powers may now have as many as they please?the German delegation vehemently protested the Hoover concession, but to no purpose...
Engaged. Charlton MacVeagh of Manhattan (J. P. Morgan & Co.), son of Charles MacVeagh, U. S. Ambassador to Japan; to Adele Katte Merrill, Manhattan socialite...
...Berlin the American Ambassador doubtless received this tribute to his popularity-for Mr. Schurman is extremely popular in Germany-with satisfaction if not pleasure...