Word: asquith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said: "If they think they are going to benefit Europe and their own country, as well as have a risky chance of benefiting their own fortunes, let them defeat us tonight. I shall do my best to meet them on the platforms of the country." Ex-Premier Herbert H. Asquith then crossed the floor of the House. There was considerable excitement, for the fate of the Government hung upon the words of the Liberal leader. He quickly made it evident that the Liberal Party would support the Government; but he warned them that the question must remain open. Ironical cheers...
...integrity) and asked him what he intended to do about it. Sir Edward did not reply and M. Cambon remarked: "I do not know whether we shall not have to strike the word 'honor' out of the English vocabulary." He knew that the King, Sir Edward, Premier Asquith and some other statesmen were of his opinion and that they wanted to intervene. Then came the violation of Belgian neutrality before anything could be decided about Luxembourg. There was no longer any doubt, Britain would go to war; M. Cambon had scored another diplomatic victory...
...Premier Herbert H. Asquith agreed with everything Mr. Lloyd George had said, and suggested a meeting of the Liberal Party to discuss the situation...
...shall apply the proceeds to reparations payments to the Allies. The income from this source is expected to be $75,000,000, or 6% interest. No. 2 Committee (Chairman Reginald McKenna, head of the London Joint City and Midland Bank, previously Chancellor of the Exchequer under Premier Herbert H. Asquith), had as its purpose to compute the value of German capital exported abroad and report on the means of "repatriating" such funds. The main findings of No. 2 Committee were...
House of Commons. Herbert H. Asquith and David Lloyd George, leaders of the Liberal Party, made a sortie against Premier MacDonald's foreign policy. The Premier's handling of Anglo-French relations was strongly attacked, Mr. Asquith expressing dissatisfaction with the Ruhr and Rhineland questions. Mr. MacDonald upheld his belief that the League of Nations was the best instrument to limit the existing menace to world peace...