Word: austen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chief among the agenda is disarmament. Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, was credited with a desire to postpone the next meeting of the League Preparatory Disarmament Commission, scheduled to be held in the fall, allegedly to try to avoid a discussion of the recent tripartite Naval Conference between the U. S. Britain, Japan (TIME, June 27, et. seq.). A well-defined movement to blame Britain for the failure seemed, however, to be in the making...
...declared in a public session that he saw no reason why the League should not interest itself in Latin-American affairs. It was even thought that the League might be asked to settle the long outstanding Tacna-Arica dispute (TIME, June 21, 28, 1926). Said British Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain: "The League of Nations must become a reality, a personality in the eyes of the more distant nations belonging...
Dispute. In a row between Greece and Bulgaria over the indemnification of refugees for property lost in the exchange of populations, both countries agreed to accept the Council's ruling to refer the matter to the Permanent Financial Committee. The indefatigable Sir Austen Chamberlain referred to the dispute as one "that might have disturbed the peace of the world" and added: "At a time when certain individuals are trying to underestimate the value of the services which the League can render, here is an example in which, thanks to the intervention of the League, the cause of peace...
...Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) of Paris last week appeared natty, bemonocled Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, British Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to receive on behalf of the British Commonwealth of Nations the famed "Golden Book of France...
...attended with usual pomp. In the Salon of Letters, Arts and Sciences in the Hotel de Ville a distinguished group of political, industrial, artistic luminaries stood stiffly at attention as a band blared "God Save the King" and the "Marseillaise," after which the Golden Book was presented to Sir Austen by Louis Delsol. President of the Paris Municipal Council, with these words...