Word: austen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From Geneva, Switzerland, press correspondents sent out despatches that provoked excitement in the U. S. Senate. It appeared that at the instance of Austen Chamberlain, the Council of the League of Nations took measures to summon a meeting of nations next September to which it was understood that the U. S. would be invited, arid at which the matter of the U. S. reservations in joining the World Court would be clarified and the necessary acceptance gained for the U. S. reservations...
Monday. At Geneva, the Assembly of The League of Nations met beneath the glare of "movie arc lights," and chose Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British Foreign Secretary, to chairman a committee created to pass upon Germany's "credentials" and report (perfunctorily, of course) upon the eligibility of Germany to enter the League...
Wednesday. With the news that M. Briand had reformed his Cabinet (see FRANCE) Sir Austen, allegedly feeling that the Briand-Chamberlain promise to Poland would have to be kept, attempted to conciliate the Germans by inviting Dr. Luther and Herr Stresemann to sit informally at a Council meeting called to arrive at some compromise. The Germans adroitly "declined" and held to their position: That Germany had applied for League membership only on the basis of the League status quo at the time of the Locarno agreements, and would withdraw her application if not alone seated permanently on the Council...
...Council thereupon met in secret without the Germans. Sir Austen Chamberlain was alleged to have completely lost his temper, and roundly berated Dr. Unden with "violent threats." When the session broke up "the Terrible Swede" issued forth "with jaw set, and eyes gleaming with anger." He was alleged to have declared "Sir Austen's language was the most disgraceful I have ever experienced. I will not change my point of view or my stand. My instructions are specific to vote against the admission of any nation except Germany to a Council seat...
Olympus. Forgotten Homeric deities may well have laughed as the militant and ungracious Dictator of Greece, General Pangalos, assumed the style of a respectful cavalier and escorted Lady Austen Chamberlain, ever tactful wife of the British Foreign Secretary, up the slopes of Mount Olympus...