Word: austen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harassed Delegate. Sir Austen Chamberlain was that harassed delegate. Before going to Geneva he had been mercilessly grilled in the British House of Commons as to whether he would attempt to support the candidacy of Poland for a permanent seat in the League Council. (See TIME, March 8, THE LEAGUE; and FRANCE, "Briand Falls," herein...
...Commons, Mr. David Lloyd George was in high feather as he twitted Sir Austen. Mr. George openly hinted that the Foreign Secretary had agreed to help France "pack" the League Council against Germany. Said he: "Aha! to Poland in this connection...
...London editors refer to Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain as "Monsieur...
...usually imperturable Manchester Guardian cried: "Sir Austen Chamberlain stands almost alone in this country in his willingness to open the door of the League Council to French intrigue. It is difficult to believe that he has or can obtain the support of the Cabinet. He will certainly never obtain that of the country. . . . If he persists in his present line of action, the tender shoot of Locarno will wither at birth...
Having harkened well to this tempest about his ears, whooped up by editors who called him "Monsieur" Chamberlain, Sir Austen at length announced in the House of Commons that the Government position in this matter was as yet undetermined. An Honorable Member queried: "Is it not a fact that the extraordinary League session now assembling is being convoked to deal exclusively with the question of Germany's admission?" Testily Sir Austen snapped: "That is no fact...