Word: austria
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is a small, dark, steelyeyed, supple man, whom statesmen often dub "the first diplomat in Europe," whose accomplishments would stagger belief were they not chronicled in post-War history books. Dr. Edouard Benes*; was an essential instrument in: 1) The partition of Austria-Hungary after the War. 2) The creation of Czechoslovakia as a state. 3) The drafting of the League Protocol. And in the creation of the Little Entente (See INTERNATIONAL, p. 9) his was the master hand...
...fall of 1914 he sought Professor Masaryk with a fully drafted Czechoslovakian war program. Together they organized the Czech Mafia, a secret band of patriots who spied throughout Austria-Hungary during the War, providing Benes with material which he made the substance of dickers with the Allies. It was Benes who secured the recognition of the Czechoslovaks by the Allies (1917) as a people to be liberated from foreign rule. In 1918 he obtained from Balfour and Clemenceau recognition for Czechoslovakia, as "an Allied and Belligerent nation." At that time French publicist Fournal wrote: "Benes has destroyed Austria-Hungary...
...Council voted to accept a recommendation by one of its fiscal subcommittees that the three-year administration of Austrian state finance by Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, as League of Nations General Commissioner for Austria, be terminated on June...
...Zimmermann, perhaps the most celebrated of Dutch fiscal experts, was present at Geneva last week, was warmly congratulated upon his achievements in stabilizing the schilling, balancing the Austrian budget, administering with sage economy the $126,000,000 loan floated to redeem Austria from national bankruptcy (TIME, Sept...
...week its President, George E. Vincent, preparing to print his 1925 report, briefs the Foundation's activities: 1) Hookworm-aided 18 governments, treated nearly 1,500,000 victims, erected or rebuilt thousands of latrines. 2) Rural health-aided 220 U. S. counties, 18 districts in Brazil, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria and France. 3) Yellow Fever-eliminated it through both Americas (only three cases in the year). 4) Malaria-proved that paris green prevents breeding of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. 5) Medical Education-gave money to U. S. universities or schools at Toronto, London, Copenhagen, Prague, Warsaw, Belgrade, Zagreb, Budapest, Trinidad...