Word: beys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Control of the Government of Tunis is exercised by the Tunisian Department of the Quai d'Orsay in the name of His Highness Sidi Mohammed el Habib Bey, usually called the Bey of Tunis?a sovereign prince. While the French have established schools, stimulated production and industry, improved finances, they have been unable to secure to the natives any political rights. Thus, in theory, the Bey is an absolute despot...
...recent years, the country (about the size of Alabama), steeped in ignorance, has become a hotbed of Communist agitation; and many and violent have been the troubles. To end this alarming state of affairs, therefore, the Resident General was empowered by the French Government to inform the Bey that the way to combat Communism is by granting the people fundamental liberties...
...forecast (TIME, Nov. 24), General Ismet Pasha, Premier of Turkey, resigned because of ill-health. Fethi Bey, President of the Grand National Assembly, prominent at the meeting of the League of Nations Council at Brussels (TIME, Nov. 10), was appointed his successor...
...Council of the League of Nations, sitting at Brussels, Belgian capital, had a busy and significant week. Before it, appeared Fethi Bey, Turkish representative, and Lord Parmoor, Lord President of the Council, British representative, pledged to accept the decision of the Council on Turko-British dispute over the Irak-Turkish boundary (TIME...
...offered peace. His letters were torn up; his messengers detained. Many Meccans left their city. Bedouins were reported to have sacked the Royal palace. From Tranjordania, 7000 "Volunteers" set off to help Ali Raise the seige of Jeddah, whence came a plea for British intervention from Mohammed Bey Tawall, head of the Jeddah Council of Notables. Said Mohammed: "Surely Britain has some responsibility-she put Husein upon his throne...