Word: blundered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Turk of Constantinople, Thrace, and Smyrna, and the submission of the holy places of Islam--Jerusalem and Mecca--to the authority of the Sultan. The publication of such demands just before the Near East Conference to discuss Turkey's position was regarded all over England as a grave diplomatic blunder; and the demands themselves were looked on as an attempt to coerce the British government by a minority of its subjects. Accordingly, Montagu's resignation was demanded immediately. His successor will in all probability be Lord Derby, who, as a conservative, is in favor of force to quell rebellion...
...restore his prestige, has been seriously imperiled by the dispute over the boundary of Ulster and foreign affairs are in no better shape. There is a widespread belief in England that the failure to come to a closer agreement with France in the Cannes Conference was a serious diplomatic blunder. Many think that the trip of the Prince of Wales to India, where his presence has failed to allay the revolutionary discontent, was another costly mistake. Conditions in Egypt, already bad enough from the meagre reports that reach the press, call for drastic remedies, according to General Allenby, and ones...
...Someone has blundered, but while the blunder furnished us with a great deal of private amusement perhaps it has misled the general public...
...Daniels was imploring the House Committee on Naval Affairs to beware the "naval holiday." He thinks our entrance into the League is uncertain, yet outside of it we are beset with dangers. We must have the largest navy, and to consider a five-year check or construction is a "blunder worse than a crime." The best thing to do is to vote the necessary $600,000,000 and trust in Mr. Daniels...
...crudity of this blunder must be twice as obvious to the learned gentlemen who committed it: Why did they do it? Sympathy for Ireland may have prejudiced some Senators, but for the most part we fear there was another motive. Pressure from constituencies of Irish complexion must have drive these men to lose sight of national interests in personal ones. C. E. WORKS 1L. V. E. MACY, JR. '20. C. R. STEEDMAN...