Word: boncour
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Defending his client from the onslaught of the effervescent tycoons was black-gowned Maître Joseph Paul-Boncour, famed lawyer, author of ponderous tomes, former Minister of Labor. But brash M. Reboux did not rely alone on the fame of oratorical Maître Paul-Boncour. Impressed with the formidable forces against him, he appealed for help to the Syndicat des Journalistes, an organization comparable to the U. S. Authors' League...
...idea of a French statesman, M. Joseph Paul-Boncour, was approved by Mr. Hoover as suggestive of a means of compromise between Great Britain and the U. S. in the cruiser dispute. Briefly this idea as unfolded to the Committee last year is that under a disarmament pact giving Great Britain the right to build a certain tonnage of destroyers, she might transfer a portion of this allowance out of the destroyer class and build cruisers under it instead...
Since the new Cabinet contains no Socialist minister it became necessary, last week, for the great Socialist Joseph Paul Boncour, who has been for the past four years Second (Acting) French Delegate to the League of Nations, to resign that post. Thus party loyalty and precedent deprived France and the League of their ablest liaison statesman...
...sooner had the Dutchman spoken than Great Britain's Baron Cushendun and M. Paul-Boncour of France expressed disapproval and repeatedly used the term "surprised." Both told Jonkheer Loudon that their governments could not countenance a reversion to "Secret Diplomacy." Since Britain and France have just come to a secret naval understanding (TIME, Aug. 13) the indignation of their representatives was akin to that of small boys caught in the jam closet...
During the Council debate French Delegate Joseph Paul-Boncour scathingly declared that the shipment was sufficiently "practical" to equip 90 companies of machine gunners. In fine, the Council was too water-hearted to denounce Italy for treaty breaking, lest Signor Mussolini should huffily withdraw his Great Power from membership in the League. General Tanczos, representing unrepentant Hungary, last week, said: "We are so well content that there is really nothing...