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...Many people privately consider him an affected blockhead, the husband of one of the smartest "political wives" in Europe. Austen copied his father in all ways as best he could (omitting only the 19th Century orchid); he made a name once as great as that of his friend Briand; and he retired with the Garter...
...politics. The administration of the Prize is in the hands of the French Department which may call in members of other departments, as the Department of Public Speaking, to aid it in the administration of the prize. The question which was chosen for this year is Resolved. That the Briand Proposal for a European Union is for the Best interests of international Goodwill...
...Briand is the master parliamentarian of Europe. He knows when to yield even his peace policies?temporarily. As his famous 'cello voice swelled out over the agitated throng Senators were gradually lulled. In the end they cheered the Master to the echo...
...Austro-German agreement was a surprise to me," began M. Briand, smarter than Dr. Benes. "But we must place such events according to their proper proportion. The prestige of France is above such incidents! But we should not forget that Germany's manner of acting was not good...
...suggestion was immediately opposed by the big wheat importers- Great Britain and Italy-who have everything to gain from a continuation of the low price of wheat. A second suggestion, to grant preferential tariffs in Europe to wheat grown in the Danube basin (possibly an echo of Foreign Minister Briand's "United States of Europe"), raised an immediate howl from American and Australian wheat-growers...