Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trembling, Foreign Minister Dr. Gustav Stresemann of Germany assumed the role of peaceable mediator, intimated that Germany would proffer her good offices between Russia and Rumania in the Bessarabia dispute. He vigorously scouted the "British Bloc" story as follows: "The British Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain has never intimated to me a desire to build up a bloc of European nations against Russia, but has, on the contrary, categorically denied to me any such intentions...
Since Foreign Ministers Stresemann and Chamberlain were both in Geneva, last week (See THE LEAGUE) , newsgatherers rushed in to ask Sir Austen the nature of relations now existing between Britain and the Soviet Republics. He, obviously displeased at the question, answered shortly: "Very...
...During the week French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand and British Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, both representing their countries at the Council table, made good use of leisure moments to persuade German Foreign Minister Stresemann and Polish Foreign Minister August Zaleski, to resume pourparlers for a German-Polish commercial entente which had seemed to be breaking down of late. Once again was seen the peculiar, inherent importance of League sessions-they bring into peaceful personal contact statesmen who might otherwise quarrel over the telegraph...
...Heard peace-propagating Sir Austen Chamberlain (see above) declare that relations would not be broken off with Soviet Russia...
...protest and warning to Russia (TIME, March 7) he concluded: "It is not Britain who should have protested to us about anti-British propaganda, but we who should have protested to Britain about her anti-Soviet propaganda. The note complained that the Soviet press had caricatured Sir Austen Chamberlain as applauding the hanging of Lithuanian Communists. I say that he not only applauded, but also greased the ropes...