Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seating of the Smith boat follows; bow, Wells Knierim; 2, E. J. Briesen; 3, S. C. Millett; 4, C. C. Gray; 5, Dean Chamberlain; 6 H. K. McCain; 7, H. C. Winthringham; stroke, James De Normandie; cox., R. H. Crawford...
...Citizens of the U. S. favorable to the League of Nations recalled a statement of Sir Austen Chamberlain that the special Court conference is a mere common sense measure designed to get swift action upon the U. S. Senate's reservations by the nations already adherent to the World Court...
...indulged in antics last week which seriously weakened the popular myth that Britons are a stolid and decorous race. The Government had announced its intention of jamming through a bill empowering it to cut down disbursements to the health insurance fund; and a certain arrogance manifested by Mr. Neville Chamberlain,* the Minister of Health, roused the Opposition leaders to obstructionist tactics which rapidly degenerated into low comedy...
Brazil to Blame. Sir Austen Chamberlain declared privately before a committee representing all parties in the House that Britain will oppose the granting of a new permanent League Council seat to any nation other than Germany at the September League session. He added that, unless Brazil agrees not to repeat her veto tactics against Germany, Brazil will not be re-elected to her present nonpermanent seat. Sir Austen declared positively that Brazil's recent act blocking Germany's entrance to the League was due solely to orders from Rio de Janeiro, which he personally believed were given on account...
...midnight, Premier Stanley Baldwin arose to turn on the Government's Conservative steam roller in defense of Sir Austen. Humorously he twitted Mr. George with "clothing himself in an air of lachrymosity" and basing his accusations upon "necromantic divinations of conversations which never occurred" (i.e., between Briand and Chamberlain). Finally he spread soothing words as with a trowel; implied that the League was none the worse for its "manifestation of human nature not wholly of a happy kind...