Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...London Foreign Minister Chamberlain let slip a reminiscence or two concerning the famed steamboat sail on Lago Maggiore which was taken during the Locarno Conference by the chief plenipotentiaries (TIME, Oct. 19, INTERNATIONAL...
Said the Foreign Secretary: "The boat was called 'The Orange Blossom,' and we were told that it had previously been used chiefly for bridal parties. . . . Our party was in honor of Mrs. Chamberlain's birthday. . . . But M. Briand remarked that we were also celebrating the coming marriage between peace and security. . . . Much progress was made in our negotiations during that trip. ... As night came on the skipper put back to Locarno, but we told him to cruise on for a while in the darkness. . . . Several vital points demanded a few hours more for discussion...
...caution and of peace. Those qualities recommended him highly as a successor to General Maurice Sarrail, the recalled French High Commander to Syria (TIME, Nov. 9). Last week Frenchmen were well pleased as M. de Jouvenel slipped quietly over to London for a conference with British Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain, preparatory to setting out for Syria...
...adjoins the British Mandate in Palestine, M. de Jouvenel an nounced that he wished to come to an amicable understanding concerning any possible sources of friction between the two mandates. Said he, after a conference, a dinner, another conference, and a few hours at a supper club with Mr. Chamberlain...
...hasty trip to England has been one of complete pleasure and satisfaction. . . . Mr. Chamberlain is delightful . . . charming. . . the soul of candor and honesty . . . so intelligent ... so utterly frank. . . . Some continental newspapers recently made remarks on the con duct of British representatives in Syria.* After my conversations with Mr. Chamberlain I can say these representatives have always in their statements to their chief displayed the utmost desire for co operation with the French administration...