Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chamberlain: "Locarno was not the place and those assembled there were not competent alone to produce a scheme of world disarmament. . . . But we did nothing to hinder such a development . . . much to make it easier...
...Chamberlain: "It was the desire of His Majesty's Government to get into conference with the Governments of India and the Dominions. That was not found possible. I will make bold to say that it is totally impracticable to treat matters of this great consequence, covering so wide a range, by despatch or cable across thousands of miles of ocean. . . . The Dominions and India have been left free to take their own action. . . . The whole matter will be brought up at the next Empire Conference...
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Said Mr. Carlisle (whose daughter married Baron Frederick von Versen, one of the Kaiser's aides, before the War): "It was just like the old days at Potsdam! . . . The ex-Kaiser's Lord Chamberlain met me at Utrecht with a luxurious limousine. . . .At Doorn I found if not a royal palace at least a most sumptuous residence...
...more ceremony. The ex-Kaiser appeared in a glittering uniform, with decorations sparkling on his breast. . . . His consort (the former Princess Hermine) was magnificently gowned and all the staff were in full uniform. . . . I sat at the ex-Kaiser's right and next to me sat the Lord Chamberlain...