Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Parliament opened last week and the House of Commons ratified the Locarno Treaties by a vote of 375 to 13, thus setting a great seal of triumph upon the labors of two men named Chamberlain, one living and one dead-Austen Chamberlain, His Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who negotiated the Locarno Treaties (TIME, Oct. 12 et seq., INTERNATIONAL), and Joseph Chamberlain, beloved and fearless Victorian champion of Empire, whose darling wish it was that his son Austen should grow up into a statesman whose diplomacy should transcend even the limits of the Empire...
...Debate in the Commons was preceded by an almost unanimous outburst of cheering, which greeted Austen Chamberlain as he entered the assembly and proceeded to submit the motion for ratification. In the crowded balcony, the U.S. and Belgian Ambassadors and the Councilor of the German Embassy were present; they followed the ensuing speeches with eager attention...
...youth he drudged 12 hours a day, at a salary of 4 shillings a week ($1.00). Last week he welcomed to the sumptuous mayoral board a company of diners plenipotent and distinguished. Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain, and the German Ambassador to Britain, Herr Doktor Sthamer, sat next each other and exchanged friendly pledges in a great loving cup. Premier Baldwin, Admiral Lord Beatty, a host of foreign Ambassadors, and many notable Britons from every walk of life, completed the gathering. As usual the banqueters were regaled with speeches of considerable political significance. Since the Foreign Secretary spoke publicly...
...Chamberlain's Speech. "My Lord Mayor, thanks to your hospitality I have drunk tonight of your loving cup with the German Ambassador. What we have done this evening may the nations do tomorrow. We will work in the spirit of Locarno. . . . I am confident that the Locarno accords will be ratified by every country there represented. No statesman dare take the responsibility before history of dashing from our lips the cup of hope that Locarno has presented!" Continuing amid applause, he concluded, "I . . . hope that the same spirit of mutual understanding and mutual goodwill which prevailed . . . at Locarno...
Premier Baldwin was cheered to the echo for asserting of Foreign Minister Chamberlain, "Every one of us [in the Cabinet] is proud of him!" Continuing, he launched into an assurance that British industry is at last recovering from its long standing period of depression. ''The waters are falling and our spirits are rising . . . [but] I should have thought that those . . . whose one unfailing remedy is the strike or lockout . . . would have learned more from the Great War. . . . In home affairs the speeches of too many leaders smack of the sword and battle axe. . . . Differences there must...