Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Foreign Minister Austen Chamberlain arrived in London last week, returning from the Locarno Conference, he was greeted with official honors and popular ovations which recalled those accorded to the returning Prince of Wales the week before (TIME...
...genial Winston Churchill, Lord Cave, Lord Cecil and Colonel Amery. As they wrung his hand, they noted that the returning diplomatic hero had for once chosen to appear publicly in a crinkled grey lounge suit instead of being austerely and formally attired as is his usual custom. Mrs. Chamberlain, who had accompanied her husband to Locarno, was all but overwhelmed with flowers; and outside the station, by special fiat of King George, a state coach waited for the son of famed and beloved...
Before he was whirled away amid cheering throngs, Mr. Chamberlain spoke a few words of thanks to representatives of the British press for their work at Locarno, which he said was "often a help and never a hindrance to our efforts." He also issued an official statement, in part as follows: "I am full of gratitude that it has been given to me to represent my Sovereign at such a moment. The treaties initialed at Locarno threaten no one, are directed against no nation, secure the safety of many and are welcomed...
...Joseph Chamberlain died July 2, 1914; onetime Secretary of State for the Colonies (1895-1903); famed M. P.; onetime Lord Rector of Glasgow University, to which post of honor son Austen was likewise elected last week (see EDUCATION...
...evening it was announced that Glasgow's new lord chancellor was suave, bemonocled Austen Chamberlain, winner by 300 votes over gusty, rotund Gilbert K. Chesterton, and by 1,000 over lean, intellectual Sidney Webb...