Word: chamberlaine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Statesman Paderewski ever heard of Statesman Chamberlain...
Later, Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax, whose righteous, candid attitude has earned him the nickname of "Lord Holy Facts." told the Lords that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's statement of solidarity with France four weeks ago was made without "mental reservations of any kind." Lord Halifax reminded the Lords of one of the "most impressive" passages in Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, in which the Führer berated old Imperial Germany for underrating British strength.* In an even plainer warning the Foreign Secretary referred to stop signs on British highways: "HALT! MAJOR ROAD AHEAD!" and implied that those...
...round out the series of warnings to totalitarian nations that John Bull's full-sized helmet was ready to go in the ring, Prime Minister Chamberlain, in a speech in Lancashire, delved into Shakespeare's King John, pulled out this quotation...
Some interpreters thought "three corners of the world" referred to the three aggressive anti-Comintern allies - Germany, Italy, Japan. At any rate, the number of big bold British speeches last week was evidence that the Chamberlain Government (as well as others) were building a backfire against the possible fire of a big March international crisis...
...Before going to Munich last September to give Führer Hitler his way about Czechoslovakia, Mr. Chamberlain quoted Henry IV thus: "Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety...