Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill told the House that he was anxious to make a statement of the Government's intentions concerning the resumption of gold payments, but it was impossible to do so before the Easter recess. Secretary of War Sir Laming Worthington Evans said it was not a question of whether the country should return to gold, but whether it was safe...
...Lord Chancellor Viscount Cave, replying for the Government, said that a Cabinet committee is to examine the matter with a view to introducing reform legislation, but said that nothing could be done before next year...
Gaston Doumergue, President of France and Grand Master of the Order of the Legion of Honor, was received by General Dubail, Grand Chancellor; General Nollet, Minister of War; Marshals of France Foch and Joffre, in full-dress uniform, U. S. Ambassador Myron T. Herrick, in full evening dress, when he arrived at the Palace of the Legion of Honor on the Quai d'Orsay...
...election was announced for Apr. 26, at which candidates will required only to obtain a relative majority. The Socialists, Catholic and Democrats were believed likely to unite in support of a single candidate, probably ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx. If they do, a Republican President is certain to be elected. The Nationalists (Monarchists), however, were not without hope that the opposition parties would continue to be split, in which case victory is assuredly theirs, advisability of running a more forceful and popular candidate than Herr Jarres was discussed. The names of Chancelor Luther and former Minister of War Gessler were mentioned...
...second election, it is expected that Socialists, Democrats and Centrists will join forces to elect a purely Republican Candidate. Ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx seemed their probable choice; but it would be rash to predict that he will win, for the attitude of the Socialists toward a Catholic candidate is not likely to be unanimous and the monarchically inclined parties were considered just as likely to coalesce in the last effort to snatch a victory. It seems a fair assumption that either Marx or Jarres will be Germany's next President...