Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...item in the Home Secretary's estimates moved ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden to intense indignation. The item was a matter of about $5,500,000 for a special grant to the Government of Northern Ireland to help defray the expenses of the special constabulary. Mr. Snowden declared that there is, counting police and specials, a bobby for every six families in Ulster. He further declared that the money was being used for the "support of Orange ascendancy," and said that, if parliamentary etiquette permitted it, he would, "characterize with an ugly word" the methods...
...State of Prussia being related to the Reichstag much as the American States are to Congress, it was of more than parochial interest that ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx consented a fortnight ago to head the Cabinet of the Prussian Diet...
...thought likely that ex-Chancellor and ex-Minister President would be asked to make another attempt to end the political deadlock and that, if he failed, the Diet would be dissolved and new elections held...
Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor at the time the credits were granted, became enraged at Herr Hertz' remarks, shouted: "Your party approved the Government's action!" But the Socialist leader took no notice...
President Ebert telegraphed his condolences to the Mining Superintendent of Dortmund, informed him that 50,000 marks ($12,500) from the President's emergency fund had been placed at his disposal for relief of widows and orphans of the victims. Chancellor Luther cut short a political visit to Baden to dash to Dortmund. Telegrams poured in from many notables...