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Laughing Italian. A tedious and complex but potentially dangerous dispute was opened as to whether the steps taken to menace and surround Italy with war boats by Britain have been derived from the League and its Covenant, as is contended by London, or whether they have been, as Rome contends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Diplomatic Billingsgate | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

M. Flandin accompanied President Lebrun to the funeral of King George this week in London. There, discreetly behind the scenes, international diplomatic chaffering and haggling occurred on a scale not witnessed since the funeral of Queen Victoria which, behind the scenes, was a diplomatic battle royal over issues arising from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: 99th Resignation | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

If the Covenant of the League of Nations be law, then in law Ethiopia and Haile Selassie are right and Italy and Benito Mussolini are wrong. The only trouble is that that portion of the white race represented by 44,000,000 Italians has opened hostilities and in the sphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: Man of the Year: Haile Selassie | 1/6/1936 | See Source »

In vivid terms Deputy Reynaud described his impressions in London of high British moral repugnance to Hoare & Laval. "If we become separated from Britain, it means war!" he cried. "The German press does not leave us in ignorance of that! . . . Remember Hitler's words in Mein Karnpf. The driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Millionaires in Rupture | 1/6/1936 | See Source »

'In the execution of Paragraph 3 of Article XVI of the League Covenant," dryly observed Pierre Laval, "I have not hesitated to pledge France's aid to Great Britain on the sea and land and in the air, if she is attacked by Italy in the course of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Millionaires in Rupture | 1/6/1936 | See Source »

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