Word: covenanter
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The imperial pronunciamento of the Fascist Grand Council of Italy has thrown another bomb at the decrepit League of Nations. The League is to be bullied into reform or else the delegation of Italy as well as that of Germany and Japan will be missing from Geneva. Coming as an...
The truth is that war is not the next step nor would the use of military and naval power probably be sanctioned by any of the European countries even to prevent Germany from beginning to rearm. What may result from the Hitler defiance is a real test of the idea...
Unlike Japan, Germany will have violated a specific part of the Versailles Treaty if she goes ahead with her armament policies. The authors of the league covenant felt that some way better than bloodshed must be found to develop a sense of discipline to Europe. They believed that an economic...
"Roosevelt, in a dozen speeches, said no responsible government would break a covenant in respect to meeting its obligations in gold. Yet that is just what he did do. The answer to this charge of inconsistency is that 'he is trying to do something.' (Laughter) . . . The President has...
"Throughout industry the change from starvation wages and starvation employment to living wages and sustained employment can. in large part, be made by an industrial covenant to which all employers shall subscribe."