Word: curzon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have, etc., "CURZON OF KEDLESTON. " While the exterior situation in Europe is gloomy in the extreme, hidden events are somewhat more reassuring. It is known that several transactions were made recently between German, British and French industrial concerns. The practical effect of these transactions is to give Britain and France an interest in future German production. The scheme is ingenious and it may be justly inferred that the interested concerns would not enter into negotiations at the present time unless the Anglo-Franco-Belgian situation warranted such a course...
Anglophobia at Moscow, capital of Soviet Russia, received yet another boost from the Marquis Curzon, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
...Soviet Government proposed to recall M. Leonid Krassin, Soviet Trade Commissioner in London, and replace him with M. Christian Rakovski, one time associate of Foreign Minister Georges Tchicherin. The change was to all intents and purposes completed (TIME, Aug. 13), when Lord Curzon demanded that M. Rakovski's departure from Moscow should be delayed pending investigations into some of his anglophobe utterances...
...latest Curzon anti-Bolshevik move caused the thermometer of public opinion to rise well over " blood heat." Nevertheless, the Soviet Government, " in deference to Great Britain's objection," canceled M. Rokovski's appointment...
...British, faced by stout Franco-Belgian opposition, are in a quandary. The entire position as far as Britain is concerned is summed up by Lord Curzon, who said he did not know what the Government would do next week or next month. It is generally believed, however, that Britain will make a separate reply to the last German offer (June 7) and that this action will receive the official support of Italy and Japan, and it is reported in some quarters the unofficial support of the U. S. Government. This, however, lacks confirmation...