Word: curzon
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...Marquis Curzon in effigy was taken for an airing by the irate communists of Moscow; subsequently he was hanged. Bolshevik remarks were hurled not only at the static Curzon but also at the dynamic one in the London Foreign Office. Even Tehicherin, Soviet Foreign Minister, aristocrat though he is, reviled his noble colleague in no complimentary terms...
...thought that England was disgusted with her allies and that by playing possum for a time, she could tire out the remainder of the Entente. Unfortunately her peace of mind was doomed to be short-lived and has been nipped by a frosty note of censure from Lord Curzon. This cruel message from England is hardly loss curt than the refusal of France and Belgium. It even states that the British will "at a suitable moment, be ready to take part by the side of its allies, with whom they share a practical interest in this question, which they have...
...Curzon note takes the German government severely to task for nor talking business in its new reparations offer, an offer "far from corresponding to what his Majesty's government might reasonably have expected." This blow, coming together with another fantastic report from the Reichsbank alchemists which has raised the total of paper currency to nearly seven trillions of marks, has sent the mark down to 48,500 per dollar. In the general panic German are making startling confessions. They admit that they have received what they might have expected, they are even beginning to see that they must...
...rumored that the high German officials are casting about for a figure which might appeal to the British government. They have not far to look not impossible changes to make in their thirty-billion mark offer. not long ago Lord Curzon was reported to have named forty billion gold marks as a starting point for conversations. And already advance notices of a new French statement of a most promising nature are filtering out. It is said that Premier Poincare's new bill will omit pension charges, will not require the Class C bonds unless her allies press their debt charges...
...Derby, the Secretary of State for War. Lord Derby's knowledge of the continent and his known sympathetic understanding of the Ruhr problem would make him a popular candidate. He is also regarded as an excellent politician, having held many important Cabinet posts in former Governments. 3) Lord Curzon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who, while his valuable qualities are appreciated, has gained much unpopularity from his handling of the first Lausanne Conference. Anything calculated to remove him from the Foreign Secretaryship might conceivably meet with fairly general approbation...