Word: debts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chancellor of the Exchequer, read the mutilated but widespread copy of the Mellon letter he became vexed. In the Balfour note of 1922, Great Britain had stated her policy of collecting from her War allies and Germany only enough of the money they owed her to meet her own debt payments to the U. S. If the Mellon letter was true, Britain was not living up to the Balfour note in collecting money from her War allies when collections from Germany were enough to meet her obligations...
...hence, upon U. S. Army stocks purchased by France in 1919. Editor Bainville, a discreet mouthpiece, barely hinted that if Parliament can be induced to make this payment, M. Poincaré will next attempt to lead the deputies and Senators by easy stages down the hard road of general debt repayment...
...Borgo of San Marino, eldest and smallest republic, a group of sun-bronzed hillmen gathered, resentful. Theirs is a country without public debt, a tiny, remote upland (surrounded by Italy). There unemployment is unknown because every man either tills his ground or, if he has none to till, emigrates. So it has been in San Marino years without end. No progress, no need of progress, no desire to change the round of peaceful toil which began when St. Marinus fled the persecutions of Diocletian (A. D. 284-305), and founded a colony of refugees which has become the Republic...
...Finance Minister De Occa last week, what were described as "the powers of a financial dictator." Reason: to keep on good terms with the U. S. and meet payments owed to U. S. interests, it will be necessary for the Mexican treasury to postpone temporarily payments on the internal debt...
Said Paul Claudel, last week, when newsgatherers asked if he would like to see France "liquidate" her debt to the U. S. by payment in wine...