Word: defender
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Russians were told that Finnish Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko had made a speech at Helsinki in which he denounced "Russian imperialism" and cried, "There is a limit to everything. Finland cannot accept the proposals of the Soviet Union and will defend her territory and her inviolability and independence by all means!" Pravda headlined its story ERKKO INCITES TO WAR!, editorialized that this speech "cannot be understood except as an appeal for war against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." In Moscow only the diplomatic-journalistic colony was aware that Mr. Erkko never uttered the words quoted by Pravda...
...assist Forbach's in dominating Saarbrücken, paralyzing its industry. The French retreat in October left Forbach sticking out like a sore thumb. By last week the Germans had brought up hundreds of guns where they could shell Forbach from three sides, boxing it completely. To defend it would be costly in men and munitions. To surrender it would be to give Germany a keen moral victory as well as the practical advantage of getting Saarbrücken's coal mines and steel mills back into commission. With 150 German shells coming over daily to establish critical...
...this plan is put into effect, it will nullify the protection of the "carry" legislation. The ships would be transferred to a country completely under U. S. domination, and utterly unable to defend them in war zones, while the vessels would still be owned by U. S. corporations. Change of registry would be not only a capitulation to war profiteers, but an unneutral act with grave possibilities of U.S. involvement...
...last thing I would want to do would be to defend the action of the Soviet Government at the particular time at which they took it," said Lord Halifax, "but it is right to remember two things...
...shall defend these northern boundaries of the Empire to the last...