Word: desiree
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The Act of 1919, he continued, had not failed-it had never had a fair chance.* He insisted that if Britain were to leave India, Moslem and Hindu differences would immediately disrupt the Empire. "When we see everywhere among the responsible leaders of Indian thought, the evidence of sincere and...
* It is common knowledge that King George insisted upon going to Belfast in 1921 against the advice of his Ministers. Moreover, he wrote his own speech-the speech which called for peace and settlement and which committed the British Government to making an agreement with the South (later the Free...
"I am naturally afraid," admitted Mr. Malvy, "that Abd-el-Krim has become very difficult to satisfy. People with whom he has surrounded himself since his recent military successes have certainly stimulated him to desire things entirely beyond reason. However, when he becomes apprised of the fact that, among other...
French Artists "are attempting to turn a perfectly natural desire for decoration into an intellectual exercise, which it is not. ..."
J. Joyce Broderick, counselor of the British Embassy (representing absent Ambassador Sir Esmé Howard), who received a stirring ovation from the congress, told the delegates that "the difficulties which naturally present themselves to the accomplishment of all you desire will be very quickly overcome, insofar as the British Government...