Word: diplomat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Sir Alan Vandenbempde Johnstone, 73, British diplomat, husband of Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot's sister Antoinette; after an operation; in London. Among his diplomatic posts: the British Embassy at Washington in 1892, British Minister at The Hague...
Died. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, 56, old-time U. S. diplomat; of heart disease; in Vienna. He held the posts of secretary and charge d'affaires in many a U. S. embassy & legation. He was in Mexico during the Victoriano Huerta regime when U. S. sailors were arrested in Tampico. President Wilson demanded that the Mexican government apologize by saluting the U. S. flag. Huerta refused; O'Shaughnessy left the country escorted by friendly Huerta troops...
...children to control the follies of an old manwhom they have been accustomed to revere and over whom they have no authority is more tragic than the old man's maundering decline. Louis, able, conscientious, energetic, tries hard to save the Colombe fortune. Jourdaine, married to a petulant diplomat, stays at Saint Saturnin, harried by the spectacle of her father's second childhood. Nicholas, thoughtful and lonely, tries hard to keep up appearances at the chateau. Jourdaine's son arrives from soldiering in Arabia in time to help him. Their affection for each other is cemented...
...Journalism can cooperate in fostering international comity by emphasizing good qualities in statesmen and not parading old skeletons. I introduced Papen as my successor in Washington in January 1914. Then I said to the late General Leonard Wood that Papen was not only a dashing soldier but also a diplomat. The alleged conspiracy to blow up the Welland Canal is one of the incidents of war. It is the duty of the soldier to risk everything in the service of his country. It is the misfortune of a soldier that his duty is the destruction of the property and lives...
...Bucharest red-haired Magda Lupescu, mistress of King Carol, has been openly appearing at social gatherings of late, openly flaunting the fact that she has ousted Queen Helen. Fortunately Rumania has an able diplomat and statesman, M. Nicholas Titulescu, high in the graces of the Great Powers. He, Rumanian Minister to Great Britain, was in Switzerland last week as President of the Assembly of the League of Nations and Chief Rumanian Delegate to the Geneva Conference...