Word: dominione
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...declaration, since become famous as Document No. 2, Mr. de Valera, set forth the aims of his Republican group: government vested solely in the Irish people; association with full Dominion status with the states of the British Commonwealth of Nations; recognition of "His Britannic Majesty" as the head of the association. This, said Mr. de Valera will bring the "Republic to the brow of the precipice." His proposals were refused, however. They meant, in effect, a separate sovereignty for Ireland instead of recognizing the common citizenship of the Commonwealth. Such conditions were not acceptable to the London government...
...have seen the unlimited and untapped natural resources of the Dominion, and on my return I shall see what I can do to develop the overseas settlement work being done by these countries. I have heard that the majority who have come to this country recently are doing well...
...Meeting of the Home and Dominion Prime Ministers .for discussions of Commonwealth policy...
...North Sydney, Nova Scotia, far away from his tour-companions, Edward of Wales and George, his brother, in Alberta, gathered a distinguished group to bid the Prime Minister and Mrs. Baldwin farewell. It included Dominion Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; National Defense Minister Col. J. L. Ralston; Postmaster General Hon. Peter J. Veniot. Sirens shrieked and the big liner moved away on its voyage across the Atlantic. Handkerchiefs waved, silk hats were lifted, last messages shouted. And gradually the great ship became like a rowboat on the horizon and eventually was seen no more...
...ceremonies was the dedication of the International Peace Bridge at Buffalo. A bugle sounded, and from the Canadian and U. S. ends of the Peace Bridge dignitaries advanced to the centre. From Canada came Prime Minister Baldwin, the Royal Princes and Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King of the Dominion. Prom the U. S. came Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg and Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York State...