Word: dominione
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dutch descent, acquired fame in the Boer War, and a share of immortality as joint-father of the League of Nations. He, an "Imperialist," in the sense of keeping South Africa in the British Empire, is already at Cape Town where he is leader of the Opposition in the Dominion Legislature...
...present, however, more in the foreground than either of these gentlemen is James Barry Munnik Hertzog who, in June of last year, succeeded General Smuts as Prime Minister of the Dominion. Hertzog fought without distinction as a Boer General against the British in the South African War (1899-1902), but in negotiating the Peace of Vereeniging, he rose to equal prominence with Generals Botha and Smuts, his brother officers. For a decade, he worked with these...
House of Commons: ¶E. Thurtle (Labor) hurtled an amendment to the Army estimates through the stiff air of the House. He wanted the death sentence in the Army abolished. After a mild debate, in which invidious comparisons were made between Home and Dominion soldiers, the House voted "No" by 320 to 156 votes. ¶Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill was asked why he had permitted the Government's de- cision to issue a new conversion loan of $150,000,000 to leak into the City. Mr. Churchill cleared himself by stating that a permanent and non-partisan...
...Canadian Corps. From that moment he became a Canadian hero and it was under his command that the Canadian troops covered themselves with immortal glory at Vimy Ridge. It was mainly because of his great popularity with Canadian soldiers of all ranks and with the people in the great Dominion that he was appointed to succeed the Duke of Devonshire, in 1921, as Governor-General of Canada. In 1917, he ceased to be directly in command of the Canadian Corps when he was appointed to command the Third Army...
...beginning. Ireland is still a most distressful country. Arrived in the U. S. for a lecture tour James Stephens, famed Irish poet and author.* He was once an ardent Sinn Feiner but, in the advent of the Free State, he supported the act which conferred upon his native land "dominion status" in the British Commonwealth of Nations. Now, like many other Free State enthusiasts, his ardor has cooled; lie believes that the Irish question has not yet been answered. He therefore observed and suggested: "You know the oldest monarchy of all is Irish. Once there were four kingdoms.† These...