Word: emperors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Telegrams. While Franklin Roosevelt waited in vain for any answer from divine Emperor Hirohito covering the Japanese sinking of the Panay, he received a telegram from Alf Landon. A year ago, Alf Landon promised the President support in matters of international policy. Last week, Mr. Landon took advantage of the Panay sinking to reiterate his pledge...
...mother country is unprecedented. The dominions are now regularly "consulted" on foreign issues by the British Cabinet. At League of Nations sessions the delegate of this or that dominion sometimes makes a speech which causes his London colleagues to shudder. But for Dublin to recognize Vittorio Emanuele III as "Emperor," whereas London recognizes him only as "King," was diplomatic mutiny...
Laborite members of the Dail spoke feelingly last week against Mr. de Valera. Labor Party Leader William Norton declared flatly that the Emperor "has no more claim to that title than His Britannic Majesty has to authority over Ireland, which was not given to him by the Irish people...
...facto recognition of Rome's conquest was voted 72-to-11. Since each ambassador or minister of King George is the direct personal representative of His Majesty, the appointing of an Irish Free State minister at Rome accredited to "Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia" had to be done by George VI. Mr. de Valera therefore posted a letter direct to Buckingham Palace, advised His Majesty to take the necessary action, enclosed the official papers for him to sign...
...Governments, always acts as advised is, of course, the essence of the Sovereign's constitutional duty. The British Cabinet was certainly hopeful that there would yet be found some loophole by which King George could avoid placing himself in the inconsistent position of recognizing Vittorio Emanuele as "Emperor" at the Irish Legation in Rome and refusing to do so at the British Embassy. Tartly the Manchester Guardian commented: "Mr. de Valera is steadily developing his theory that while the King is divisible, Ireland...