Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Unofficial observers' have appeared at international conferences where America, if present at all, should have been present as an equal among equals. When, but yesterday, three Americans went to the Conference on Reparations, whose fruitful outcome all the world desires, Washington was prompt to disclaim all responsibility for their going though eager to take credit for whatever they might accomplish. We must face the humiliating fact that we have a government that does not dare to speak its mind beyond the three mile limit...
Germans. Premier MacDonald's invitation was received and immediately accepted by the German Government. The chief delegates chosen to attend the Conference: Chancellor Wilhelm Marx, Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, Minister of Finance Dr. Luther. It will be the first conference that Germany has attended on an equal footing with the Allied and Associated Powers since the conclusion of hostilities...
...Experts' Plan can best be summarized by stating that it is a method of encouraging Germany to pay the reparations bill for the War by admitting her on equal terms into an international business compact, under which the creditor nations hold mortgages on Germany's wealth...
American automobiles were in bond awaiting the expiration of the 33 ⅓% ad valorem duty imposed in 1915 as a war measure by Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald McKenna. British manufacturers were gloomy at the prospect of having to compete on an equal footing with Americans. Great loss of business was envisaged. The decision to repeal the duties was contained in Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden's budget (TIME...
...diver on the sea bottom, 50 ft. down, described what he saw. As anybody knows who has been there, the sea bottom is no more interesting than an equal stretch of dry land, unless one is especially interested in seaweed or fish. The diver was on the bottom for only six or seven minutes, but he managed to find two sunken ships and several bottles of bootleg rum with the corks removed. The romance of the sea bottom is generally in inverse proportion to the extent of one's familiarity with...