Word: esme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tastefully draped in ar large British Union Jack, the other in a large U. S. flag. In it sat three high hats-Sir Harry Gloster Armstrong, British Consul; Walter L. Clark, President of the Grand Central Art Galleries; Irving T. Bush, Art patron. They were waiting for Sir Esmé Howard, British Ambassador to the U. S., to arrive from Washington. On the other side of Manhattan Island, 4,000 people-said to be the largest assemblage ever to attend a New York exhibition-waited for him also. For this Ambassador had promised to lend his presence to the opening...
...Esmé arrived, quickly traversed the town in his gaudy limousine, stood before the 4,000. To them he read a letter from President Coolidge to President Clark, welcoming the exhibition as an endeavor "to bring about among English-speaking peoples the interchange of ideas which leads to a good understanding." After he had made a speech of his own, after Mr. Clark had made a speech, the 4,000 were free to turn their faces to the walls...
...Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, having received the peace award of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation (TIME, Jan. 5, FOREIGN NEWS), went to Washington. In company with Sir Esmé Howard, British Ambassador, he called at the White House and conversed in camera with the President. Their meeting was variously described: by Lord Cecil as "a pleasant visit," by a White House spokesman as "an exchange of amenities...
...Esmé. The U. S. has the "geographical merit" of being 3,000 miles away from Europe's troubles; but England, close at hand, must return to the balance of power doctrine or adhere to a league for peace.-Sir Esmé Howard, British Ambassador...
...Esmé Howard, British Ambassador to the U. S., informed U. S. Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes that His Majesty's Government "deemed it desirable that the handling of matters at Washington exclusively relating to the Irish Free State should be confided to a Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the United States Government...