Word: exist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Plamenatz styled himself the " Premier of the Royal Montenegrin Government," but, as neither Montenegro nor its Government exist, he could hardly expect to hoodwink the world. A so-called Government was, however, set up in Italy. As the Queen of Italy is the daughter of the late King Nicholas of Montenegro, Italians gave the Montenegrin cause warm support. After Italy had signed the treaty of Santa Margherita with Yugo-Slavia, it was no longer possible for her to give official support to the Montenegrin Royalists, with whom she had previously been in sympathy; for by signing the treaty Italy...
Jovan Plamenatz, citizen of a country which does not exist, who attempted to enter the United States on a passport signed by himself...
...work for the delivery of Czecho-Slovakia. He worked hard toward this end and finally, before a visit to the United States in the summer of 1918, he secured Allied recognition of the Provisional Government of Czecho-Slovakia?the recognition of a Government over a country that did not exist. His triumph was not delayed, for on Oct. 28, 1918, after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Narodni Vybor (National Council) took over the governments of the countries of Bohemia, Moravia, Ruthenia, Silesia and Slovakia, which had formerly belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Less than a month...
...Think of what anarchy would exist in the country", Mr. Walker urged, "if there were no courts to control the social conditions. In just such a state the whole world is today without an international court of justice. Such a court would be independent of, although backed by, the League of Nations...
...Crimson's criticism of conditions in crew has been variously received. But it is as true today as it was yesterday that these conditions exist and demand criticism. It is, of course, easy to point out faults that appear on the surface, but it is more important to discover the fundamental weakness that lies deeper...