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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...third day of City of Flint's stay, Ambassador Steinhardt, armed with new instructions from Washington, talked over the case with Foreign Commissariat officials. Hour and a half later the Soviet radio announced that Russia was releasing the ship on condition that she leave Murmansk at once. Next day Ambassador Steinhardt slapped down his trumps. With an indignation compatible with the strength of his position, he: > Accused the SovietGovernment of refusing to cooperate in providing information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: The Law | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Curzon Line. By last week the British had delved into post-World War I history and had discovered even better reasons for excusing Russian occupation of part of Poland. In late 1919, when the new Republic of Poland was set up in business, map-makers of the British Foreign Office drew a north-south line halfway across Eastern Europe to represent what they considered should be the "legitimate frontier" between newly reborn Poland and Russia. This line started from the easternmost boundary of East Prussia and went directly south through Brest-Litovsk and some miles west...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Growls, Grins | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...because of a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight-no bombs dropped. The speech which had gathered the crowds was the first important official statement since Adolf Hitler's "final peace offer" on Oct. 6. It was made before the Nazi Party Veterans' League in Danzig by Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. After recapitulating the diplomatic bickerings over Poland, Herr Ribbentrop boarded a verbal airplane and made a grand tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In Full Force | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...line was named after brilliant old Lord Curzon, onetime famed Viceroy of India, in 1919 serving his first year as Britain's Foreign Secretary. He recommended it to the Versailles Peace Conference. In the turmoil into which Eastern Europe was soon to be plunged, however, the Curzon line raveled. Poland invaded the Ukraine and occupied Kiev. After defeating their other foes the Bolsheviks finally counterattacked, pushed the Poles back almost to Warsaw. Polish emissaries at London screamed for help, but Prime Minister David Lloyd George, never before or since too fond of the Poles, reminded them that they were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Growls, Grins | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Extenuating Circumstances. Harking back to Lord Curzon, British Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax, in a House of Lords debate, practically made an official declaration that Russia is welcome to that part of Poland now under the hammer-&-sickle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Growls, Grins | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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