Word: foreignism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French Foreign Office last week was reported to have quietly given in to persistent Japanese demands that the railway from French Indo-China into interior Yunnan Province be closed to war supplies for Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's armies. With only a trickle of traffic going over the long rail and motor route from British Burma, the Chinese are now almost wholly dependent on the Soviet Union for their foreign supplies. These are either flown in by Russian planes or trucked in over the Sian-AIma Ata highway, linking China with Soviet territory, or the Lanchow-Ulan Bator...
With continued Soviet assistance vital to China's resistance, Chungking, the official capital, last week commemorated the 21st anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution on a scale not usually given to foreign celebrations. Newspapers featured side-by-side portraits of the Generalissimo, Stalin, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Lenin. At a mass meeting, Dr. Sun Fo, president of the Chinese Legislative Council, declared that China's only "true and real friend" was Russia. Premier Dr. H. H. Kung praised the achievements of the Russian Revolution, then berated the Chinese for not having sacrificed enough for victory...
...tennis fans were startled, however, when Prime Minister Holcombe Ward (president of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association), Foreign Minister Walter Pate (Davis Cup captain) and the whole Amateur Tennis Cabinet, although left with inadequate defense for the Davis Cup and a potential loss of revenue thereby, publicly wished their golden boy godspeed in going over to the enemy, professional tennis. In fact, Foreign Minister Pate was host at the abdication party, invited Promoter Jack Harris formally to alienate the king in the Pate offices at No. 2 Wall Street...
...London, Odeon Theatres released the results of a survey of audience reactions at children's matinees in 142 theatres with a total weekly attendance of 150,000. Of British children, 83% like newsreels, 94% like military & naval scenes, 89% like shots of royalty, 88% dislike foreign dictators. British children's favorite stars in order of their popularity are Hollywood's Buck Jones, Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Tim McCoy...
...August, private dealers may negotiate sales abroad at the best price they can get, which tends to be considerably below the U. S. domestic price. If the Government approves the transaction, Federal Surplus Commodities Corp. compensates the exporter for the difference between the prevailing domestic figure and his foreign price...