Word: frontier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...South Baden, Communists called a general strike against "new tax burdens." Three deaths were caused and hundreds of arrests were made. The strike continued. Switzerland strengthened the frontier guard and the Government of Baden proclaimed a notfallzustand (state of emergency) with a curfew...
...debar him from the Spanish Court. His wife, who is very beautiful, managed to advertise his wealth ostentatiously, and thereby aroused more jealousy, criticism and suspicion. When the revolution became a fait accompli, Don Alba was in San Sebastian, on the Franco-Spanish border, but he rapidly crossed the frontier to Biarritz in order to avoid arrest. The National Directorate charged him with...
Effects. After setting up the National Directorate, the first act of the Dictators Avas to suspend the Constitution and dissolve the Cortes (Spanish Parliament). Red chiefs were arrested and imprisoned, except in cases where they had succeeded in crossing the frontier of France or Portugal. All the civil governors were dismissed. Don Luis Silvela, Spanish High Commissioner for Morocco, was replaced by General Aizpuru Mondejas, who was endowed with " full powers to crush Abdel Krim and retrieve the honor of the Spanish Army." Meanwhile Spain is to be governed by an oligarchy of virtual despots until such a time...
...Inquiry to be held to establish the exact responsibility for the murder of the Italian delegation for the Delimitation of the Greco-Albanian frontier. The committee of inquiry to be composed of one Italian, one French and one British member with Japanese President...
...Flag. "Looking from the window of the car as our train approached the Russian border, my attention was attracted by a flag of the Soviet Government flying from the top of the frontier station. Doubtless it was once red, perhaps deep red, . . . but the winds had whipped it and the elements had beaten it until its carmine hue had faded. It looked colorless...