Word: fulle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Premier Poincaré had been against any modification whatsoever of the French occupation of the Ruhr until after the provisions of the Experts' Report should have been definitely accepted by the Germans and put into full operation. He had also declared that evacuation of the Ruhr even then could take place only progressively as payments were made by Germany; but there were definite signs that, had he remained in office, he would have consented to complete evacuation after the Experts' Report had become a working plan...
...Prince and his equerries found themselves early confronted by a mountain of letters. A little later in the day a stream of visitors arrived at York House, the London residence of the Prince, full of congratulatory wishes. At noon, the Prince visited "my people" (the King and Queen) at Buckingham Palace and stayed for a luncheon at which General Pershing was a welcome guest. In the evening, the Prince attended a supper party given by Brigadier General and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at Spencer House...
...Commander of the British Gunboat Cockchafer forced under threat of bombardment the highest military leaders in the Province of Szechwan to walk in full dress uniform behind the coffin of Edwin G. Hawley, a citizen of the U. S. who had been killed by Chinese junk men. They were likewise compelled to attend the burial service...
...stated that "this Government does not feel that it is limited to such an international arrangement or that by virtue of the existing understanding or of the negotiations which it has conducted in the past with the Japanese Government it has in any sense lost or impaired the full liberty of action which it would otherwise have had in this matter...
...exhibition hall devoted to the Arts are examples of weaving, needlework, lace, jewelry-"faultless taste, painstaking craftsmanship." Ecclesiastical ornament is displayed in a basilica expressly designed for that purpose- banners, books, altar carpets, stained glass, tiled floors, sanctuary lamps, "full of traditional design and symbolism but signifying little." There are interesting photographs of architectural projects as well as the architectural manifestations of the exposition itself. The art of the Theatre is more historical than contemporary in import, as Gordon Craig, Lovat Eraser and others of the modern theorists are absent. There are contemporary drawings of David Garrick, and stage designs...