Word: generalissimo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...connection with the See of Rome. Though many of the Roman Catholic prelates of Mexico are pure-blooded Mexicans (some are even Mexican Indians), the Episcopate has hitherto repudiated all proposals of this sort. None the less Mexican news organs reported last week that Bishop Diaz of Tabasco "Generalissimo of the Episcopate" had been recalled hastily from a tour of the provinces by the Archbishop of Mexico to confer as to a compromise with officials of the Mexican Government...
Throughout Mexico the deadlock between Church and State continued total. Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco, active generalissimo for the Mexican Episcopate, said: "We can see no hope of betterment of the situation. . . . Perhaps months and years may pass, but we are disposed to wait patiently and to work through whatever legitimate means we can employ...
...between those august news organs as to whether a certain written interview obtained "exclusively" by the World had actually been drafted by the venerable Archbishop of Mexico, the Very Reverend Jose Mora y del Rio. The Times contended that the real author was the Archbishop's vigorous field generalissimo, Bishop Diaz. The World repudiated this aspersion with indignation. Readers of both newspapers grew weary of the controversy. Finally a rumor, subsequently squelched, spread that the Archbishop would be prosecuted for sedition on account of the interview and might even be executed. The World's correspondent, Mr. Arthur Constantine...
...Barcelona to Madrid and Power-even as Dictator Primo made exactly that same "march à la Mussolini" (TIME, Sept. 24, 1923). The active leaders of the revolt were 18 generals and a round dozen of Liberal and Communist politicians. General Aguilera, onetime Minister of War, was named as field generalissimo of the movement...
...again came to the front, serving on several advisory committees. In 1918, he became Secretary of State for War, remaining in that post until after the end of the War. It was largely owing to his influence that General Foch was appointed Generalissimo of the Allied Armies in France...