Word: harvey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hardly two days after the Harvey speech in London, the Hughes proposal was dramatically revived, by the publication of two notes which passed, about three weeks ago, between Lord Curzon, British Foreign Secretary, and Secretary Hughes...
...Ambassador Harvey, in the course of a farewell speech at a dinner of the Pilgrims in London, reiterated the Hughes offer of U. S. mediation in Europe, which rested principally on the unanimity of the Allies in extending an invitation to the U. S. to join in a reparations conference. Said Ambassador Harvey. " Well, Mr. Hughes did it. He did it publicly. America came to the door of Europe and, lo and behold, the door was closed. The United States was not wanted. What could the United States do? What could any self-respecting nation have done? The United States...
What U. S. Ambassador George Harvey said to the Pilgrims about Anglo-American friendship is not likely to be forgotten easily throughout the Commonwealth. Referring to the late President Harding's speech at Vancouver last July, Mr. Harvey said: "In that speech Mr. Harding referred to the interchange of residents between America and Canada and declared: ' The ancient bugaboo of the United States scheming to annex Canada disappeared from all our minds years and years ago. Heaven knows, we have all we can manage...
...Ambassador Harvey, who is about to retire, unveiled a picturesque signpost commemorating the wives of William Penn and John Harvard, given to the villagers of Ringmer in Sussex by Lady Demetriadi, who is a descendant of William Penn's first wife, a daughter of Sir William and Lady Springett of Ringmer. At the unveiling ceremony Mr. Harvey said: " To the motorist it is far more advantageous in a material sense to have a signpost pointing the way even to London than a monument showing that somebody has gone to Heaven." This moved his cheerful audience to laughter...
Ambassador Harvey invited the Duke of York to meet some British journalists at the Marlborough Club. This was said to be the first time a Royal Prince had ever been asked to eat dinner with guests exclusively journalists...