Word: hugheses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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These words are significant because they present in substance what was also the preamble to Mr. Hughes' speech. This insistence in both speeches indicates very clearly the anxiety of the Administration to keep the World Court free from all the political animosity which attached to the League. As Mr...
The speech of Secretary Hughes, which followed three days after that of the President, was largely a paraphrase of what the latter had said, but with much elaboration. The Secretary went into detail, pointing out the superiority of the World Court to The Hague Tribunal and other arbitrative bodies, showing...
In an effort to stop rum running, it is understood that Secretary Hughes made advances to Great Britain for coöperation in suppressing the traffic. The exact matter of the negotiations is not known. It is understood that Great Britain would decline to grant any extension of the three...
In some quarters the decision is called a victory for Secretary of State Hughes, who was supposed to be opposed to increasing the angle of the guns because it might lead to diplomatic difficulties. From a political standpoint, at least, the move is very adroit, because it relieves the Administration...
The first active official step toward Mexican recognition since 1921, when Secretary of State Hughes suggested that a convention should be signed covering the major points of disagreement, was taken by the joint action of the United States and Mexican Governments in convening a meeting of an American-Mexican commission...