Word: insistent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...discussed at length in the newspapers. Then there is the conference held behind closed doors, merely the results, not the immediate proceedings being made public. Finally there is the third variety which has the vices of both; partial disclosure is often allowed, but the conference on both sides insist on all their demands, refusing to give way on any matter...
...presence in the Conference of two or possibly three Powers who will subordinate their treatment of the problems of the Pacific to European interests gravely endangers its success in accomplishing the object of its authors. The French delegation in particular will insist on discusing at length the limitation of land armaments in relation to the existing causes of unrest and insecurity in Europe. Its policy with respect to political and military problems of the Pacific may serve only as stock-in-trade which it can barter in exchange for advantages nearer at home. But if European perplexities dominate the deliberations...
...protected China, diminished the occasion for future war or promoted the security of the world. The Administration has done well to associate the proposal to limit naval armaments with the proposal to do away with one of the chief reasons for their existence. It would not do well to insist on the limitation without having succeeded in securing its regional international agreement. The public should test its work by its success in eradicating the causes of international fear, hostility and disorder in the Pacific. Its business is to provide for the future protection of China by an agreement among...
...presence in the Conference of two or possibly three Powers who will subordinate their treatment of the problems of the Pacific to European interests gravely endangers its success in accomplishing the object of its authors. The French delegation in particular will insist on discusing at length the limitation of land armaments in relation to the existing causes of unrest and insecurity in Europe. Its policy with respect to political and military problems of the Pacific may serve only as stock-in-trade which it can barter in exchange for advantages nearer at home. But if European perplexities dominate the deliberations...
...protected China, diminished the occasion for future war or promoted the security of the world. The Administration has done well to associate the proposal to limit naval armaments with the proposal to do away with one of the chief reasons for their existence. It would not do well to insist on the limitation without having succeeded in securing its regional international agreement. The public should test its work by its success in eradicating the causes of international fear, hostility and disorder in the Pacific. Its business is to provide for the future protection of China by an agreement among...