Word: insult
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President" has encouraged and even secretly inaugurated, societies that are avowedly and actively hostile to the British government. The extend to which these followers of the Sinn Fein have been wrought up was undeniably demonstrated by the Union Club incident in New York--an incident constituting a direct insult to Great Britain and American citizens as well. When De Valera's activities, or those of his immediate adjutants, induce such proceedings, it is time that those--activities should be stopped...
Canadian and Canadian newspapers will naturally find it difficult not to resent keenly the action of this gutter element among our nearest neighbors at the expense of an emblem which means a good deal to us. But we should realize that the insult is less to the British flag than to the United States itself...
...other hand, desires the economic prostration of her late foe. She fears the military and economic potentiality of a prosperous Germany and is bound not to see it recover more quickly than she herself is able to do. She has a huge bill for wanton destruction, for insult and outrage, that she wants to have settled to the last centime. It matters not whether Germany can pay. If not, so much the worse for Germany. Consequently France has heretofore refused to give up one iota of her demands...
There is no question of the feeling of the people of the United States toward Mexico. Insult has followed insult, murder has followed murder until the title of "Civis Americans" within walking distance of the Rio Grande has almost been the equivalent of a death warrant. It seems ages since we commenced "watchfully waiting." If there were ever any virtue in that milk and water policy it has long since passed away...
Aside from the purely domestic application of our Constitution, which vests diplomacy with the Executive, Department, and not with the Legislative, have the supporters of this measure seriously considered what they are doing? The passage of such a bill would be a gratuitous insult to Great Britain. If that country did not choose to regard it as a "causes belie," it would be only from a proper sense of humor, and not from any fear of overstepping the bounds of legality. The establishment of diplomatic relations is the clearest method of recognition, and recognition under such circumstances as these would...