Word: joined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tendency to appreciate the gravity of the situation and the necessity of including all great powers in the international union. Asiatic powers which fought on the side of the Allied victors are naturally included in the scheme and many other small Eastern principalities have been offered the opportunity to join the League if they so chose...
...resolution reads simply enough. The United States has voted to join the World Court of International Justice without acceding to the optional clause giving the Court compulsory jurisdiction. The United States disclaims any legal connection with the League, exacts the right to participate in the choosing of judges, promises to share the expenses of the Court, asserts the right of withdrawal, requires that all advisory opinions be public, and none rendered touching the United States without its consent. A nation sitting in the League Council can, because the Council functions by unanimity, prevent any request for an advisory opinion...
...years ago, on his 89th birthday, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Yale '56, received an invitation from fellow Elis of the class of '89 to join their number, be their brother, attend their class reunions as adopted patriarch. Mr. Depew accepted this "beautiful and welcome hospitality...
...America, England's position would be stabilized by her entrance to the League but if I were in her shoes, I most emphatically would not join the organization. So England must fight her own battles in Europe henceforth...
...about Russia. Controlled as she is by the different radical factions, I think it an impossibility for her to join us. Yet I will say that the issue on this point has been mis-stated. It has been debated widely, I believe, whether or not Russia should be welcomed into the League. Personally, I would put the question, 'Will Russia ever be able to enter the League...