Word: kt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...world trade and British prosperity are balanced on a knife edge, and very little might turn the balance either way. Indiscreet speech by prominent members of the Government or failure of the Government to disavow extremist speeches might check the recovery of trade and confidence." Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, Kt, G.C.B., G.B.E., P.C., LL.D., aged 49, was born in India. He was educated at the Oxford Military School and at Edinburgh, but, although he is an honorary Major General in the Army, most of his life has been bound up in railways. His widely recognized administrative talents made him indispensible...