Word: lloyds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Egyptians perhaps fear and respect no man so much as George Ambrose, Baron Lloyd, the British High Commissioner to Egypt without whose approval no Egyptian Cabinet can exist (TIME, June 14). Last week this strong, suave man who stands for British Might in the "free" Kingdom of Egypt came to Rome...
...morning, as he promenaded the Eternal City, it occurred to Lord Lloyd that he would call on Signer Mussolini. "Where," he inquired of a Fascist policeman, "is the villa of your Duce...
...policeman's eyes grew wide with alarm. Even the impeccable cravat and faultless morning clothes of Lord Lloyd did not dispel the Fascist's intuitive feeling that anyone who asked the whereabouts of Il Duce's villa must want to murder him. No taker of chances, the con stable arrested the British dictator of Egypt, hurried him to a police station...
Furious, Lord Lloyd protested vainly for an hour, finally was allowed to use the telephone. Calling the British Embassy he gave way to his feelings. Scandalized, the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald William Graham, sped in person to the police station, identified Lord Lloyd, swore that he was no potential assassin, and secured his release by a reluctant and still auspicious Fascist Police Captain. Foreigners in Italy less potent than...
...Lord Lloyd redoubled their care to smartly salute the Fascist banner wherever displayed on pain of arrest (TIME...