Word: locarno
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dashed into script." Mr. Baldwin signed "easily and casually." Sir Austen, however, created practically a sensation by "taking off the monocle, without which he is never seen . . . adjusting a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles and signing with a golden quill-pen presented to him by the British delegation to Locarno." Signor Scialoja signed with "an ordinary quill...
...action of Mr. Foxen Cooper, "British Technical Adviser of Cine- matography," in permitting only a single cinema firm to photograph the signing of the Locarno Treaties, precipitated a furor of protest from rival firms. Mr. Cooper imperturbably remarked: "I am sure that this restriction was wisely adopted...
...Briand's luggage, as he departed from London after signing the Locarno Treaties (see INTERNATIONAL), nestled a silver loving cup, the gift of Sir Austen Chamberlain. Engraved upon it were the words, A mon ami, Aristide Briand. Souvenir de Locarno. With a sigh, M. Briand quitted the scene of his greatest triumph; rushed home to Paris where his newly formed Government (TIME, Dec. 7) has none too many friends. Within a few short hours he was engaged in fighting what he himself described as the most desperate battle of his political career...
President Doumergue signed the bill. It became a law. Frenchmen at length calmed down sufficiently to give a thought to the other matters slated by the Briand Cabinet last week for early attention: 1) Immediate ratification of the Locarno Treaties (shelved during the fiscal squabble but certain to pass with acclaim). 2) Resumption of foreign debt negotiations. 3) Syrian and Moroccan affairs to be peaceably adjusted...
...Bokanowski declared publicly: "Premier Briand was victorious be- cause of his accomplishment at Locarno. He cannot, however, carry many more cargoes under that flag...