Word: lothian
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...scheme to enlarge the Monroe Doctrine, so that in case of war the United Kingdom would enjoy shelter under this U. S. umbrella, was outlined to Their Lordships last week by the Marquess of Lothian, fresh from the U. S. Alarmed by what he had learned of U. S. neutrality legislation, Lord Lothian warned that in the next war Britain may not only find it impossible to borrow from the U. S. but suffer even more. "In certain circumstances we may be debarred from buying raw materials and foodstuffs," cried the Marquess, "even if we have the cash...
Their Lordships were next reminded that "Britain would not have emerged a victor from the World War except for assistance from the United States," and then Lord Lothian outlined a scheme by which, instead of U. S. assistance being borrowed or bought, it would be given to Britain. "If one could get an extension of the Monroe Doctrine and a combination of the democracies under the Monroe System with the British Commonwealth sufficiently closely integrated so as to be invulnerable and able to stand outside the vortex of a European war, one would create a centre of stability and peace...
...will get potentates to sign in Baroda, the Deccan, the Gujarat Agencies and the Western India Agencies; astute and charming Francis Verner Wylie, the Resident at Jaipur, who must cope with the rulers of Jammu & Kashmir, Rajputana Agency and the Punjab States Agency; and scholarly, muscular Arthur Cunningham Lothian of the Political Department of the Government of India who must obtain the signature of "The Richest Man in the World" in Hyderabad, as well as those of the native rulers of Mysore Travancore, Cochin, Central India and the Eastern States Agencies...
England thus finds itself in a dilemma which is clearly expressed by the two schools of thought that have been seeking to gain Mr. Baldwin's ear. One group headed by Viscount Cecil insists upon a stronger League as the only means of peace, while others under Lord Lothian see safety in a League that doesn't force anybody...
...President called an old friend whom he had known as Lloyd George's political secretary at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919-Rt. Hon. Philip Henry Kerr (pronounced "car"), Lord Newbattle, Earl of Lothian, Baron Jedburgh, Earl of Ancrum, Baron Kerr of Nisbet, Baron Long-Newton and Dolphingston, Viscount of Brien, Baron Kerr of Newbattle, Baron Ker, 11th Marquess of Lothian...