Word: loudon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus everyone was obliged to seem "surprised" all over again at Jonkheer Doktor J. Loudon, stiff-necked Minister to France of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and Chairman of the League of Nations Preparatory Disarmament Commission...
...Jonkheer Loudon broached his suggestion, last week, by declaring that he is tired of having every session of his Disarmament Commission break up in fruitless disagreements. "Therefore," said he, "I refuse to reconvene the Commission . . . unless ordered to do so by the Assembly, or unless there seems to be some real prospect of agreement...
...people must not expect too much of the conference at Geneva. France has also taken steps to keep her people from the conviction that she herself is the militaristic nation and the German and Russian orges are the real peacemakers. Foreign Minister Briand talked with Ambassador Loudon of Holland, who is to preside at the conference, and it is believed that Briand requested Loudon to check with his gavel any long speeches by Litvinoff that would quote statistics on the post bellum expenditures of the peaceloving Allies...
...only possible answer to the question faced by the Preparatory Commission would have been "No." When the delegates convened, a year ago, humans dared to hope their answer might be "Yes." Last week the Commission answered in the words of its President, "Not yet." Said President Dr. Jonkheer J. Loudon, sturdy Netherlander: "It is evident that the world political situation is not yet ripe. . . . We must prepare public opinion not to expect wonders at once. . . . Discussion has shown that an agreement cannot be reached until public opinion in many lands has drawn nearer to a common focus, permitting governments...
After similar speeches of restrained but vigorous protest by Dr. Unden of Sweden, Jonkheer J. Loudon of the Netherlands and others, an oral vote was called...