Word: loyalists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...split and undetermined on the issue presented by Mr. Churchill's money bill: namely, should the Government pay in whole or in part the allowed claims of loyal Irish subjects of His Majesty who had suffered destruction of their property during the Sinn Fein insurrections (1916-20). Should a Loyalist whose mansion had been burned down by mobsmen get a whole new house, or just a cottage? Apparently Mr. Churchill felt that a cottage would be adequate, especially since the saving would help to balance his budget...
...Loyalist Writers in America," Professor Murdock, Harvard...
...Dominion safely distant from foreign naval threats, did not touch upon what his taxpayers might be willing to contribute to Empire defenses. General Hertzog was undoubtedly preoccupied instead last week, with the news that one of his chief "Nationalist" political henchmen, Dan Goetzee, had bolted to the Opposition, or loyalist "South African Party" of onetime (1919-24) South African Premier General Jan Christiaan Smuts. Bolter Goetzee, ever a law unto himself, added insult to injury by proclaiming that Premier Hertzog is taking the wrong tack at London by hinting at "secession" and will find his Cabinet threatened on his return...
...sort of charm inherent in any narrative that sincerely, accurately and with reasonable adequacy portrays the life of a period, however restricted as to time, regardless of the limitation of its area of action. Moreover, Crèvecoeur had a point of view not frequently presented, that of a loyalist to the crown in revolutionary colonies. No reader will close the book, finally, without a truer mental picture of pioneer days in America. Crèvecoeur was not a historian; he was a chronicler of unrelated episodes. He was an observer whose main interest was not in ideas or causes...
...established. Earlier in the week the Separatists were thrown out of Coblenz by men loyal to the German Reich, but were able to regain the town with the assistance of the French. Another established point is that the French and Belgians actively supported Separatist troops by preventing the loyalist element from attacking them. For the rest, towns are won and lost every day, but as the occupational troops back the Separatists, they are naturally able to hold the positions...