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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that as Chancellor of the Exchequer he rolled up (his opponents claimed) a $1,500,000,000 debt; Liberals could not forget that he had been in eight Liberal Cabinets before he became a Conservative; party disciplinarians disliked him because he could not be plainly labeled, could not be made to obey. Complained one perplexed writer: "It is the ultimate Churchill that escapes us. I think he escapes us for good reason. He is not there." Proving that he was somewhere, Churchill replied that parties changed their programs more often than he did, but added, with magnificent understatement, "I have...
...exasperated middle class outraged at too much muddling-these scarcely loomed big enough to conquer Mr. Chamberlain's hostility, the lack of confidence of the people. Bigger news was that last week's staggering events clarified in a stroke Churchill's concept of the Empire, made understandable what had been puzzling and contradictory about...
...maiden speech 38 years ago Winston Churchill stated his credo and praised the Boers he had been fighting: "It must be made clear to these brave and unhappy men (the Boers) that, whenever they are ready to recognize that their small independence must be merged with the larger liberties of the Empire, there will be a full guarantee for the security of their property and religion, an assurance of equal rights . . . and what the British Army would most readily accord a brave and enduring foe-all the honors of war." Responsibilities of Empire he considered great; if nations under...
...exchanging telephone messages with A. Hitler through the latter's Ambassador Hans-Georg von Mackensen. The official Fascist press began to boast about fresh plums which Italy might expect from the Axis arrangement (Djibouti, Tunisia, Suez). And an honest reflection of the Anglo-French determination was at last made public. If all this added up to anything, it meant clearing the road for B. Mussolini to slow A. Hitler down-if he could-perhaps to hang back if he couldn...
...friend Japan. It came just as the ink was drying on a French-Turkish trade pact. It also brought on what was later described as "extraordinary pressure" from Germany. Von Papen was given an hour in which to perform his suave, bully act, then President Inönü made clear to France and Britain that he stood with them in the great lineup. Turkey, said her No. 1 editor, would stand with the Allies "even if the Reich were ten times stronger...