Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German Mission, which is touring Mexico, was received by President Calles at the Presidential Palace. He told the assembled Teutons that Mexico was a young nation struggling to maintain her independence against the invasions of imperialist hordes of economic barbarians...
...said, 17 European powers maintained armies. Of these, 15 used the compulsory system, Britain the voluntary, Switzerland the militia. In 1925, there are 25 powers which maintain armies. Of these, 14 have the compulsory system, five the voluntary, six the militia. If figures be adduced, "there has been no material diminution in the number of armed men maintained in Europe today as compared...
...Premier Theunis resigned (TIME, Apr. 27). Since that date, M. Éimile Van der Velde, Count Charles de Broqueville, M. Aloys Van de Vyvere, Burgomaster Adolphe Max have ineffectually tried to form or maintain Cabinets (TIME...
...control and the city was said to resemble "an armed camp." The strike, declared after the shooting of Chinese, began to wane, but shipping remained completely tied up throughout the week. Chang Hsuehliang, son of Tuchun Chang Tso-lin ("strongest man in China"), arrived with 2,000 cadets to maintain order. Despite precautions, the British Consul was beaten. A British and Japanese boycott was declared but had little effect...
Hankow, about 500 miles due west from Shanghai on the Yang-tsze-kiang River in the inland Province of Hupeh. Despite the efforts of Tuchun Hsia Yao-nan to maintain quiet, an ugly situation rapidly developed. Foreign women, children and missionaries left the city on the eve of an attack by rioters on the British Volunteer Armory and Japanese shops. The British used machine-guns on the rioters; many were killed and wounded...