Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been engaged in studies of the moon and of Mars, will go to England in April, where he is to read to the Royal Astronomical Society a paper upon the moon. He may also make a study of some of the volcanic craters in the neighborhood of the Mediterranean...
...admirable ships that give really good service. There should also be good and fast direct steamers from our Pacific Coast to Australia and to the west coast of South America. From our cast coast we should be able to go to both coasts of South America, through the Mediterranean and the Sucz Canal to the Orient, and to various ports in Europe. The United Fruit Company is able to give an excellent, if not rapid, service to the countries in which it operates, mostly Central America, by reason of the profitable nature of its business other than shipping...
...Greece territory which raised that country to a position unforeseen ten years ago. The fall of the Venizelos ministry and the return to power of King Constantine has aroused agitation for the revision of the Treaty of Sevres between the Allies and Turkey. This movement finds favor with three Mediterranean peoples: Italy has from the beginning been wary of the rise of her new neighbor on the inland sea, and has cast longing eyes at the recent acquisitions of Greece. France--the traditional friend of the Turk--misses the privileges granted to her financiers by the old Turkish government...
...Greek cause is championed by England, whose tradition it has been to control the eastern end of the Mediterranean through her influence on Greek foreign policy. In this way Great Britain has attained considerable political power at Constantinople, has economized in troops, and has furthered her scheme of rail connection from Europe to the Far East. But Lloyd George is now hampered by diplomatic side-issues,--notably the southward advance of the Bolshevik and the sympathy of Mohammedans in India for their Ottoman coreligionists. The Greeks themselves are united, Venizelists and Royalists alike, in demanding the preservation of the Treaty...
...Federation of Railway Workers, 100,000 strong, was one of the most conservative of French trade unions, and its present officers date from that period; but since the armistice its membership has grown to 275,000, and the rank and file, especially on the "P.L.M." (Paris Lyons, and Mediterranean) and the State lines, is very radical. A strong opposition has grown up to M. Bidegarry, the secretary, who is charged with responsibility for the failure in France of the international general strike planned for July 21 last, and in general with a too conciliatory policy and it is this radical...