Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Spain with Benito Mussolini (TIME, Aug. 9) as: "Could these letters properly be described as love letters?" The House was told by British War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha what has long been known and frequently denied, that the Spanish Rightists have installed artillery commanding Britain's chief Mediterranean base. "The guns on the Strait of Gibraltar," said Mr. Hore-Belisha, "are of various calibres from 12-inch howitzers downward...
...Aggression Pact lately signed by Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq "is a further contribution to world tranquillity," proudly declared the Father of the Turks. "The collaboration of Turkey is assured in any initiative toward pacification of the world, and particularly toward reinstatement of good relations between all Mediterranean countries...
...wars. From the viewpoint of diplomats and statesmen, it is difficult to celebrate that "ending" with real conviction when the world is at the moment facing at least two real wars, in Spain and in China, coupled with tense situations in the Mediterranean, in eastern Europe, and latest of all, in Brazil. The great masses of the peoples of the world are likewise disturbed, for the clouds of imperialism and aggrandizement seem at times ready to plunge them into another cataclysm...
...monies voted by Parliament exclusively to members of the Royal Family other than the Duke of Windsor, thanked the Lords and Commons "for the provision you have made for the honor and dignity of The Crown." It said that the immediate cessation of "pirate" attacks by submarines in the Mediterranean after the Nyon agreement has made the King "happy." His Majesty noted "with satisfaction the strengthening of all three of my defense forces" and hoped that the coming Nine-Power Brussels Conference on China and Japan "may contribute to bring this deplorable conflict...
Undoubtedly speeches today in leading cities in honor of the Navy will stress the history, of that service, from its early attacks on the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean to the present...