Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with a real chance of becoming Prime Minister. Sir Samuel would certainly know, reasons the average Englishman, whether there is any validity in the rumors that Air Power has now outmoded Sea Power. This onetime Air Minister was Foreign Secretary when Benito Mussolini faced down British ships in the Mediterranean (TIME, Sept. 30, 1935), knows diplomacy...
This-week President Azaña and three Cabinet Ministers, whether or not they had "fled" from Madrid, arrived unexpectedly at Barcelona and drove about this Mediterranean seaport, cheered by its radical populace...
...Great Powers, threatening to act in aid of Spain's radical Madrid regime. Panicky rumors promptly spread that Soviet ships were being loaded with Red munitions in Black Sea ports last week, that creaking old Russian warships and roaring new Soviet seaplanes would convoy these transports into the Mediterranean, and that this time cautious Moscow was ready to risk a general...
...Edward's invitation was extended without the Government's knowledge. . . . Perplexed British diplomats point out that while they are pleased with improvement in recent Anglo-Turkish relations they can see no tangible topics for negotiation with Turkey presently. Likewise they regard the idea of preparing a new Mediterranean Pact now as most inopportune. . . . A simple invitation by King Edward has upset the British Foreign Office...
...Fine Arts, as usual, presents a variety of short subjects, of which the most interesting is a photographic tour of Britain's Mediterranean "life-line". There is also a comedy short and a Hawaian scenic short...