Word: mediterraneanize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cork. The U. S. imports virtually all its cork, though the cork oak thrives in California, where it grows about twice as fast as it does around the Mediterranean. What has deterred Californians from boosting cork is the fact that the bark is not stripped from the cork oak for commercial purposes until the tree is 35 years old. San Francisco's Emory R. Smith said last week that, when he was faculty head of Stanford University's Agricultural Research School, he tried to persuade Founder Leland Stanford to plant 1,000 acres of his grant to cork...
...Italian adventure in Ethiopia was a direct threat to the lifeline of the British Empire: control of the Mediterranean. From the beginning British diplomacy held to the dogged belief that Benito Mussolini was bluffing. Loudly His Majesty's Government demanded Sanctions, only to discover that Italy would fight if the League attempted to enforce its orders...
Britain sent her fleet to the Mediterranean, talked of closing the Suez Canal...
...planned to take train to Venice, there board the Italian liner Victoria for Alexandria. The British Foreign Office buzzed excitedly. Presently a new itinerary was announced: train to Marseille, the British liner Viceroy of India to Alexandria, and H. M. S. Ajax to escort the new King across the Mediterranean. Farouk, in his first act as King, politely declined the Ajax. The kindness of the British Admiralty to young King Farouk was matched last week by the British Royal family. King Edward VIII invited King Farouk to Buckingham Palace for a long, friendly talk. To see King Farouk...
When the new British policy is framed, England will have to bear in mind the fact that Italy is slowly manoeuvering herself into a position of dominance in the Mediterranean, and that the Suez and Malta are dangerously near the Fascist axe. The days of the old-fashioned European Alliances and Alignments seem to be back to stay...