Word: move
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...side of the question - it would mean a terrible loss of votes. Osmena is far from likely to chance it. Even the Democratic Party, the younger school of politicians, as opposed to the older school of Quezon and Osmena, maintains an attitude of critical assent to Quezon's move. But the Democratic Party can hardly be said to count because it is a very small minority in the Legislature...
...forward policy by the two Powers against European Far Eastern possessions. Singapore, a base which the British are now rapidly developing to guard the right flank of the Indian Empire, would thus come to have increased significance. China would be the glacis for the next great strategic move in the Far East. On Great Britain's ability to hold Singapore and to dominate the coasts of South China ultimately depends the fate of Hongkong and the Treaty Ports, French Indo-China, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippine Islands and the British possessions in the Pacific, including Australia...
...Embassy is about to move from 5 Rue de Chaillot, near the Etoile on the right bank of the Seine, to the Hotel Princesse de la Tour d'Auvergne, in the proximity of the Quai d'Orsay, French Foreign Office, on the left bank. The Chancellery will remain provisionally at the Rue de Chaillot...
...bugbear of the U. S. Senate irreconcilables, the red herring with which they tripped President Wilson, was again offered for sacrifice on the horns of the altar by the Canadian representative at the League Council Assembly as a move to bring America into the League. A majority of member nations, led by France, preferred to keep Article...
...from U. S. Secretary of State Hughes, now sponsored by the British Government and endorsed by the Pope. As most countries are more or less vitally affected by the prolonged Ruhr row and the concomitant sterility in industry and commerce, it is only natural that they should favor any move calculated to bring the whole business to a speedy end. The Pope has not been idle. The failure of his letter of a week ago to Cardinal Gasparri was no deterrent to him. The Papal Nuncios at Munich, Belgium, Paris, were hard at work. Mgr. Pacelli, Papal Nuncio at Munich...