Word: murders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question: "Should Cabinet Ministers write newspaper articles ?" has become : "Why does Lord Birkenhead do it?" In an article entitled "Murder," the noble lord expressed much philosophical sympathy with a man who kills a blackmailer to save himself and his family. In the Commons, the Premier was asked: ''Have you read the article?" and: "Considering that there is a bill before the House to abolish capital punishment, is not the article a matter of public policy?" The Premier laconically replied : "I very seldom read the afternoon papers," sat down...
...Opposition asked the Government for permission to use the Chamber of Deputies for a memorial meeting. Permission was refused. The Fascist Party decided to hold a counter demonstration, but it was believed that the Premier had dissuaded them. At any rate, the first anniversary of the murder passed off quietly. Large numbers of police were ready for trouble, but none occurred...
...whom was less than a septuagenarian. During the day, the Diplomats were received by the King, who listened and replied to their addresses of goodwill and congratulations. Representatives of the Aventine Opposition-Deputies who boycotted the Chamber as a protest against the Fascist régime following the murder of Matteotti (TIME, June 23 et seq.)-called at the Quirinal, presented their greetings. No untoward incidents were reported. The Fascisti did not march in a body, but mixed in with the other organizations. The day was an impressive display of loyalty to the Crown, personated by the head...
...mass, news-venders did an unusually thriving business. The journal in demand was the Royalist As Ujsag (The News). In it, Edmund Beniczky, ex-Minister of the Interior and present leader of the Legitimists in the National Assembly, charged Admiral Horthy, the Regent, with direct complicity in the mysterious murder of two Socialist editors, Somogyi and Basco, which occurred in February, 1920* That so serious a charge could go unchallenged was, of course, impossible. The Government ordered the arrest of M. Beniczky, but not on the charge of accusing Admiral Horthy. He was allegedly arrested for an old crime...
...Tsingtao,China, which was seized by Germany in 1897 because of the murder of two German missionaries,† Chinese and other workers in Japanese spinning companies began a serious strike, occupied the factories. Fighting occurred, many fatalities were reported...