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...Mutton Stew. On their side, the Russians had an excellent propaganda opportunity in the issue of the Italian colonies in Africa-Libya, Eritrea, Somaliland. The 1947 peace treaty with Italy provided that unless the Big Four reached agreement by Sept. 15, 1948, the matter would be turned over to the U.N. Assembly. Some weeks ago Moscow startled the Western powers with a proposal to have one last fling at the colonies before the deadline. U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall agreed to negotiate but refused to attend in person. So last week in Paris the Big Four held a three...
Vishinsky at once attacked the conference's authority to deal with the problem at hand. "In order to make mutton stew," he stormed, "you must have mutton. In order to have a Foreign Ministers' conference, you must have Foreign Ministers." To this France's Robert Schuman, the only actual Foreign Minister in attendance, sharply retorted: "If you don't have powers to negotiate, why did you come here...
...older than Ottawa itself. By Ward Market had been a going concern since the 1840s, when the capital-to-be was known as Bytown,* a lusty lumbermen's town. Here in nine acres of open stalls, some 500 farmers sell their vegetables, chickens, suckling pigs, sides of mutton, raw wool, herbs, honey, eggs, cheese, flowers...
...head of mutton, reported Yinghsien's commander, would be a welcome addition to the garrison's diet...
...gold and dollars, lifting of many price controls. But when, on Socialist insistence, Schuman had called in 5,000-franc notes, many Frenchmen (especially farmers) had lost confidence in their currency. Prices continued to shoot upward. In a month the cost of onions and potatoes went up 50%, mutton 20%, carrots...