Word: nationalist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...House of Commons a bill for the ratification of the Treaty of Lausanne, which established peace between Greece and Turkey, revised the terms of the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) between the Allies and the then Ottoman Empire, and adjusted generally relations between Mustafa Kemal's new nationalist Turkish state and the western world...
...united committees of various nationalist parties at reactionary Munich named for the next President of the German Republic "that dyed-in-the-wool monarchist, the incarnation of the old imperial German spirit" Admiral von Tirpitz, creator of the German Navy and father of Germany's ruthless submarine warfare...
...King Hussein of the Hedjaz. The Arabs of Mesopotamia, Transjordania and the Hedjaz proclaimed King Hussein Calif, a title which the King was pleased to accept. For some time, the Arabs have been agitating to make Hussein Calif, thereby displaying their dislike for the conditions with which the Nationalist Turks surrounded the Califate. It was by no means certain that any of the other Moslem countries would recognize King Hussein as the head of Islam. He is, however, more fitted to the Califate than most other candidates, because the blood of Koreish, tribe to which Mahammad belonged, runs through...
...Premier is head of the Zaghlulist Party (Nationalist, therefore Anti-British, standing for complete independence of Egypt). He was formerly a Cabinet Minister during Lord Cromer's regime (1884-1907), is known to be a man of vigorous action, strong views, high intellectual attainments...
...effect of this speech was to overcome Socialist and Nationalist opposition which had been so much feared. The third and final reading of the bill providing the Cabinet with full power was passed by 313 votes to 18. Not even the most sanguine forecasts foresaw such a sweeping victory for the Government. The most that was hoped from the Socialists was that they would not vote against the bill, while opposition from the Nationalists was counted upon...