Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these were recalled by Hitler) mainly to herd hundreds of thousands of Chinese provincial troops toward the Japanese and prevent those who wished to escape from escaping. After the Japanese occupied Shanghai they found many dead Chinese machine gunners handcuffed to their guns. (The Chinese explanation: "They handcuffed themselves.") Neutral correspondents estimate at about 175,000 the number of Chinese second grade troops killed at Shanghai, have reported that although some few of the Generalissimo's best troops saw action and gave a good account of themselves the bulk of them withdrew to Canton, thence to Hankow and last...
Controversies over neutral rights and the mutual recrimination by newspapers in both countries were the two principal sources of ill feeling, he said. "Seward with an eye on the Irish vote and an ignorance of international law was apt to overplay his hand and mingle well founded protests at British violations with unjustified demands for concessions." Both nations realized that their actions would establish precedents for later diplomacy...
Moreover, to make certain that this is clearly understood, a warning note couched in sharp tones must immediately be dispatched to the fuehrer of Mars. An intercontinental conference to be held at some neutral vantage point such as the Milky Way, and to which the heads of the great nations of the world would personally repair, would not only assist in resolving the great intercontinental dilemmas but might also be of considerable benefit to America's internal economy. Indeed, the benefits which might be derived from such a conference are immeasurable: there might emerge from its discussion tables the outline...
...days later election of one-third of the French Senate quietly took place with such minor gains and losses of the various parties that neutral observers figured the uncertain French parliamentary balance had simply been maintained. Outstanding was the personal triumph of Socialist Marx Dormoy, a protégé of Léon ("New Deal") Blum, who won his Senate seat in a smashing victory this week over Rightist Marcel Regnier, a protégé of Pierre ("Hoare-Laval Deal") Laval...
...third neutral power is to be brought into the settlement, in addition to Germany and Italy, it should be Rumania, Little Entente ally of the Czechs, the announcement said...