Word: ossinski
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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Prince & Comrades. Heading the Soviet delegation, carrying his own fibre suitcase, came, last week Prince Valerian Obolenski Ossinski...
Prince Valerian Ossinski provided the only (mild) sensation of the week when he protested to the League that the Swiss police were guarding him against assassination so effectively that he was virtually a prisoner in his own hotel. Soon League officials persuaded the Swiss to desist. Prince Ossinski later spoke before the Conference, urging all nations to cancel their War debts, lower immigration barriers, and join with Soviet Russia in a program of universal disarmament. He spoke effectively, and some dozens of delegates crowded down near the rostrum, applauded...
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