Word: pact
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...year, China leased Kiaochau (in which Tsingtao is situate), with a sphere of influence extending inland for a radius of 30 miles, to Germany for 99 years. The Japanese captured the area in 1914 and, in 1922, returned it to China in accordance with the provision of the Washington Pact...
...peace and stability of the world, M. Briand said nothing and his policy was identical to that followed by the Herriot Cabinet. It was understood that, inasmuch as M. Briand is shortly to go to London to meet Mr. Chamberlain, he was not opposed in principle to the pact offered by Germany and sponsored by Britain (TiME, Mar. 16, INTERNATIONAL...
...Hindenburg means a sudden change of policy were largely hostile propaganda. The best political brains of Germany are behind the Monarchist cause. The present Government is predominantly Monarchist. They can, taking stock of the actual situation, be relied upon to work the Experts' ( Dawes) Plan, conclude the Five Power Pact, if France will let them, which recognized the cession of Alsace and Lorraine (TIME, Mar. 16) and generally follow the policy adopted by Republican Germany: for to do otherwise would assuredly spell disaster to Germany...
...held by France, whose attitude to the German proposals was hostile. Premier Herriot asseverated that there was no pact which in any way invalidated any provision of the Treaty of Versailles. The French Nationalists were of two views. On one hand, they had negotiated a series of alliances on the Continent which were designed to insure French ascendancy. They were told that the main advantage of the proposed five-power pact was that Britain would consider as a casus belli any violation of that pact. This, they argued, was accepting British protection and surrendering French continental supremacy. On the other...
According to Major F. W. Moore '92, the agreement has been signed by the University and Princeton authorities and is favored by Yale. The New Haven institution, and the University, have not yet definitely ratified it. Harvard's approval of the new pact is subject to favorable action by the Athletic Committee which meets on March...