Word: pact
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gibson addressed the League of Nations Preparatory Disarmament Commission as follows: "It has recently been my privilege to discuss the general problem of disarmament at considerable length with President Hoover. I am in a position to realize, perhaps as well as anyone, how earnestly he feels that the pact for the renunciation of war opens for us an unprecedented opportunity for advancing the cause of disarmament, an opportunity which admits of no postponement...
...Lombos, who is painting a Kellogg portrait to hang in the State Department at Washington, and a golf course. Said Mr. Kellogg: "I said almost everything one could say in regard to international peace during my term as Secretary of State. . . . As one of the authors of the Peace Pact, I should not talk about it, but I feel satisfied that it made a great impression throughout the world...
Quite refreshed after his two days in bed, Elihu Root left Geneva with Nurse Emily Stewart by limousine for Paris. They expect to sail for the U.S. on the Ile de France, famed as "The Peace Ship" The original Briand Peace Pact proposal was brought to the U.S. by Ambassador Myron Timothy Herrick on the maiden voyage of the Ile de France (TIME, July 4, 1927); and "The Peace Ship" carried Secretary of State and Mrs. Frank Billings Kellogg when he sailed to sign the Briand-Kellogg Pact Renouncing War in Paris (TIME...
Professor George La Piana in his criticism of the recent treaty between the Italian government and the Pope, emphasises the fact that this agreement again gives the church control of the destiny of Italy in permitting the ecclesiastical powers to direct the educational system. According to this pact, there will be compulsory religious training in all schools and colleges, in addition to the fact that the appointment and discharge of instructors will be determined by their achievements in the light of the papal standards. In appearance at least, Italy has fallen into the same rut of church domination that still...
...knowledge of the period to be dealt with by Professor Salvemini is essential to an understanding of the Fascist regime and therefore this group of lectures offers an opportunity to everyone interested in current history. Professor Langer said that Salvemini would probably speak at some length on the recent pact between Italy and the Roman Church...