Word: pacts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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France finally ratified the Washington Naval Disarmament Pact. As a result the Navy Department has some 20 odd war vessels to dispose of as junk...
...accepted a request made by Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of Aerial Navigation, for the building of an air force equal to that owned by any other nation. Instead, he hopes to arrive at an agreement with his rivals much the same as that reached by the Washington naval pact for marine armaments...
Peking dispatches declare that the Lansing-Ishii pact is about to be junked, and diplomatic silence is taken as confirmation of the report...
...which she slept from time to time. Little beyond rumor is known of her love affairs. She herself used a horsewhip on a rival who published a malicious account of them. Her personality is wrapped in mystery and quaint anecdote. Through it all is felt the sharp im pact of a great and noble spirit, a supreme artist and a magnificent woman...
Refusal. The National Assembly rejected the Lausanne Treaty because it was contrary to the National Pact. The greater part of the Treaty has, however, been approved, and it only remains now to reach an agreement on a few important points. Ismet Pasha has been given full power to continue the postponed Lausanne Conference and it is certain that the Allies will readily consent to reopening the discussion...