Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Parliament's Week...
Winston Spencer Churchill, "Winnie," is a masterless man in English politics. Once he was Conservative, but he became a Liberal 20 years ago because of Chamberlain's free trade program; he was a Liberal until this year, when he decided to run for Parliament on a Conservative platform. He wanted to stand in the Abbey Division of Westminster. The Conservative caucus said: "First you must let us be your master; consent to that and you must run for office only when and where we choose." "Winnie," who had just been defeated in the December election on a Liberal ticket, said...
...advent of Fascismo and the accession of the present Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti), there was hope that the Vatican would reconcile itself to the act of 1870. The Catholic Partita Popolare had been organized by a little priest, Don Sturzo, and held the balance of power in the Parliament. The reactionary wing of the Vatican found itself in,thorough sympathy with the paternalistic nature of Fascism's aims. There was a good bit of cordial cooperation accomplished secretly. Filippo Cremonesi, Royal Commissioner appointed by Mussolini to succeed the Mayor of Rome, paid a call on Cardinal Pompili, Vicar...
...Turkey, Mustapha Kemal Pasha last week announced that the Califate henceforth will be personified by the Turkish Parliament. London opinion" promptly accused Kemal of "desiring to set himself up as Sultan of the world's 220,000,000 Moslems...
...religion as the primary cause of the decapitation of Charles I. Even G. K. Chesterton, famed Catholic, says that Charles I "tried to split hairs, and seemed merely to break promises," that "historically, the quarrel resolved itself into . . . whether a king can raise taxes without the consent of his Parliament." And H. G. Wells describes him as "probably one of the meanest and most treacherous occupants the English throne has ever known." His whiskers were painted by Van Dyck...