Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sent first message to Parliament, promising to "promote the welfare of all classes of my subjects...
...says in Two Worlds that after years of this work he set forth "bound for the beauty and wonder of the world, and a better understanding of our troubled, chaotic time." With his wife he went first to France, then to England, where he listened to debates in Parliament about fascism, then to Russia, Turkey, Greece, Palestine, Egypt, Ceylon, India, China, Japan. Since they traveled over conventional paths and by conventional methods, they had few adventures, were interested in the normal life in different classes rather than in picturesque or exciting exceptions. The Russia they saw has come...
...nearly half a century I have sat in Parliament and never before have I heard a British Foreign Secretary confess that Britain had been defeated. This is British surrender to Italy without the firing of a shot! Surrender in fear of the Italian air force...
Plum For Astor- Most numerous family in Parliament is that of Viscount and Viscountess Astor and their related M. P.'s (a brother, son, son-in-law, brother-in-law, cousin). Only seven months ago the National Government landslide elected Hon. William ("Bill") Waldorf Astor, chipper young heir of Viscount Astor. During the campaign Hon. Bill would pop up through the sliding roof of his little sedan, harangue constituents, then pop down and off to the next gathering. He scored an outstanding win from a previously strong Labor candidate. Last week potent Clan Astor was overjoyed when Hon. Bill...
...resentment of (1 the sending of a civilian as Ambassador to China, 2 the strong showing of liberal parties in the recent elections, 3 the refusal of the Emperor to appoint a liberal as Premier, 4 the appointment of Koki Hirota as Minister of War 5 the action of Parliament in cutting army and navy budgets...