Word: passu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...settlement of the French War debt, Mr. Churchill stated in plain terms the attitude of His Majesty's Government. '"We consider it essential," he stated, "that any payments made by our debtors in Europe to their creditors in the United States should be accompanied simultaneously and pari passu [with equal pace] by proportionate payments to Britain." (Cheers...
...many refinements which have been made upon whether this does or does not mean getting sucked into the League of Nations are cast aside by the second provision. The latter provides for a gradual widening of American cooperation with the League which would lead eventually to membership pari passu with the enactment of those reservations upon which a large number of the public has generally agreed. The plan seems fortunately conceived both in conciliating public opinion and in initiating an important step forward. But if it does no more than rouse the thought processes of the rank and file...