Word: patriote
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Grenville Temple Emmet, 60, U. S. Minister to Austria; of double pneumonia after a two-day illness; in Vienna. Minister Emmet, a great-grand-nephew of famed Irish Patriot Robert Emmet, was a onetime law partner of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, onetime (1934-37) U. S. Minister to The Netherlands. He assumed the Austrian Ministry just ten days before his death...
...Commanders. To undertake this great campaign, the Japanese Government appointed General Iwane Matsui to supreme command of the combined army and navy forces. Matsui understands the Chinese almost as well as his own countrymen, once cooperated with that intense Chinese patriot Sun Yatsen, "Founder of the Chinese Republic," to promote "Pan-Asianism" in China. Though this credo was directed against China's National Government as well as against Russia, Matsui was shrewd enough to fool a good many naturally-cautious Chinese, was received with open arms wherever he went. Now his job is not to fool them...
Neither a traitor nor a patriot but a Chinese realist, General Sung quite realized that he was at the mercy of General Kazuki unless Chinese Generalissimo Chiang should strongly back him, and this week Sung suddenly caved in, so Kazuki said. According to Japanese sources. General Sung made abject apologies for the recent fighting in North China, agreed to punish Chinese officers whose troops had fought, and confirmed that he always tries to stamp out "anti-Japanism." But all this from Sung was "verbal" and Chinese sources kept absolutely mum about what he had or had not promised Kazuki...
Last week, however, Congressman Bloom's latest project, the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Constitution -which, since he is fond of appearing in costume, offers him delightful opportunities to appear as an early American patriot -came perilously close to shipwreck. Two years ago he got $10,000 to start his work, last year he got $200,000 more. Last week when he went back for $150,000 more he was very rudely treated. The celebration he has planned begins Sept. 17, the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. On Dec. 7 comes the anniversary of Delaware...
...Palace of Holyroodhouse, where the King and Queen were to stay for nearly a week, everything was spick & span. Ready laid out for them was the cutlery, plate and napery provided-to encourage royal visits-by the late Sir Alexander Grant, biscuit tycoon, great Scottish patriot and boyhood friend of James Ramsay MacDonald (TIME, June...