Word: premiere
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After an all-night meeting Premier Dr. Juan Negrin's Cabinet decided to stay in Barcelona for the time being, but announced that they had taken all "necessary measures to guarantee against any eventuality the continuous administration of the State and the work of government.'' In other words, the Negrin Cabinet, unlike the Largo Caballero Cabinet which hastily fled from Madrid to Valencia in late 1936, decided to remain at their posts until there could be no doubt that the city was lost. They would then flee...
Japan's rubber-stamp Diet last week heard its new Premier, Fascist-minded Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, make some unorthodox admissions: 1) Chinese resistance was formidable; 2) in conquered territory Japanese troops controlled only cities and communications lines; 3) the Japanese Army will have to remain in China for a long time to come...
...I.R.A. terrorist attacks on British soldiers in Eire and on those Irishmen who sought compromise with Britain became so embarrassing that Premier Eamon de Valera, an I.R.A. fighter before he became reconciled to the policy of compromise, ordered it disarmed, dissolved. But I.R.A. extremists were not to be stopped. Up in the hills of rock-walled County Donegal, in the purple bogs of County Mayo and windswept County Clare they began to drill and equip a new army, reported to be 15,000 strong. If the bombings continue, they are certain to disrupt the policy of friendly understanding which Premier...
Arranged three months ago in the rosy afterglow of the Munich Deal, the trip was not expected to amount to much more than the formalizing of a standoff. This prospect was underscored when, much to II Duce's disappointment, the British stopped "for tea" with Premier Edouard Daladier and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet in Paris. There they were informed once again that France will not countenance Mr. Chamberlain as a "mediator" to settle Italian-French troubles...
...Rome no interpreters were necessary since II Duce speaks fluent English. Premier Mussolini rushed forward and pump-handled his guest vigorously, then accompanied him to the palatial Villa Madama. Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano warmly greeted Lord Halifax. There was nothing of the lavish display put on in Rome for Adolf Hitler's visits. Total cost of Mr. Chamberlain's three-day entertainment was only $5,000. But the Italian people, many of whom believe that it was the British statesman and not II Duce who kept them out of a war in September, gave Mr. Chamberlain...