Word: premieres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Konrad Henlein, the Sudeten German Führer, sent only subordinates to confer with the Viscount. The consideration with which he treated them was considered spectacular. Lord Runciman's program included 20-minute formal calls on President Eduard Benes and Premier Milan Hodza; two lengthy conferences with henchmen of Henlein, the second lasting until 2 a. m.; next day lunch with...
Only a few months ago, King Carol II picked a Premier, the late Octavian Goga, who was one of the most arrant reactionaries, Jew-baiters and oppressors of minority peoples in all Europe (TIME, Jan. 10). Last week the present Premier...
Elongated, mountainous Crete, fourth largest island in the Mediterranean,* has two distinctions: it is potted with prehistoric remains, has long been the spawning ground for revolts. From Crete, Eleutherios Venizelos, a native of the island, launched a political career in the course of which he became Premier of Greece no less than seven times. From Crete, in March 1935, he supported one of the fiercest revolts in modern Greek history, seized several warships, only to have his revolt squelched. Old Venizelos fled to Paris, where he died year later...
Canea. Dictator Metaxas announced that the revolt was over, the rebels surrendering or fleeing to the hills. It was; they were. Having achieved this triumph, the Prussian-educated dictator seized the opportunity to announce that he had been made "Premier for life...
...final move came with lightning suddenness last week. Greek Premier John Metaxas, having just crushed a revolt (see col. 1), sped to Salonika for a secret rendezvous with Bulgarian Premier George Kiosseivanov. General Metaxas, as this year's president of the Balkan Entente, signed on behalf of all its members a treaty canceling the arms limitations imposed upon Bulgaria at Neuilly. In signing the new pact, the premiers also made a mutual non-aggression agreement among the five States concerned. It was considered certain that this foreshadowed the early entrance of Bulgaria into the Balkan Entente...