Word: premiership
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Since the war Paderewski has tried his hand at the premiership, and has returned to America a sadder and wiser man. After him many governments have ruled and fallen, and President Narutowicz, after a reign of two days, has been assassinated. Yesterday a new president was elected--Wojiechowski, who, as his name suggests, is a friend of the "strong man of Poland", Marshal Pilsudski. He is of the same party as the late president, and will continue his policy; but what appears most hopeful is that he has the respect of both Radicals and Nationalists, and is well assured...
Before becoming Premier in 1915, Mr. Vaughan served in the Parliament of Australia continuously for ten years, having entered Parliament in 1905. During this period of service he was State-Treasurer and Minister for Lands from 1910 to 1912. Among the important measures passed during his premiership, which he resigned in 1917, were those affecting the remodeling of the educational system, making it one of the most up-to-date in the world, the industrial conditions, and the war policies of his counery...