Word: prime
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Senators from six Western States, the U. S. embarked upon a silver-buying program. To date the most conspicuous result of the Administration's silver policy is that the Treasury in a little more than four years has purchased about 1400,000,000 oz. of a metal whose prime characteristic is its futility. And much of it was purchased at prices considerably above last week's quotation of 44¾ per oz., which is an entirely artificial figure since the U. S. has been buying most of the world's silver production. Last week, for the first...
This week Generalissimo Franco replied directly to a protest by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with a note saying that the Rightists bomb cities and towns "only when military necessity leaves no alternative." At Salamanca the official Rightist spokesman declared: "Our objective in Barcelona was primarily the terminals of the railroad system, but the casualties in the city were heavier than they might have been because the North subway station had been turned into an underground ammunition depot. The storage of ammunition in the heart of a city is against the most elementary rules of war. The result was that...
...optimism of Great Britain, which worries less than any nation on earth." That plenty of Britons were deliberately taking a humorous view of the European Crisis was a major fact in London last week. In the House of Commons, however, more seriousness was in evidence. In awful dignity the Prime Minister arose and spoke. "I do not deny," came Neville Chamberlain's solemn admission, "that my original belief in the League as an instrument of preserving peace has been profoundly shaken...
...Prime Minister said that he would attempt to define the attitude of His Majesty's Government. "I deliberately use the word 'attitude' rather than policy," he weightily continued, "because I cannot imagine that any event would change the fundamental basis of British foreign policy, which is the maintenance and preservation of peace and the establishment of a sense of confidence that peace will in fact be maintained...
...been British Foreign Secretary, once told the House, Mr. Chamberlain reminded his hearers, that "our armaments may be used in bringing help to the victim of aggression in any case where in our judgment it would be proper under the conditions of the [League] Covenant to do so." The Prime Minister, indicating that His Majesty's Government have not renounced that pledge, went on to quote the further explanation of it by Mr. Eden, who continued : "I use the word 'may' deliberately, since, in such an instance, there is no auto-matic obligation to take military action...