Word: pronunciamento
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diplomatic soundings, followed by financial actions and economic threats against the French. It is obvious that much diplomatic correspondence has passed between the British Foreign Office and the governments of Italy, Belgium and Germany. It was necessary to get the first two nations on their side before making a pronunciamento on the Ruhr and reparations. It was equally necessary to have a tacit understanding with the Germans that they would be willing to accept British mediation along specific lines. This done, the bank rate was raised from 3% to 4%, partly as an act of pressure on France...
...official text of a pronunciamento from Charles E. Hughes...