Word: protection
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...powerful man in Egypt. His declared policy is to secure for Egypt absolute independence- that is, to end British control of Egypt's foreign affairs, to insist upon the withdrawal of British financial advisors and British troops on Egyptian territory, to transfer from the British the right to protect foreign minorities and to claim sole right of protecting the Suez Canal. Furthermore, he would abolish the Anglo-Egyptian condominion in the Sudan and make that country an integral part of Egypt wholly under Egyptian rule...
With Ziwar Pasha likely to remain in power, Egyptian policy will endeavor to solve the present knotty problems by friendly methods, while recognizing Britain's right to protect the Suez Canal, "the Gateway to India" and loyally cooperating in the joint administration of the Sudan...
Chief Justice Taft and the President rose together. Without notes, Mr. Taft administered the brief oath: "Calvin Coolidge, do you solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to the best of your ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help...
Germany. Germany sees herself surrounded by enemies and, as she may not (according to the Versailles Treaty) have an army of more than 100,000 men-a force totally inadequate to protect her frontiers-she has taken a page out of France's book and demanded security on her own account. She has proposed, therefore, to enter into an engagement with France to guarantee the Franco-German frontier and to submit to arbitration any dispute over this eastern boundary. This means nothing less than that Germany has renounced her claim to Alsace and Lorraine, but is not disposed...
...Turkey entered the war on the side of Germany," said M. Moukbil, "in order to protect herself against the aggressions of a Russo-Franco-British entente which was planning to take Constantinople and the coasts of the Black Sea to give to Imperial Russia. This is substantiated by documents from the Russian archives recently made public by the Soviet Government...