Word: protestant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That afternoon, still another Peruvian -Luis Elguera, chancellor of Peru's Santiago consulate-general-visited the statues. Over the protests of the Chilean carabinero on duty, he boldly made off with the Apristas' star-shaped wreaths. Discovering the theft shortly, the Apristas marched off to protest, first at the Ministry of National Defense, then to the office of Mayor Rafael Pacheco. Thundered the mayor, who had authorized their ceremonies: "An insult to O'Higgins and San Martin...
Next day, they started to pour down. Santiago's newspapers carried a long and bitter communiqué from the Apristas. Ambassador Miró Quesada renewed his protest to the Chilean Foreign Ministry, then replied to the Aprista communique with a 16-point message of his own, declaring no less than six times that the Apristas were obviously Reds, since their party symbol (like that of Communism) is a five-pointed star...
...censorship had also been extended to other U.S. newsmen. Since March, radio correspondents have been denied access to broadcasting facilities, and last fortnight the Buenos Aires newscast of the U.S. Information Service was banned for two days. At week's end, U.S. Ambassador James Bruce lodged a protest with Argentina's Foreign Office...
...call the "Miners' Gala" (pronounced gayler). Last week nearly half a million squeezed through the narrow streets to the race course beneath the castle. They heard Labor Party leaders defiantly answer the Tory Party's bid for votes. The Durham gala, which began in 1861 with a protest march against dangerous conditions in the pits, is always a living symbol of the bitter class consciousness of British labor. This year-was no exception...
...continue its present passive attitude toward Asiatic communism. This is a well-worn track and needs no further exploration. It means a little money here, and a diplomatic note of protest there. It is easy, cheap -and useless. Judging by past experience, this policy would end with Communist domination of Asia...