Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Protests against the readmission of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled Ambassador of Soviet Russia, who was deported in 1921, and his associate, Gregory Weinstein, reached the State Department. Copies of the protest, which emanated from women's patriotic societies, were sent to Senator Borah of Idaho, who favors political and diplomatic recognition of Soviet Russia...
...reported last week, Archbishop Zepliak and Monsignor Butchkavitch, of the Roman Catholic Church, were tried for "resisting the government." Both were condemned to death. A storm of protest arose from govern- ments and other organizations all over the world...
China has, of course, never ratified the treaty of 1915 and as a corollary she now bases her protest on "forcible restraint." This question of duress is in itself a nice point; much can be said both pro and con. As a matter of strict fact, China has never ratified agreements and concessions to foreign powers since she became a republic, a little over eleven years ago. That is an important factor in the argument...
Israel Zangwill: "I told an audience in London that the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine is now in a hopeless muddle: 'The British have got a mandate without giving the Jews a nation.'" William T. Tilden, II: "In my new book on tennis I protest against the sports common in American scholastic life. 'Can you imagine,' I say, 'a group of busy merchants running out to the club for a bit of football in the afternoon? Will they organize their baseball team? Can you imagine inviting your best friend to "come...
...question which Secretary Hughes is said to be discussing with the British Foreign Office. Although American Naval officers declare that we are fully within our rights under the Treaty in increasing the range of our guns, Representative Madden, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that he would protest the right of the Navy Department to make the change. Secretary Hughes and President Harding will be consulted before action is taken...