Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Having been ordered to remove all religious emblems from their buildings by the Moslem authorities, the directors of French and Italian schools removed everything but the cross, which, in the circumstances, was the one bit of advertising likely to give offense; for this, they were immediately closed, and protest was made by their respective governments. The National Assembly was undoubtedly quite within its rights in refusing to allow foreign schools of a different faith to make converts of its citizens; but with such summary action, it is almost inevitable that the gain in internal religious morale will be more than...
...reactions which most persons anticipated at the time have been developing precisely as foreseen. Tokio news dispatches report numerous and violent mob demonstrations, and foreign correspondents tell of various petty discourtesies indicative of a feeling of bitter resentment on the part of minor officials. The latest bit of popular protest is the suicide of a active before the gates of the American Embassy...
...somewhat stupid senatorial bluntness, that fact makes the present situation no less tense, or the ultimate outcome no more discernible. As it is almost a foregone conclusion that the United States will not revoke its discriminatory legislation, interest centers about Japan's probable course of action when her protest is turned aside. As present indications suggest, that course will be one of fiery demonstration on the part of the nation and more or less half-hearted attempts at repression by the government...
...Spring of 1918" a proposal was made by the Federal Government (through the War Industries Board, of which Bernard M. Baruch was Chairman) to take over the steel industry. He alleged that the proposal originated with Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo, and that vigorous protest by American steel men, including himself, had blocked the plan. Judge Gary stated that his wish, in making public this hitherto unpublished episode, was to make a permanent record of the matter...
...Neill's new play on the mating of blacks and whites (TIME, March 17) lived up to expectations by turning into a news event. It had been preceded by a storm of protest from various sections of the metropolis and the U. S. at large, though nothing like a race riot seemed likely. At the first performance, the Provincetown Theatre group announced that Mayor Hylan had refused to sanction the appearance of black and white children in the first scene of the play, designed to show that with children there is no color line...