Word: regent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Yoshihito Harunomia. His eldest son Hirohito, the Crown Prince, acts as Regent of Japan. His third son is Nobuhito Takamatsu-no-miya; his youngest is Takahito Sumi-no-miya...
Late despatches announced that Prince Regent Hirohito had appointed Minister of Home Affairs Reijiro Wakatsuki to be Premier pro tempore. As everyone knows, he is the leader of the late Premier's party, the Kensei-Kai, which holds 151 of the 464 seats in the Japanese Diet, 35 seats more than the second largest party, the Seiyuhonto...
Policemen lined the streets of Budapest. They scooted about on bicycles. Whenever Admiral Horthy, Regent* of the Kingdom of Hungaria, rode forth, the policemen cleared the entire street down which he was to ride. At length they held back an enormous crowd gathered to witness the opening of the Hungarian Parliament. Excitement ran high, for it was known that Premier Count Bethlen would present to the Deputies the Government's position with respect to the "national scandal," the recently discovered plot to flood France with counterfeited -in- Hungary 1,000-franc notes (TIME, Jan. 18). Premier Bethlen slipped into...
...Regent Horthy is supposed to be pro-Albrecht and Fascist, just as Premier Count Bethlen leans toward Otto and the strict Legitimists. Late last week Albrecht decided that the Fascist jig is up, and resigned as President of the Fascist League. It is almost unthinkable that the Allies will now let an Otto putsch succeed. Presumably the kingdom will continue kingless...
Amid shouts of "Banzai!" "Hail, Illustrious One!" "Greetings!" the Prince Regent proceeded unruffled on his way. Later Ambassador Silva explained that he thought the first policeman had said "Come, please" instead of "Comes Prince." Since the policeman's gesture made his intent clear, this explanation was considered very lame.* The Japanese Government was rumored to have entered an official protest against the "unwarranted tempestuousness" of the Ambassador...