Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Statesman Saionji would recommend it. It was stated, however, that the Premier would remain in office until June 4, when the State celebration of Crown Prince Hirohito's wedding* (TIME, April 7) will have been held. Upon this date the Diet assembles and Kiyoura Government is expected to resign. The next Premier is likely to be Viscount Takaaki Kato†, four times Foreign Minister (1900-01, 1906, 1913, 1914-15), former Japanese Ambassador to Britain (1894-99) and leader of the Kenseikai Party, which will be the largest party in the new House of Representatives. The new Foreign Minister...
...Alice Freeman became engaged to Professor George Herbert Palmer of Harvard. Her friends were amazed, felt that her marriage would be an unsupportable loss to Wellesley, suggested many means of enabling her to continue her great work, pointed out that Professor Palmer might resign from Harvard, take up residence at Wellesley?all to no avail. The couple were married and disappeared into an obscure honeymoon bicycling in England and France...
...long ago President Millerand threatened to resign if the Bloc National were defeated. The transfer of some 100 votes to the Radicals and Socialists leaves the Bloc in a minority and critics were wondering if the President would carry out his threat. A Socialist régime would in no way suit M. Millerand's policy of active participation in governing France...
Elections in Japan, which were marred by every kind of rowdyism all over the country, returned a majority of the Kenseikai Party, which stands for parliamentary government, no bossing by the Elder Statesmen and for protection of the Constitution. Premier Kiyoura of the Seiyukai Party was expected to resign...
...hereby resign the office of Governor of the State of Indiana...