Word: safeguarded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Lu Yung-huang, unmuzzled at last, explained: "Since 1924, violations of the Treaty have been numerous. . . . Soviet Communist propaganda through . , . the railway is proved by documentary evidence seized in the recent raid of the Soviet Consulate at Harbin. We are constrained to take the present drastic measures to safeguard China's interests." Distinctly a threat was his conclusion: "If Russia resorts to retaliatory measures, China is prepared to deal effectively with them...
...department store and its depositors are its customers. Neither private banks nor private bankers affect the stability of the standard, normal, supervised, incorporated savings banks and trust companies which constitute the type of bank which the public recognizes as such and in which the public has many a safeguard for its money...
Perhaps in these times "Respect for law" which is our modern substitute for "love of the King's subjects toward their prince" is a feeble safeguard for the social well being. The subsequent history of Federal enforcement ought to provide President Hoover's Commission with an opportunity for a valuable study in criminology
...other nationalities, their only recourse is to the Council of the League, which under the treaties, is to safeguard their interests. Off-hand this would appear to be a good arrangement and to provide sufficient protection. The League Council has, in fact, done good work in smoothing over difficulties of a minor nature and in paving the way to better relationship through gentle pressure upon various governments. But it has been, to date, unable to handle the larger issues satisfactorily. After all, the League Council is the organ of the larger powers and in its discussions the conflicting interests...
...uncovered in the Armstrong Insurance Investigation. Riddled with greed and corruption, the insurance companies had become a public menace. Hughes exposed their practices and then, from the pinnacle of the Governorship to which his crusading had lifted him, put through a code of laws designed to be a permanent safeguard...