Word: saklatvala
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last remaining Communist, Parsi Shapurgi Saklatvala, was heavily defeated...
Thus the Cabinet squelched several persistent committees of British bondholders who have recently petitioned for aid in dunning U. S. States which were once Confederate. A chuckle rippled across the Commons, as the sole Communist M. P., famed Shapurji Saklatvala, a swarthy Indian demanded: "Does not the Under Secretary think this another case where His Majesty's Government ought to send troops of occupation to protect British interests...
...throng burst into "The International," as Laborite George Lansbury, M. P., beat time jovially with his large bowler hat. With him stood the sole British Communist M. P., Shapurji Saklatvala, carrying a large bouquet of red roses for Mme. Rosengolz...
...train time drew near Chargé d'Affaires Rosengolz kissed Mr. Lansbury, Mr. Saklatvala and many another in the usual continental fashion?on both cheeks. Then he launched into a farewell speech, mentioning Secretary of State for India the Earl of Birkenhead, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill by name, and calling them the statesmen chiefly responsible for "this unwarranted, insane step" by the Cabinet...
While an attendant was ejecting him, the Commons rang with cries of "Up, Saklatvala!" from laughing members. Shapurji Saklatvala, only Communist in the House of Commons, paid no heed to the alarm...