Word: secretly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Came also, during the week, Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg, carrier of a grave governmental affair already begun-the U. S. reply to Britain and France about their new "secret" naval understanding. President Coolidge gave his approval and soon there was a great clicking of cable instruments as the Note, although it was soon to be made public (see p. 16), was gravely despatched in code, decoded at the other end and checked back by cable...
...sooner had the Dutchman spoken than Great Britain's Baron Cushendun and M. Paul-Boncour of France expressed disapproval and repeatedly used the term "surprised." Both told Jonkheer Loudon that their governments could not countenance a reversion to "Secret Diplomacy." Since Britain and France have just come to a secret naval understanding (TIME, Aug. 13) the indignation of their representatives was akin to that of small boys caught in the jam closet...
...press that Jonkheer Loudon's proposal was deplored by both President Coolidge and Secretary of State Kellogg. Thereupon one of Jonkheer Loudon's smart Dutch secretaries pointed out to correspondents at Geneva that President Coolidge conducted his Nicaraguan election negotiations (TIME, April 18, 1927) not merely through secret diplomatic channels but by means of a "personal representative"* who never had any public or official status...
Though these instances might seem to hint that the Great Powers have already reverted to "Secret Diplomacy," Jonkheer Loudon quickly found out that only M. Sato of Japan was willing to admit the fact. Therefore League progress toward Disarmament was again impressively halted...
Jonkheer Loudon persisted to the last in refusing to reconvene the Disarmament Commission and scathingly declared that, even though plenipotentiaries of all the Great Powers would not join with him in a secret show-down parley, "I am still ready to confer with the representatives of four powers, or three...