Word: senors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good British answer to this would be: "My dear old chap, I suppose you know you're talking rubbish!" But Chief British Delegate Sir John Simon was not in good form at the moment. Instead up rose charming Senor Salvador de Madariaga, the Spanish Chief Delegate. Sure of the ovation he was about to receive, he asked: ''May I tell a story of how the animals met to discuss disarmament...
...country," said the Brazilian delegate Senor Jose Carlos de Maceno modestly, "has never fought a single war of aggression...
...Bemis Professor of International Law, who is to impersonate Briand, of France. The other part of the drama will be presided over by F. B. Sayre, professor of Law, who has the part of LeRoux, of Spain. Other parts are as follows: Viscount Cecil, of England, Sir Herbert Ames; Senor de Madariaga, of Spain, G. C. Wilson, professor of International Law; Sir Eric Drummond, of England. Secretary General, J. J. Johnson '87, professor of Civil Engineering; Sze, of China, K. M. Marshall '21, instructor in Government...
Back in New York Senor Olaya, now behind the back of an innocent Press, took up the real purpose of his visit?a loan. He dropped into J. P. Morgan & Co. But Mr. Lament seemed chilly. He dropped into National City Co. to see Victor Schoepperle, who had visited Colombia. But Vice President Schoepperle did not think a loan could be arranged unless Colombia adopted a "businesslike" administration. Weary of shopping about Wall Street for cash, President-elect Olaya consented to these terms, and sailed for Colombia with the promise of $20,000.000 in short term bank credits from National...
Once safely installed in the President's Palace at Bogota, one of Senor Olaya's jobs was to take up what was known as the Barco oil concession, valued at $300,000,000 or more. This concession, con trolled by Gulf Oil Corp. which is largely owned by Secretary Mellon & Family, had been canceled by the Colombian Government in 1926. The State Department in 1928 gently pressed for its restoration...