Word: sopped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...political aspect of the former Prince's return to Germany is, of course, important. Chancellor Stresemann was reported to have given the permission as a " sop" to the reactionaries. The Prince himself is no doubt anxious to settle down and farm his estate at Oels, since it is very much in his interest to do so; but, with reactionism in the ascendency, he is likely to have a hard time in maintaining a neutral attitude. Moreover, it was reported with some veracity that if the Prussian and Imperial Crowns were offered to him, he would be the last...
...Right and from the Left Chancellor Stresemann was assailed chiefly on account of his Ruhr policy, but he succeeded in obtaining a vote of confidence in the Reichstag against both Monarchists and Communists. It was expected that he would obtain dictatorial powers for the Cabinet by giving a sop to the Socialists-a promise not to interfere with the eight-hour working day. How far the Chancellor will be able to exercise dictatorial powers is problematical...
...acquisition of an education is the ability to think and weigh decisions for oneself; given both sides of a case, the final judgment, unless it comes from the student himself, is worthless both to the student and as a judgment. Spoon-fed minds can never be anything but a sop to the community. And, incidentally, the propagandists are defeating their own ends; for as soon as a counter-propagandist appears who can out-shout them, their converts, trained to be "followers". Carlylian "valets", are as liable as not to recant, and desert to the enemy...
...Knox, American Secretary of State under Taft's administration proposed a magnificent scheme for the neutralization of the Manchurian railways. The scheme was planned with a view to sop he existing practice of rate discrimination and facilitate the transportation of foreign merchandise there. It failed completely. Both Russia and Japan made strong oppositions. They would not allow any meddling in the territories which they considered as their spheres of interest. At present practically all the railways are run by semi-Japanese Government officials, and by unfair treatment of foreign merchants and deliberate cheating of the Chinese tax officials the only...
According to the agreement, the Jugo-Slavs are to get most of the Dalmatian coast, and, as a further sop to their pride, concessions have been made on their western boundaries. Italy is to receive Zara and certain strategic islands in the Adriatic; while Fiume, although established by the agreement a free state, not even subject to the League, is virtually an Italian protectorate, since Italian influence is dominant in municipal affairs. The port itself will be used freely by both parties, however, so that the Jugo-Slavs come out of the affair rather well. Above all, the settlement bids...