Word: statecraft
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...daily exalted in the stentorophonic Beaverbrook press is not the semi-religious conception of Disraeli, nor the gaudy military pageant of Kipling. It is a practical matter, in which plans for extracting power alcohol from nipa palms and wrapping paper from bamboo are seriously discussed as matters of statecraft. But it is also an Empire that is very close to today's realities-an Empire usually on the defensive, hiding its weak spots, conserving its treasures and its energy...
...Majesty had given timely warning of his venture into statecraft, had announced in a speech the winter before that he was resolved to "follow a policy exclusively and entirely Belgian" (TIME, Oct. 26). So long as Germany remained helpless and disarmed by the Treaty of Versailles, the best bet for Belgium had been as an ally of France, but now that Germany has burst her bonds such an alliance would only antagonize the Reich. After His Majesty's trip to London it remained to secure for Belgium whatever treaty pledges Germany might be willing to make, but Leopold...
Last week Rightist President Francisco Franco, after starting up again the offensive against Santander he had to stop to check the Leftists at Madrid, started another drive against Leftist positions 100 mi. east of Madrid and then turned to statecraft, forming a Cabinet of seven ministers, five of them generals. To Spaniards the name of General Martinez Anido as Minister of Interior, in charge of police, meant that any last vestige of possible compromise with Spain's Communists, Anarchists and Socialists had been deliberately wiped out by the Rightists. Martinez Anido was Vice-Premier under the late Spanish Dictator...
...Konoye led a hot youth but was early marked for advancement by potent old Prince Saionji, now the 87-year-old Last of the Genro and chief adviser to the Throne. To the Versailles Peace Conference shrewd old Saionji took the then young Konoye, baptized him in diplomacy and statecraft. After revered Saionji returned to Japan he continued to groom the Prince with care, saw to it that Konoye at only 42 became President of the House of Peers, most of whose members are three decades older. It became a settled thing among Japanese insiders that...
...Harding and the curt Mr. Coolidge, had achieved a genuine-diplomatic triumph-the 5-5-3 naval limitation treaty which for over a decade put a stop to the competitive building of warships. He had also won himself the Washington title of "Chilly Charlie." And he had quit statecraft to hire out his admirable talents as a lawyer to those whom liberals most dislike: great corporations. Liberals could not forgive him that even though he had in 1920 hired out the same talents to John L. Lewis, William Green and other officials of the United Mine Workers to defend them...