Word: statesmanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...danger lessened, correspondents drew from Statesman Stimson a characteristically frank admission that the peace making had become rather a free-for-all. "As long as the important countries which control public opinion are mobilizing it against war," he said, "I do not care about the methods they are using or about which moved first...
Japan throughout the week showed some reluctance to cooperate with the other Great Powers in applying diplomatic peace pressure. Plainly Prime Minister Hamaguchi would have preferred the role of Chief Mediator assumed, however modestly, by Statesman Stimson...
George Washington was warrior, statesman, sportsman, gentleman. Yet few pictures or statues of him suggest more than one side of his nature. In Artist Gilbert Stuart's famed portrait he is a gracious, handsome worthy. Other paintings depict him as a conventional, bewigged military man; a somewhat pompous dignitary. The Washington nose, thought too big for beauty, was usually modified. There was a keenness in the face, too, that most artists missed...
Before many days passed Messrs. Stimson and Kellogg received reassuring news. Came formal notices from Russia and China that each would live up to the terms of the Kellogg Treaty (see p. 22). Statesmen the world over applauded Statesman Stimson's perspicacity and promptitude for his "reminder...
Easily secured by Mr. Stimson was the cooperation of both Britain and France, the latter country consenting to transmit his "reminder" to Russia (see p. 9). Soon after the "reminder" was transmitted, Statesman Stimson received formal assurance from China and Russia (the latter through French Ambassador Paul Claudel) that each would abide by the Kellogg Treaty, that neither intended to take hostile action in their dispute...