Word: statesmens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...undecided, was exactly what the goo agents are to do except observe. Strong was an impression that at first they will merely report what look to them like cases of the entry into Spain of men or munitions, recording these violations of the London Non-intervention Agreement, leaving to statesmen any action...
...after the royal Belgian Embassy dinner, King Leopold limousined around to the Foreign Office, negotiated for several hours, then dined at Buckingham Palace, resumed his dealings with British statesmen on the third day, at last returned briskly to Brussels, his capital. In official British circles it was intimated that informal agreements had been reached all along the line. Some of these will be implemented in treaty form, and for purposes of signing Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden may go to Brussels. Apparently the Belgian King and British statesmen are satisfied that...
...Nobel Peace Prize in 1936 to the Foreign Minister of the Argentine directs attention to the part South America is starting to play on the world stage. Of the countries large enough to intervene Brazil is the best choice, particularly in view of its cultural affinity to Spain. Whatever statesmen do step forward may win reputations like that of Theodore Roosevelt after his arbitration of the Russo--Japanese War. At any rate, Italy having laid its cards on the table, it is time to start a new game...
...wife of Conservative Deputy Paul Bietrix, and the speech Premier Blum was making gradually amused Mme Bietrix more & more, until finally she greeted its close with a derisive shriek of laughter. Snapped Mme Blum, turning around furiously, "Hush up! You couldn't do as well as he!" Other statesmen's wives seated nearby joined verbal battle with such vim that the Chamber entirely dropped work, amused Deputies had eyes only for Herriot's box, the Premier's wife flushed beet red realizing that she had perhaps not behaved quite as the Premier's wife should...
...Spain's deadlocked war the Miaja Family were last week's prime news copy, but Italian forces were becoming most active in the White drive to secure Malaga and Il Duce loomed large in Spanish eyes. At Rome that sympathetic female correspondent to whom so many statesmen find it easy to talk, Mrs. Anne O'Hare McCormick, had a long session on Spain with Mussolini. Crisply he said that Europe's first task must be to end Spain's war, that no other European problem of consequence can be solved until that has been accomplished...