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Locarno was universally hailed; Britain's Chamberlain, France's Briand and Germany's Stresemann all got Nobel Peace Prizes. For a decade, statesmen spoke glowingly of the "spirit of Locarno." Germans were delighted: "Germany, which two years ago was isolated, spurned beneath the victors' heels, and seemed the poorest ragamuffin in Europe, today . . . becomes a factor of might once more," crowed the Berliner Tageblatt. Reassured by German pledges of good behavior, 1) Britain and France withdrew all occupation forces from the Rhineland, which Germany promised solemnly to leave demilitarized; 2) the League of Nations admitted Germany...
Such problems are for the statesmen and diplomats of oil, who make their in tricate deals in New York, London or Pittsburgh. The working U.S. oilmen are sure of their own offshore empire, and they are supremely confident that they can drill through almost any depth of water...
...former Socialist president of the Board of Trade, had a pleasant chat at Geneva with Chinese Premier Chou Enlai, reported back: "As we said goodbye, and he stood waving at the door of his villa . . . I felt we had been meeting one of the world's leading statesmen . . . who knows what he wants for his country. A man. in fact, we can deal with...
...midst of TIME'S [May 17] reporting of the backing and filling of the world's "great" statesmen at Geneva, Captain "Earthquake McGoon ' McGovern's farewell came as a breath of fresh air and a brief glimpse of greatness in mere...
...Cogny must have at least two fresh divisions, about 30,000 men, to prop up the delta's teetering 70,000-man garrison. Ely was also reportedly ready to recommend Navarre's recall. Said one French officer when the conference ended: "The answer now lies with the statesmen, if we have any statesmen left...