Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attention has been called to one Count Ludwig Salm Von Hoogstraeten, an alien, who arrived in the United States on or about Dec. 1, 1925. . . . The alien in question apparently has no occupation, and, therefore, the usual inquiry by immigration officials to ascertain whether he had visible means of support should have been made. Inquiry should also have been made to ascertain whether or not this alien's passage was paid for in whole or in part by others as in the law provided...
...made the following statement to the press: "Count Salm has neither required, sought nor obtained financial aid and he is not indebted to anybody on any account. He is quite able to pay his own way and has shown in court proceedings that he was and is about to support his wife [the onetime Millicent Rogers] and child [Peter] and to provide a suitable home for them...
Speaking at Birmingham, the political seat of the Chamberlain family, Sir Austen incautiously gave the impression that he expected to attend the special session of the Assembly and Council of the League of Nations, called for March 8, with complete freedom to offer British support to the candidacy of Poland and that he would very probably do so if "circumstances" seemed to warrant...
...than Germany to the League Council at present; and Sir Austen found himself in a completely awkward position. His position became almost untenable, late in the week, when the British press began to hint that Sir Austen had deliberately bargained with M. Briand at Locarno, the price of French support for the Locarno Pacts being (allegedly) British support for Poland's League Council candidacy...
...usually imperturable Manchester Guardian cried: "Sir Austen Chamberlain stands almost alone in this country in his willingness to open the door of the League Council to French intrigue. It is difficult to believe that he has or can obtain the support of the Cabinet. He will certainly never obtain that of the country. . . . If he persists in his present line of action, the tender shoot of Locarno will wither at birth...