Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...merely hope to obtain amendments more favorable to their rights as potentates. Snorted British Elder Statesman Sir Austen Chamberlain: "Let it be understood that we are not willing to allow this House to be driven from what they think right or to enter into a Dutch auction for the support of the princes...
...right under the Succession Act to nominate my successor. I have no wish that any one should create any disturbance in the country on my behalf; if any one should use my name in this connection it must be understood that it would be without my agreement, approval or support My deepest regret is that I no longer will be able to serve my people and my country. . . . I can but pray that Siam may have prosperity and that the Siamese people may have happiness...
...hovering over the afflicted territory like a bird of ill-omen. Turkey, Jugoslavia, and Italy undoubtedly would not resist taking a morsel of Greece if it were dangled before their eyes. The one hope that Greece has of setting her affairs without interference and loss is to enlist British support. The British watchdog, with a sentimental interest since Byron and a commercial interest antedating that, has already growled but may have to do a little judicious nipping to preserve "the cause of Greek independence...
...which way, weathervane? It would be natural to expect that it will turn in whichever way the vocal wind blows strongest. But necessity probably will intervene and rust the vano so that it will point for some time in a "sound money" direction, for the support of 22 million people requires cash, and much...
...Since this is true no one can dare to support the ruling class or any modification of the profit system. If you wish to be effective, ally yourselves entirely with the working class...