Word: sweden
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have declared the action of the French a violation of the Treaty of Versailles and their newspapers are now united in opposition to the policy in the Ruhr--is surely the supreme of stupidity, the very reverse of enlightened and intelligent statesmanship. France's action has been denounced in Sweden, Denmark, Italy, and Holland, as well as by the International Trade Union Congress, the most powerful labor organization in the world. Sir Phillip Gibbs says: 'France has produced undying hatred in Germany, as well as despair, hunger, and disease, and has raised against herself the moral disapproval of every...
This was apropos of Gustavus of Sweden, who went down to Nice to indulge in a tennis tourney. It was written for digestion by 500,000 readers...
...Leipzig will give special courses of lectures during the summer for the benefit of American students and teachers. The success of these lectures in 1922 has made their repetition this year possible. In addition to those given at Leipzig, the Universities of Heidelberg. Frankfort on the Main, and Gothenburg, Sweden have planned similar courses...
...Council of the League attends to its business,--and vitally important business most of it is,--with remarkable despatch and precision. The representatives of the eleven member-nations which compose it include such impressive figures as Lord Balfour, ex-Premier Leon Bourgeois of France, Premier Branding of Sweden, and M. Paul Hymans, former Foreign Minister of Belgium. The Assembly, and the six Commissions into which it divided itself for the efficient conduct of its business, went through the enormous and varied list of topics on its 1922 agenda,--coming to a positive constructive decision in the great majority of cases...
...promotions were to be put on a merit basis exclusively. Salaries, for posts lower than Minister, were to be increased from a range of $2500-$4000, to $3000-$9000. The flexibility and efficiency of the service would have been improved. Secretary Hughes, and Mr. Bliss, the Minister to Sweden, gave the bill their hearty support, but as yet nothing has come of it. The diplomatic corps remains one of the most important topics for the next Congress...