Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hearst press, however, (not to be outdone) said?on Aug. 25?that he would arrive " in three weeks' time&"i. e., on Sept. 15. At all events, the man who is hated in Germany, loathed in France, detested in Italy,'' whose name is anathema to Central Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, not to mention sundry other places, is coming soon. His visit will be nonpolitical. Sir Alfred Cope, Under Secretary for Ireland (1920-22), in the U. S. to arrange for Mr. Lloyd George's visit, said that Mr. Lloyd George had long been anxious to visit...
...Excellency Alfred Sze, Chinese Minister to Washington, speaking at the Institute of Politics, Williamstown, said that China had followed recent events in Turkey with great interest. Apparently, as a corollary, China will demand from the Powers a statement of conditions on which the Powers would be prepared to grant her complete independence and abandon the principle of extraterritoriality...
From Athens comes the news that elections will be held as soon as possible. The exchange of population now going on between Turkey and Greece, will, it is feared, greatly retard the date of the elections; for the arrival of so many refugees in Greece means considerable work in revising the electoral lists and in naturalizing the newly arrived. This will be the first election to be held in Greece since the revolutionary Government seized power last year...
...Grand National Assembly at Angora ordered that no Government building was to lower the Turkish flag to half-mast on the occasion of the death of President Harding. It is believed that Turkey is the only country in the world which did not observe this custom. The Government was not represented at any memorial service...
Because of the lack of diplomatic relations with Washington, Turkey was, of course, well within the boundaries of diplomatic etiquette in refusing officially to lower her flag. Although the matter is of no importance, a less rigorous observance in this matter would have left a pleasanter impression and cost nothing...