Word: viscountal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...workers of England. At the same time, it is a mistake to believe that a Labor government will be guilty either of illiteracy or of Bolshevik immediateness. The MacDonald cabinet contains more men of brains than any British cabinet. At least six of the 20 members are intellectuals', notably Viscount Haldane, Philip Snowden, Sir Sydney Oliver, and Sidney Webb...
...Justice: Viscount Nobuaki Makina, a well-known politician and a delegate to the Paris peace conference...
Following the recent attempt on the life of Prince Regent Hirohito and the resignation of the Yamamoto Cabinet (TIME, Jan. 7), Viscount Kiego Kiyoura consented, after some hesitation, to form a new cabinet. Said he: "It is because I am a loyal subject of the Emperor of Japan that I cannot refuse to make an attempt to form a Cabinet in these most difficult times for the Empire...
...Premier: Viscount Kiego Kiyoura, aged 73, who started his career as a school teacher, accepted a Government clerkship, became successively head of several important Government departments. In 1902 he received a barony for his services in promoting the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Since 1917 he has been a Viscount and head of the Privy Council...
Foreign Affairs: Viscount Ishii, veteran statesman...