Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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General Wood, who had been visiting Java on invitation of the Dutch Government, returned to Manila. He declined to comment on the Frear resolution. The Dutch Governor of Java, Fock, will visit the Philippines in March. The object of the mutual visits of the Governors is to exchange knowledge of the art of colonial Government...
...hands of the Portuguese in 1662; came under British flag as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza when she married King Charles II in 1662; in 1684 British abandoned it to the Moors on account of the expense it involved; in 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm II paid a visit to the port of Tangier on board the Imperial Yacht Hohensollern, remained six hours and said enough to provoke an international crisis; 1906 Conference of Algeciras settled the whole Moroccan question and placed Tangier under temporary international control; 1911 Germany sent the warship Panther to Agadir and another international crisis...
...which his appeals for help for suffering humanity had been answered, he said: "We are astonished at the amount of help which our appeals have brought forth." He expressed satisfaction at the increase of religious faith; at the Christian spirit shown by King Alfonso of Spain on his recent visit to Rome (TIME, Dec. 3) ; and at the reports which he had received from Cardinal Logue and others that the Irish question was on the eve of a final and definite settlement...
Fokker is in the U. S. again on his third visit since the War. He has sold many machines to both the Army and Navy and has established himself solidly. The Dutch fear greatly that they will lose him because of the larger possibilities of the U. S. This fear is not ungrounded. Fokker is negotiating for the purchase of one of the largest aircraft factories, and is studying an air route from Detroit to Chicago and St. Louis. American manufacturers regard him with very mixed feelings. They dread his competition in securing Government contracts, but would be delighted...
...airplane, he was carving a brilliant career as a designer and builder of aircraft. His Messenger (a tiny single seater) came into most general use in the Army Air Service. Sperry used it to commute between his home and factory on Long Island. On a recent visit to England, his electioneering by plane for Lloyd George attracted general attention. True to his profession, and his convictions, he planned to make his business trips on the Continent and his Channel-crossing by air. Leaving Pett (near Rye on the South Coast of England) last week, he was seen...