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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Three responsible men tried last week to tell Great Britain just what sort of war the Government thought it would be-how long, how cruel, how futile.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: // Faut en Finir | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Wearily the Athenia' s passengers told their stories to reporters whose questions were not brash or prying. What was there to tell? Yes, it was a submarine. There was a terrific shock, the lights went out, the tables in the dining room slid across the floor, women screamed and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Peace | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

What was her fault? Some failed to comprehend

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Peace | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

If last week's news had no other effect, it certainly pepped up diplomatic gossip. Around the embassies went the story about Yang Chieh, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow: The day before the German-Russian pact was announced, Yang Chieh called on Russian Premier Viacheslav Molotov and asked what was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Dizziness From Success | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Premier Molotov, whose name in Russian means Hammer (Stalin means Steel), whose pretty wife Paulina is Commissar of Fisheries and is very close to Stalin, may well have been taken by surprise. If so, his astonishment last week must have mounted hourly. No sooner had the German-Russian pact been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Dizziness From Success | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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