Word: etiquet
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...successful was this flagrant breach of Latin-American diplomatic etiquet that Franklin Roosevelt last week copied it, won vivas and much praise at Rio de Janeiro by appearing for his official welcome in a sack suit...
...sent to the League of Nations notes, strictly according to diplomatic etiquet, asking for an opportunity to discuss revision of the Treaty of Lausanne. He explained that his action was motivated by "recent events, particularly because Germany militarily reoccupied the demilitarized Rhineland, which show that the guarantees to Turkey under the 1923 Convention demilitarizing the Dardanelles run the risk of being slow and difficult to apply." In other words, if the onetime Allies could not force Germany to keep the Rhineland demilitarized, how could they be expected to keep the Dardanelles safe against a surprise attack by, say, Italy...
...When Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur violated all etiquet expected of a military observer and charged up the hill with the Japanese soldiers at Mukden...
...week gave Canada its first commoner for Governor-General. Canadians have grown heartily weary of the King.'s man they have now, dull, finical Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, ninth Earl of Bessborough. Last week Governor-General Bessborough, wife & daughter were in western Canada on a "farewell tour." By all etiquet, his successor should not have been named until after Bessborough finishes presiding at the King's Silver Jubilee ceremonies in Canada. But George V's popularity in his dominions is more important to the Government than Bessborough's personal feelings. Therefore, last week plain John Buchan...
Five formal dinners and five formal receptions are the toll of ceremonial entertainment which custom and etiquet demand of a President. Last week President Roosevelt began his seasonal duty, to end only with Lent. The new White House china was not yet ready, but the old White House wine glasses were polished up and brought out for the first time since before Prohibition. Two kinds of light domestic wine were served. The occasion was the Cabinet Dinner but this year it became the Cabinet & Alphabet dinner and the State Department's division of protocol made social history by deciding...