Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...State for Foreign Affairs, and in this position had practically the entire charge of British Foreign Affairs during the trying days of the fall of 1914, immediately preceding and following England's entrance into the war. He resigned his office in 1916, and thereafter has been a Member of Parliament...
...they go travelling over the face of the world to view, wonders elsewhere, that there is no need to exclaim very loudly over Harvard's purpose to bring the 11,000 Harvard men of Greater Boston to Cambridge tomorrow and show them the University. Go to the House of Parliament with a Londoner and you are likely to find it as much his first visit as yours. Induce a Maine farmer to climb a well known hill in his neighborhood with you to show you the way, and you may discover he has never set foot before on its premises...
...affairs of another nation. The danger to the friendly relations now existing between England and the United States which accompanies such action by the representatives is realized if we point the resolution in the other direction, and consider what a storm of indignation would arise in America if Parliament took such action with regard to the Philippines, with or without provocation...
...decreed that England must be vitally interested in the destiny of Ireland. Had Germany's efforts succeeded when she attempted to secure Ireland as a base of operations, the final outcome of the war might have been disastrous to civilization. Thus, in settling the problem of self-determination, Parliament must act with consideration both for the Irish people and for the future safety of England. At best it is a difficult solution if both sides are to be satisfied, and in view of the vital questions involved, it would probably be better for the House of Representatives to confine...
...formation of a universal association of nations based on a constitution, democratic in character with a central parliament or council representative of all political parties of the constituent nations and open to every nation whose government is responsible to its people...