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Ottawa was fish-cold to this idea too, and for a reason. In addition to purely social duties, the King's representatives in the Provinces have one important function. They can refuse to assent to provincial legislation they believe to be unconstitutional and submit it to the Federal authorities for approval or disallowance. When Alberta's late maverick Premier "Bible Bill" Aberhart went off the legal reservation, the Lieutenant Governor held up some of his wild-eyed measures...
Policy toward Japan. Japan, Author Lippmann believes, must submit to being expelled from the Asiatic mainland, entirely shorn of sea power. "The terms defined in the Cairo Declaration will last if Russia, China and the U.S. stand firmly upon them...
...small, ovenlike buff and gilt hotel ballroom, the Resolutions Committee had patched together a 1944 G.O.P. platform-no more ambiguous and no more forthright than most-which neither offended nor excited the 1,057 delegates. For the first time in G.O.P. convention history, no one bothered to submit a minority platform report or to offer suggestions from the floor...
...incredible that a people with such profound Christian faith, with its glorious history, with the oldest parliamentary tradition of the Continent, would join in a hymn of hatred and willingly submit to the blood lust and brigandage of tyranny. No man can love God and hate his brother. No one who hates his brother can be a faithful follower of the gentle Christ...
...desert camp mutiny flared. The disgruntled Greeks swiftly took control from officers loyal to the Cairo regime. Sternly British General Sir Bernard Paget ordered the mutineers to lay down their arms, submit to authority. The Greeks argued that they were merely staging a political demonstration. The British said that mixing politics with soldiering was a breach of discipline. When words failed, General Paget moved up a British armored force, issued an ultimatum...