That blot on the peace of the world, the Treaty of Versaill… - Ramsay MacDonald

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That blot on the peace of the world, the Treaty of Versailles, is vanishing, and for that I am thankful... France has again had a severe lesson, and I hope it will take it this time. In any event the folly of pandering to it by standing rigidly to the letter of Versailles or Locarno...must now be plain and this logical and legalistic nation should be brought to face reality.

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Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British statesman who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading a Labour Government in 1924, a Labour Government from 1929 to 1931, and a National Government from 1931 to 1935.

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Birth Name: James Ramsay MacDonald • James McDonald Ramsay

Alternative Names: J. R. M. • J. Ramsay McDonald • J. Ramsay MacDonald

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