Lex Anteinternet: July 23, 1920. Gunboat diplomacy?

Thursday, July 23, 2020

July 23, 1920. Gunboat diplomacy?

This National Photo Company news photo from this day was simply captioned "Diplomatic class". Note, in the upper right hand corner of the photo, the cannon and anchor. . . .

On this same day, Kenya became a British Crown Colony, which it would remain until 1963. Poland found itself fighting for its life just a day after it sued for peace with the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union rejected it. Soviet forces were advancing on Warsaw.

And a mapmaker in Greece this week issued a map on what Greece hoped to look like, following its post World War One expansion into Anatolia.

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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