Word: berlin
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...decisive victory. By spring our troops and ordnance should be ready to go abroad, by summer we should have a huge fleet of fighters with which to supply our Overseas Force, by October or November the first American drive should be on. We cannot expect an immediate advance on Berlin; but few of our troops have had their baptism of fire, and the war game must be learned...
...economist Dean Gay has a wide reputation. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1892 and in 1902 he was honored by the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Berlin. In that year he was appointed instructor in economics in the University, assistant professor in 1906 and in 1908 was made dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences...
...Bulgaria and Turkey, and particularly in Austria. No decision as to foreign relations or military movements is made by the Empire of Austria. That it has not declared war on the United States is not because of love for this country, but because those are the orders from Berlin. It is impossible to consider Austria at present as an independent nation, capable of forming relations according to its own judgment with other powers...
...fighting forces are not causing the British and French to lose hope. The retreat of General Cadorna's forces is not considered a great German success, but rather a desperate gambler's throw, a final attempt to bring victory to the Teuton arms, an opportunity for the people of Berlin to hang out their flags and indulge in one of those celebrations which have become increasingly infrequent in the past months. It may eventually prove a cloud with a silver lining if the newly formed Allied War Committee, which will have supreme authority on all the fronts, succeeds in combining...
...republican government and winning over the Petrograd populace to the red party of anarchy. For however radical Kerensky may have appeared to our eyes, yet he was a nationalist, and had a firm, and reasonably constructive view of foreign affairs. The victorious parties have no leadership, except from Berlin, and no principles, except to show their appreciation for democracy by openly fighting for autocracy. Until, worn out by their excesses, the people react and demand a conservative, stable government, there is no hope for the Allies from Russia, and judging from past revolutions that period will be long. Nations have...