Word: berliner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...German influence has disappeared as mysteriously as have the other elements,--the vaunted German control of the Sultan is entirely a thing of the past. The Berlin to Bagdad railway still exists but its terminal has changed now from Berlin to Paris. Turkey has been left helpless and adrift, and no country is willing to assume the responsibility of guiding the Turks to a haven of peace and industry, despite the fact that Turkey is as rich in resources as any part of the world...
...Boyle, well known as a pianist, conductor, and composer, was born in Sydney, Australia, where he received his early musical training. At the age of 14 he toured many cities in Australia on concert trips. Later he went to Europe, giving concerts in London, the Hague and Berlin. During these years he appeared in numerous concerts with Pauline Donalda and Emma Nevada. Since 1910 he has been an instructor of the piano at the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore. Among the orchestras that he has conducted is the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. His cantata, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" is the most...
Evidence is becoming overwhelming that, in spite of the wordy smoke-screen and conciliatory barrage emanating from Berlin, German character has not much changed with defeat. This is partly due to the Teutonic mind which refused to believe that the Central Powers were crushed; partly due to the obvious facts that old international jealousies and frictions are cropping out among the Allies. But whatever the causes of the regeneration of the old Prussian arrogance, the world is endangered until the Germans are made to realize that they must turn over a new leaf...
...apparently preferred, as long as the dear Germans could not keep Shantung, to do anything rather than let the "despicable Japanese" have what was promised them--all of them played into Germany's hands. If there be any doubt of this, one only need listen to the exultation from Berlin at the killing of the Treaty...
Professor Haskins is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, class of '87. He studied at the University of Paris, at the University of Berlin, and in 1889 became instructor of History at Johns Hopkins. He was made Gurney Professor of History at the University in 1902 and in 1912 he was appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...