Word: caprivi
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...General had been German Chancellor up to last week since the days of gruff ungracious General Count Georg Leo von Caprivi who succeeded Prince Bismarck in 1890 and is remembered by the Fatherland because he won her so much African territory, notably the crooked strip called "Caprivi's Finger." Last week the Chancellorship fell like a ripe pippin into the calmly outstretched hand of swank, sardonic, intriguing Defense Minister Kurt von Schleicher who is a full general...
...countries enjoying most-favored-nation treatment. The method, however, has the important advantages of offering nations which are willing to open their doors an opportunity to have doors opened to them in return. On at least two occasions--after the Copden-Chevalier treaty in 1860 and the Caprivi treaties in the early '09's--reciprocal agreements have led to substantial reductions in the world's tariffs...