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Through the smoke the Russians could see the great Gothic tower of Königsberg's Schloss. For nearly seven centuries the Schloss (castle) had stood as a symbol of Prussianism. There the Teutonic Order had been nurtured. The tower reared 277 feet, a monument to the Junker caste...
Claiming that the "white man is offered his last chance at the peace table of the world," Edwin R. Embree, President of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, told last night's joint forum audience at Radcliffe's Agassiz Theatre that "he will not get it if he insists upon the present...
Eruptions and Opinions. One month before George Catlett Marshall declared for conscription in 1940, the Journal authoritatively reported that the Army was against it. In September 1943, it hinted authoritatively that General Marshall would be "kicked upstairs" from his Chief of Staff job. Three months later, its authoritative guess was...
He listed the advantages of the small army with big reserves: it would cut military costs, would prevent establishment of a professional military caste, would encourage public interest in military policy. And finally, said George Marshall, it has been the way of the Republic from the beginning, and must continue...
By & large the Junker were perhaps the most able, intelligent and disciplined single group of men on the continent of Europe. Certainly they were the most ruthless, tough-minded, coldblooded. They needed to be. For never before had their caste so squarely faced the prospect of extermination.