Word: crown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sympathy with the movement and declared that their agreement with the Hitler move was forced by duress. After leaving the Bürgerbrau Keller, Dr. von Kahr had conferred with General von Lossow and they decided to suppress the revolt with the faithful Reichswehr (defense force). Ex-Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht, head of the Wittelsbach dynasty, emphatically repudiated the revolutionary movement...
...wearing a long gray tweed overcoat motioned to his servant to enter the luggage car; he entered the empty car and sat behind the steering wheel, and then motioned to the remaining three men to take their seats. One minute later both automobiles were carrying Friedrich Wilhelm, ex-Crown Prince of Germany, his adjutant, Major von Muldner, Burgomaster Kolff of Wieringen, a captain of gendarmes and the ex-crown Prince's servant to the German frontier...
Later in the day when the inhabitants of Wieringen woke up they found a letter from the Crown Prince...
...rules have not only brought out the dominance of individuality; they have also made kings into puppets for the manipulation of plebian statesmen. King George of Greece has been requested to take a vacation for two months while the people of Greece decide a few matters; the Crown Prince has taken a trip from Holland to Silesia, said to be instigated by Chancellor Streseman in order to split the Monarchist party; and Mirabile dictu, the discarded Kaiser is reported on the verge of a return to the Fatherland. Although the Kaiser has lost every vestige of authority, Europeans are showing...
...increased. Day after day of balloting has gone by while committees in charge have drummed up reluctant voters until the quota was at last attained. This year elections are being carried on by postal ballot and optimistic committees seem to believe that one or two days will suffice to crown their efforts with success. For they argue quite logically that to the jaded Sophomore and the indifferent Junior it is easier to walk to a mail box than to a polling booth...