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...years had a German chief of state paid a formal call on Austria.* That was in 1908. when aging Emperor Franz Josef, surrounded by dragoons and hussars, stood on the same platform in plumed hat to receive Kaiser Wilhelm...
...Kaiser came that day on more than a ceremonial mission; he sought unsuccessfully to keep the Emperor from angering Russia by annexing Bosnia and Herzegovina. Similarly, last week's German visit had a second purpose. Accompanying Lübke was Bonn's Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroder. While the two Presidents went off to the opera and the Spanish Riding School, Schroder and Austrian Foreign Minister Bruno Kriesky were hard at it across the diplomatic table. Topic of their talks: neutral Austria's announced desire to join the European Common Market in some vague manner...
...presence of American military personnel in all parts of the country. And in history of American military aid to the French in the Indo-Chinese war prompts many of the Vietnamese to consider America as heir of French colonialism and the unpopular Pres. Diem as its puppet emperor...
Kennedy said: "I'm glad you can appreciate him. I'd much rather have Sardar." Where Jackie had thrilled to the beauty of India's Taj Mahal, built three centuries ago by the Mogul emperor, Shah Jahan, as a memorial to his wife, in Pakistan she was excited by the glitter of the 80-acre Shalimar Gardens, built by the same ruler as a memorial to his father. There she strolled along a red-carpeted walk beside glistening pools, while balloons floated about her, fountains shimmered and 7,000 guests looked on. "All my life...
...once he was emperor, Wilhelm decided he could fend for himself. He grew his famous bristling mustache, swaggered more than ever. For company he surrounded himself with a crew of homosexuals who found politics tedious...