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...years ago today I was among those who hailed the first Kaiser of the resurrected German Reich. Since then we have lost much that was dear to us, and that will survive always in our old soldiers' hearts. "But one thing has remained, and that is the Fatherland! This we will serve in its need beyond all party strife in selfless love and loyalty. And in this hour of consecration we will renew our pledge with the old cheer: 'Deutschland Hurra...
...contrast to German universities is no indication of a lack of intellectual interest among American students. In Germany the universities have had a tradition for interest in national and international affairs since the reorganization of Prussia under Baron Stein in 1808. Extracurricular activities, unknown in the Fatherland, absorb a large percentage of the undergraduate's time in this country, which might be devoted to discussion. Notwithstanding, the attitude of unconcern adopted by college men toward politics and foreign affairs is surprising to those familiar with the more mature outlook of European Universities. This unconcern is exemplified by the meagre interest...
...Germany would seek revision of the Versailles Treaty at the September meeting of the League of Nations. Such rumors were the fruit of a speech made fortnight ago by Gottfried R. Treviranus, Minister for Occupied Territories, who?campaigning for the newly-formed Conservative People's Party?intimated that the Fatherland still had a hungry eye on that part of East Prussia which is now the Polish Corridor (TIME...
...have not forgotten the wound on our eastern flank and the lopping off of the Vistula district, nor have we forgotten how shabbily Woodrow Wilson urged the unnatural severing of East Prussia from the Fatherland. . . . We intend, of course, to fulfill our European mission without going to war, but, on the contrary, only soldiers with front experience can liquidate...
...last I can return to my dear son, whom I will protect with all the love of a father and whom I will bring up to love his Fatherland...