Word: friedrich
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...population of Germany is about 60,000,000. "The National League of German Officers knows but one great aim- preparation for the day that is sure to come." These were the words used at a celebration commemorating Kaiser Wilhelm I and his army. Among those present were: Princes Eitel Friedrich and Oscar, sons of Kaiser Wilhelm II, with their wives; Generals von Gallwitz and von der Goltz, World War veterans; Admiral von Schroeder and many other high officers, resplendent in glittering uniforms...
Under the leadership of the noted publicist, Wilhelm Hall-Halfen, a concerted effort was being made to run ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm for President of the German Republic. Said Hall-Halfen: "We do not expect that Prince Wilhelm will accept now, but 3,000,000 German voters are already behind him, with more joining daily. The recent State Assembly elections prove that German sentiment is swinging toward the Right, which will aid the Prince Wilhelm campaign by making his candidacy irresistible...
...Friedrich Ebert, President of Germany: "One Karl Klaffing, a factory worker of Kolditz, wrote me a letter announcing the arrival of a seventh son. Herr Klaffing recalled the custom of the onetime Kaiser, who volunteered to act as godfather whenever a seventh son was born. I wrote Klaffing a letter congratulating him, stating that I would gladly send the baby a little gift, but that I wished to be excused beyond that...
Report and rumors were current of attempts to influence the ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, now living upon his estates at Oels, in Silesia...
...German Empire. . . . He lives in a modest little house in Berlin-the same house that was occupied by his parents. He dresses with almost studied simplicity. . . . August Thyssen, next to Stinnes, is the greatest business man in Germany." The next in order of greatness, he said, are Herren Carl Friedrich Siemens, head of the electrical industry, and Felix Deutsch, brother-in-law of Otto H. Kahn. These four men, said Dr. Stein, form the "Big Four in German Industry...