Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...British port, the passage requiring 12 days instead of the customary 10, due to the course taken as laid down by the British Admiralty. Nothing eventful occurred during the trip through the war zone, but extra precautions were taken when nearing America, as a wireless was received that a German raider was working along the coast...
...ships by war vessels. The Allies have enough money for the present, but the time is coming when they will need the financial aid of this country, and need it badly. I talked with a major of one of the British prison camps, and he told me that the German soldiers all believe that they are winning, but the spirit of France and England is as high as ever...
Professor J. A. Walz, Ph.D. '95, chairman of the German Department, stated yesterday in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter that the courses in German at the University would not be affected in case of war between Germany and the United States. "The department," said Professor Walz, "proposes to go on with its work. All the instructors except one are United States citizens. The status of the one who is not would have to be determined by the action of the Government and of the Corporation...
...Apparently the Chinese have decided to go as far as the United States in hostility to Germany. We have no knowledge that they have declared war, but it is clear that they have sent home the German ambassador. The question which concerns us most is the motive of the Chinese. Of these there are several. One motive is the desire to have a place at the peace conference, when the great questions of the war are settled. What China wants is the permission from the great powers of Europe to raise her tariff. The present Chinese import duty is calculated...
...Another consideration is probably the hope that she may be relieved of her present obligation to pay Germany's share of the Boxer indemnity of 1900. The German part of the fine imposed on China was very heavy. The Boxer indemnity will not be completely paid off until 1940 and probably the Chinese government hopes to obtain a reduction from all the Entente Allies, and perhaps especially to get the German quota reduced...