Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many riots are occurring. The papers are filled almost daily with the account of some mob violence. The latest incident on this path to anarchy is the attempt of ex-service men to stop by unauthorized force the German opera given at the Lexington Theatre, New York...
...evident lack of connection between the police department and the Mayor is highly reprehensible. But the way to stop it is not by smashing windows and throwing bricks. Instead, the machinery provided by law should be set in motion as soon as possible. One or more nights of German opera is infinitely better for the morale of the nation than such a disgraceful disturbance. If the country is to continue being run by laws rather than by the whims of demagogues, this mob spirit, must be quelled...
Never in all history was there a more direct challenge to civilization and the culture which gives civilization its living spirit than the destruction of the University of Louvain. This deed of the Germans was likened by Cardinal Mercier to the burning of the Library of Alexandria. Our generation and the countless once to come can never succeed in making it what it was; all any of us can do is to make some effort towards restoring, if only to a small degree, the glory of its past. With the appointment of an Executive Committee, whose headquarters will...
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...name of Cardinal Mercier has been added to the long list of church princes contributing to the glory of history. He denounced the German outrages in fearless terms and gained, through his bold utterances, the love of his people and the respect of the world. A Belgian gentlewoman voiced the feeling of her nation when she said: "We have three great men in our land-the King, the Cardinal and the Minister." The last is none other than our own Brand Whitlock. It is given Harvard University to see the first two of this great little nation's great...