Word: germanization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...knowledge of recent Lithuanian mobilization against Poland. Commenting to flabbergasted reporters, he charged that Premier Valdemaras of Lithuania is a "man whose proper home is an insane asylum . . . absolutely unaccountable for his acts ... a 'superpatriot' who was a Russian for a long time, then posed as a German, finally coming out a Lithuanian." Of himself Pilsudski said, modestly: "I walked the floor the entire night after hearing of the Lithuanian mobilization, dreading the horrors of war and fearing on the other hand to let my people suffer invasion through delaying military action. Finally, I decided...
...brilliant speaker commanding ten languages, he bases his political strength squarely on a platform of ardent nationalism. That he has been of many nationalities, in the legal sense, is explained by the fact that the district in which he was born has been, during his lifetime, once Russian, once German, several times Lithuanian and is now Polish. By general repute Premier Valdemaras is deemed relatively normal, in contrast with the unguessable moods and eccentricities of Marshal Pilsudski...
...Germany's manifested desire for disarma- ment is in bad faith. I have no idea that either Russia or Germany expects complete disarmament, and I have an idea that while radical proposals have been made, much less radical proposals will be acceptable. But I think both the Russian and German leaders would like to see pronounced steps toward disarmament...
Britons ought to set sail for Germany without passports or visas of any sort. Germans should make the reverse voyage unhampered by official red tape. These statements seemed so self-evident to British and German statesmen, during the past week, that an agreement was reached whereby citizens of either country may visit the other when equipped merely with proof of their nationality...
...subtle inflections. The sly digressions of a slanting bishop, the rapid cynicisms of a threatened queen, the stormy contraditions of the agile castles?these provided dialect in which the finest abstractions could be stated. By 1921, when he had not lost a game for seven years, Capablanca met German Dr. Lasker* for the championship and won four games without losing any. Since then, until this autumn, he had lost only three games...