Word: hohenzollerns
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...Atop the Hohenzollern chateau at Doorn, the imperial standard flaunted all day. The Lord Chamberlain (TIME, Nov. 30) was kept busy welcoming Dutch and German notables, who motored up to the estate with baskets of flowers and were either pressed to remain or turned away after being allowed to sign the "Complimentary Register" kept at the entrance to the lodge...
Louis XVI lived to see France a republic and to hear himself called "Citoyen Capet". The less ancient but no less royal dynasty of Hohenzollern still lives in three generations, and the head of the house has turned from ruling a nation to chopping wood. Platz der Republik becomes the herald of a new order which sees Germany exchange her place in the sun for a seat in the League of Nations...
While ultra-Fascists rejoiced in tearing down the post-War street signs, a moderate Fascist member of the City Council declared: " 'Hohenzollern Street' and 'Peace Street' are synonymous. Wilhelm II did more to foster peace while he reigned as Kaiser than any other monarch. The motto of the Kings of Prussia is Justitia fundamentum regnorum (Justice is the foundation of kingdoms...
...Sheffield, a film depicting the daily life of Wilhelm Hohenzollern at Doorn commenced to unreel at the principal cinema theatre...
...feet 4 inches above normal, and ferries always kept in reserve were totally unable to cope with the utter breakdown of transportation. The onetime U. S. Army of Occupation Headquarters at Coblentz was inundated by 20 feet of water. The statue of Wilhelm der Zweite atop the great Hohenzollern Bridge over the Rhine looked out upon a seemingly limitless dirt-yellow sea, which churned over vast areas of the Rhine valley...