Word: kaisers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...platoon leader who carries out these orders, and he alone is responsible for the success of them all. If he knows his own job, and knows it thoroughly, backwards and upside down, as he should, his platoon will be a machine that can overcome the disciplined hosts of the Kaiser. But if he lacks that absolute knowledge he will lack self-confidence and character, and his men, reflecting the spirit of their leader, will be a futile tool against the disciplined...
...today we learn that Rumania has bowed before the Kaiser, that Dobrudja has been ceded to the Central Powers, and that German and Turkish troops press on along the Black Sea to the very borders of Persia. Rumania a vassal of Austria, Bulgaria a willing tool, and vast territories wrung from Russia complete a brief but overwhelming accomplishment. The German tide, which we believed to be receding, has reached its highest flood. The Allies futilely hammer on the Western Front and their enemies reap whole nations in a seemingly irresistible advance. The world, as seen from our shores, presents...
...little town of Northern France, recently retaken by the French, there is a cemetery filled with German dead. Above the entrance stands a placard bearing the almost incomprehensible title, "Died for their Kaiser...
...work. The German has been led to pour out his blood to as full measure as any of his opponents, but he knows not why. As he pays tribute to his comrades who have fallen, the most glorious thing he can say is that they "died for their Kaiser." What free men will offer their lives to the ambitions of a single leader? It passes the imagination of us who are fighting for great ideals that such a thought could be widely accepted today. It indicates a condition of the German mind which unites the nation in a dogged support...
...verily believe that it would be better for civilization to end in the Ragnarok, or 'twilight of the gods,' like ancient Valhalla, than for it to continue 'half slave and half free' with a Prussian Kaiser as the dominating influence...