Word: mach
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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During the latter part of December the Macmillan Publishing Company withdrew from circulation the recently published book by Dr. Edmund von Mach '95, entitled "Official Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War." The volume was placed in circulation last September and after three months of sale was withdrawn without the knowledge of the author, the alleged reason being that it was inaccurate in certain important details. The work was compiled as a standard for students, present and future, of this period in history...
...Mach received the degree of A.M. from the University in 1896 and that of Ph.D. in 1900, and was an instructor in Fine Arts from 1899 to 1903. He is at present a lecturer in the history of art at Bradford Academy. He formally served for two years in the German army. He is the author of several works on ancient sculpture and the history of painting...
...Only the official British translations of the dispatches of the European nations were used in my book, so that all thought or possibility of bias might be removed," said Professor Edmund von Mach '95, in discussing the withdrawal from circulation of his book, to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday afternoon. "The action of the Macmillan Publishing Company constitutes a breach of contract on their part, and a secret one. I had no warning of the suppression of the book until informed of it through the New York World...
...Mach, in speaking to the International Polity Club last night, said that what Germany is really seeking now is a settled condition of affairs She is not seeking dominion, as so many believe; but if her access to the sea through Belgium and Holland is cut off, it is only natural that she should assert herself; her policy is one of self-defense against the modern "starvation" method of warfare. Germany's advance, Dr. von Mach said, is due to her policy of efficiency at home and the "open door" everywhere--the system of efficiency which Germany would like...
...closing, Dr. von Mach said that the United States was losing her chance to become the greatest power toward world peace; that President Wilson could have taken the role of arbiter of the present conflict, at least in investigating and making public the real truth of the so-called atrocities; but instead of that, the United States is rapidly losing prestige among the warring nations...