Word: metternichs
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...winter. He was placed on a milk diet last fortnight; last week he suffered two heart attacks in 24 hours. Doctors insisted that for the sake of his health he must give up the Foreign Ministry. Brer Briand glories in the fact that probably no Foreign Minister since Metternich wields the international influence that is his. He had the figure of invalid, politically impotent Raymond Poincare before his eyes. The only promise that could be extracted from him was that he placed his portfolio at the disposal of Premier Laval in case the entire Cabinet resigned collectively...
Diplomacy of the old school, which flourished in the Age of Metternich, is steadily losing ground to the modern diplomacy of industry and finance. The International Chamber of Commerce now meeting in Washington is an instrument of the modern type for the manipulation of international matters as powerful as the official channels for foreign affairs. The importance attached to this conference is evidence of the increasing power which business interests wield in the creation of sound international relations...
...ghost with the bearing of Metternich walks in Germany again. An emergency decree empowers local authorities to stop gatherings which they regard likely to disturb public order, to suppress papers which attack religious organizations, slander public figures, or incite to violence, and to dissolve any societies which fail to keep the peace...
German newspapers are reluctant to bless the "violation of constitutional rights," but in general approve the measure as expedient. As a matter of fact, the Metternich spirit lacks its old rigor and the "curtailment of civil liberty" probably will impose little restraint in practice. The official Prussian press has been careful to explain that there would be no interference with orderly meetings and that the decree is directed only against abuses...
Wagner's Tannhäuser-Overture and Venusberg Music (Victor, 3 records, $6.50). Called the "Paris Version" because in 1861 Wagner added a bacchanale before taking Tannhäuser to the French capital for the pleasure of Princess Metternich, this is sensuous, stupendous Wagner...