Word: prussians
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Fogs blew up off the Baltic and settle down over the hills. Great baronial estates sprawled over the land. Fat cattle dwelt in the fields, and tall grass swayed in the winds. There lived in this territory the proudest, bravest, most solid people the world had seen, the Prussian Junkers. They had rallied to the support of the Great Elector, they had fought for Frederick in the dreary days of Zorndorf. They had built the Prussian nation...
Elected three years ago and considered "extremely moderate" in comparison with most German chambers elected since is the Prussian State Diet, representing two-thirds of the Fatherland. Last week the Diet debated revision of the Young Plan, soon to be considered by a new Reparations committee (TIME, Nov. 30). Quietly a motion was put demanding that the German Government seek "revision having for its aim complete cessation of any kind of tribute payments" (Germans consider Reparations "tribute...
From Santiago the Trucco Government sent Admiral von Schroeder by airplane to treat with the rebels. Chile's army & navy have had many an old German warrior on their rosters. The army still wears Prussian spiked helmets on dress parade. But Chilean Admiral Eduardo von Schroeder is not to be confused with Prussian Admiral August Ludwig von Schroeder, who was a German Wartime fleet commander. Admiral Eduardo is young, amiable, Chilean born. His father, despite his name, was a Russian and went to Chile many years ago as consul at Santiago for the Imperial Government. Last week Admiral Eduardo rode...
Prussia is two-thirds of Germany. Her legislature has 450 members, nearly as big as the Reichstag (577 seats). Hitlerites, members of the Stahlhelm and other extreme Nationalists recently rushed through a bill calling for a plebiscite on the question: Should the Prussian Diet be dissolved immediately as unrepresentative of Prussian opinion? The Reich Government fought it bitterly, for if the Hitlerites should gain control of the Diet it would be comparatively simple for them to gain the Reichstag as well and form a new government. Hitlerites urging the referendum were suddenly joined by their old enemies the Communists...
Bloodshed. Election came and went and only 37% of the Prussian electorate voted for dissolution of the Diet. Brüning & Braun were saved. But they were not saved without bloodshed. When Communists in Berlin learned that the referendum was failing the most serious street fighting broke out that Germany has seen since the Bloody May Day of 1929 (TIME, May 13, 1929) In Bulow Square police with rifles in their hands patrolled the streets near the Communist headquarters, Liebknecht House. Suddenly, as at a given command, spurts of fire burst from the windows, from nearby roofs. Two police captains...