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Meanwhile Prince Caetani's brothers were betraying their heritage, selling off the lands of their father, the late Duke Onorato, which comprised by far the largest estate in Italy, a virtual principality within the realm. Only bachelor Prince Gelasio, with no child to whom he could leave his share of the Caetani lands, kept all he could and was among the first Italian proprietors to cooperate with Il Duce in Fascism's vast project of land reclamation. As an engineer, the Prince, trained in the U. S. for such work, was gripped and fascinated by the political concept...
...stock of the South Manchuria Railway, which in turn owns 40% of something called the Manchuria Oil Co., 80% of whose stock is in Japanese hands. To this firm His Majesty the puppet Emperor of Manchukuo has been graciously pleased to grant a monopoly of petroleum sales within his realm. President of the Oil Monopoly is Mr. Keizaburo Hashimoto, brother-in-law of famed General Takashi ("Happy Sparrow") Hishikari, the Japanese Ambassador to Manchukuo and Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army in Manchukuo...
...swear to be loyal and obedient to the Leader of the German Realm and People, Adolf Hitler; to exert my powers for the welfare of the German people; to obey the laws conscientiously; to fulfill my duties impartially and with justice to all men; so help...
...errand boy during the Civil War, was president from the turn of the Century to the end of the War. Present head of Scovill is Edward Otis Goss, an affable hard-headed Yankee of 69 who is Waterbury's first citizen and a peer in the Connecticut industrial realm. Below him are four Goss vice presidents, most important of whom is his brother John, Scovill's general manager. And below the official Gosses are countless lesser Gosses learning the business...
...that world of Truth and Virtue, and absolute honesty of institutions shall be my abode. But I thought Truth (whatever we know about it) only existed in heaven. In fact, I am convinced of it, and I do object to anyone pulling this concept out of the divine realm and attempt to apply this sacred idea in defense of bankers and such, or a system of government...