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Word: treasonous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pitiable as that of General Erich Ludendorff, once high commander of the German armies of the West. The all-mightiness of the lord of the German war machine clothed him in the trappings of royalty, and as a result every peasant has marked his fall. To become guilty of treason is in itself a severe punishment for an officer; but to be associated with the fiasco of a brewery revolt is tragic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KINGS AND PAWNS | 11/14/1923 | See Source »

...doors of the Bolsheviki? We Russians look on the appalling condition of our once great country . . . and we cry weakly that the Tsar was guilty. Rasputine was guilty, this man and that woman were guilty, but never do we admit that we.were all guilty of the blackest treason to our God, our Emperor, our country." Coming on top of the statement: "... when millions of men, Russians, Frenchmen, Belgians, Englishmen, were giving up their lives in the cause of freedom, the aristocracy of the Russian capital was indulging in a reckless orgy . . ." it is a fairly conclusive condemnation of Russian aristocracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Imperial Russia* | 11/5/1923 | See Source »

...equals the shamelessness of this latest attempt to seize high power. No people who tamely acquiesce to such an act can have the right to live as a self-respecting nation. The Chinese people as a whole regard the election of Tsao-Kun as an act of usurpation and treason which must be resisted and punished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: An Inauguration | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

...burden of passive resistance, Stinnes's attempt to negotiate directly with France comes as a monstrosity. It is small wonder that his act of seeking French military aid against the workmen after previously endorsing a platform of "no compromise with France" is looked upon as nothing short of treason. The threat of doing away with the eight-hour day is alone enough to assure a fight to the death between dictator and toiler. What-ever the opinion of Germany's war-guilt, it is agreed that upon her working classes no blame should fall. Stinnes must realize that, after enduring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NEW DICTATOR? | 10/13/1923 | See Source »

...Right to be tried by his peers on a charge of treason or felony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: New Peers | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

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