Word: vassall
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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With her back to the sea, Holland's outlook before superior German strength is indeed dark. If she joins Germany she will lose her independence and become but a vassal of that power. If she maintains her neutrality she stands in danger of destruction. As regards the present there seems little choice. In the long run, however, it behooves the Dutch to brave the risk of opposition. A crushed Holland will in the end find liberation. A Germanized Holland will ingloriously terminate a great page of history and will leave a blot upon the Dutch name which nothing...
...today we learn that Rumania has bowed before the Kaiser, that Dobrudja has been ceded to the Central Powers, and that German and Turkish troops press on along the Black Sea to the very borders of Persia. Rumania a vassal of Austria, Bulgaria a willing tool, and vast territories wrung from Russia complete a brief but overwhelming accomplishment. The German tide, which we believed to be receding, has reached its highest flood. The Allies futilely hammer on the Western Front and their enemies reap whole nations in a seemingly irresistible advance. The world, as seen from our shores, presents...