Word: vaterland
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Sixteen of the ships, with names familiar to pre-War ocean travelers, were in the million-dollar class. No. 1 on the list was the 16-year-old Vaterland (now the Leviathan of the U. S. Lines), for which Hamburg-American will be awarded $13,688,000.* U. S. Lines now own three ships for which North German Lloyd will be compensated as follows: George Washington $3,851,000, Amerika (now America) $2,979,000, President Grant (now Republic) $2,389,000. For its Grosser Kurfurst (now City of Los Angeles of the Los Angeles Steamship...
Other Characters. At the Front, frenzied and weary men lose their individuality, but those who stay at home reveal their naked egos when confronted by crisis. Among them are: A labor leader of solid, statistical mind who forgets his dissatisfaction with the Vaterland when the foe threatens; well-fed Dr. Hoffman who can afford to be Socialist and argue with his practical friend, the belligerent Major; Papa Silberstein who prospers, first by selling uniforms, then widow's weeds; small Gaston. a French boy who tells the author: "The War? That's an affair of our parents...
...Significance. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna was variously accused of misguiding her royal spouse, of sympathizing traitorously with her Vaterland during the War, of antagonizing the Russian aristocracy, and terrorizing the peasantry-in short, of causing downfall to the Russian empire. That this one woman should be held responsible for the inevitable revolt against centuries of abuse is patently ridiculous. But she served as convenient symbol-though less charmingly than Marie Antoinette...
...fashionable Berlin cinemaddict, The Homecoming held no particular significance. First-nighters watched the story of two German soldiers imprisoned in Russia during the War, returning to the Vaterland to find vast and disturbing changes. What the average cinemaddict failed to mark was a brief announcement at the picture's opening...
...knew I was to succeed him on his retirement. My coming here as commodore is not entirely a happy occasion." Rostron also lamented the Mauretania, his former command. Three German-built liners are now flagships for three steamship lines flying colors that fought Germany ten years ago: The Leviathan (Vaterland) United States Line; the Majestic (Bismarck)-White Star line; the Berengaria (Imperator)-Cunard Line. The past week saw all three simultaneously present in New York harbor...