Word: von
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This is a very serious result. Von Tirpitz has sent to the bottom in one short year three times as many ships as have been put in commission by our own ship yards and those of England. The unfortunate disputes and delays in our shipping program have been partly responsible for this result, which has been so favorable for the U-boats...
...time when the young man's fancy turns to the romantic, Von Hindenberg feels the call of Paris. Annually he longs for the life of the Quartier Latin, and annually he is forced to spend the summer months commuting from Russia to France. But the old game of war is not as amusing as formerly, the Bolsheviki refuse to go near the Mazurian Lakes, and the German people is loth to waste any more good nails on a wooden image of the Kaiser's right-hand...
...become the greatest among the Supermen is to win a bigger victory than any other general. Von Buelow now leads the competition, thanks to the Italian retreat, and Von Hindenberg has to act quickly or go the way of Von Kluck and the other old-timers. When a German general is worried as to the next move he either writes a proclamation thanking God and the soldiers for help received and promising more victories with no casualty lists, or he mentions the idea of moving right on to Paris. The latter method is apparently more fashionable this year...
Somehow the cry of "On to Paris" has not the same terror as of yore; it is being more and more drowned out by the noise of new men and new guns steadily rolling eastward to the French front. Von Hindenberg's battle-cry is nevertheless worthy of consideration...
...apparent and deceptive willingness to agree to Allied terms characterizes the note. Under a cover of seeming readiness to accept the proposed suggestions, Von Hertling gives replies which would make our demands mere points for future discussion...