Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then began a twelve-year war between Pro-and Anti-Semites. In 1897 one Major Esterhazy of the French Army was accused of having written the treasonable document imputed to Captain Dreyfus. He was tried, secretly, by a military court and, no Jew, was acquitted. In 1898 Emile Zola wrote an open letter to the French President, accused the general staff of having convicted Alfred Dreyfus because of his race. Zola was tried for libel, convicted, and had to leave France hurriedly to avoid imprisonment. Later in 1898, however, it was shown that some of the prosecution's evidence...
...Colonel C. B. Hodges, acting superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy, wrote to the State Department of Public Works forbidding the passage of the proposed highway. Promptly replied Colonel Frederick Stuart Greene, pointing out that Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis has issued a permit for this highway back in October, 1926. But Colonel Hodges said that the permit was revoked and it appeared that Secretary Davis was ready to back him up-the New York Herald Tribune, indeed, printed a picture of the Secretary with the title "Guards West Point's organ...
...large issue at stake was embodied last week in an address to the House of Commons by that discerning Liberal statesman, Lieutenant Commander Honorable Joseph Montague Kenworthy. He pictured a naval race between Britain and the U. S., similar to that between Britain and Germany prior to the World War. Said Commander Kenworthy portentously...
...Only war boats other than capital ships and aircraft carriers (which are limited by the Washington Treaty) were placed within the scope of this Parley...
...burned nor is the theatre torn down. Neither unfortunately do others go and do likewise. But the music is preserved and sung annually with the fervor which characterizes the Passion Play of Oberammergau. Last year there was no festival at Bayreuth, because the theatre was undergoing necessary post-War repairs. This year, however, from July 19 to Aug. 20, it is being resumed under the stage direction of Siegfried Wagner .(son of the composer), the orchestral leadership of Karl Elmendorf, Karl Muck and Anton Witek. Tristan und Isolde was the first production. It will be followed by Parsifal...