Word: wars
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...graduate of Amherst, class of 1874. He has spent eighteen years in South Africa, mostly in the Transvaal. He was a member of the famous Reform Committee of the Johannesburg Outlanders. He can therefore speak from personal knowledge of the stirring events leading up to the present war...
...Franco-Prussian War had a great effect upon Verliane. He had a violent nature, and welcomed the war of 1870 as a chance for throwing off the yoke of social restraint that he hated so much. He became associated with the Commune, which later caused his exile. During his residence in Brussels he shot a friend in a quarrel. For two years he lived in prison, spending his time in introspective meditation. This led to his becoming a Roman Catholic, and to the writing of "Sagesse" in 1880. His existence was two fold, - either spent in debauchery and sensual crimes...
...time of the play is the spring of '98, after the outbreak of the Spanish war. The first act is at West Point. The Cadets are entertaining some Vassar students at afternoon tea, when Colonel Einnoth arrives with the announcement that Major Bullet and the Cadets have been ordered to Porto Rico to take part in the war. This causes consternation for all, but especially for the lieutenant who thinks his love match with Bessie Bullet will be broken up. It is finally arranged that the Vassar students shall also go to Porto Rico as army nurses. The lieutenant...
...continues, but is threatened by the sudden arrival of Mr. Pipp. He intrigues with his sister, the head-nurse, to get rid of the lieutenant. The troops, however, seize him and force him into the service, and when he deserts a few days later he is court-martialed. The war suddenly ends with the announcement of the Peace Protocol and in Pipp's absence, Lieutenant Steel Armor marries Miss Bullet...
...March number of the North American Review contains an article by Professor Macvane entitled, "Could the South African War have been Avoided." The article is essentially a reply to Dr. Leyd's statement that England acted in such a manner as to render the war unavoidable. Professor Macvane maintains that the Boers could have pursued three reasonable courses, any one of which would have averted the war: First, they could have removed the oppressive abuses complained of by the Uitlanders; second, they could have satisfied England by granting a subordinate municipal government to the Uitlanders; third, they could have granted...