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Believing as he still does that he is God's anointed, the whilom All Highest feels a duty, a pious obligation to preach. Constantly in touch with leading German historians and theologians, he often turns up curious bits of lore. In a recent hearthrug sermon, details of which leaked out last week, the onetime War Lord revealed matter extremely pertinent to the Crucifixion of Jesus which startled his household at Doorn and many another throughout Germany...
Stern, the court fined whilom Chief Tibacu 100,000 lei (about $500), clapped him into jail for ten years, sentenced his wife and aides to five years each...
...vote of 265 to 150, the Reichstag last week completely revised the Defense of the Republic Act, struck out the clause forbidding Wilhelm II to enter Germany. Sulky and prudent, the whilom War lord made no move to return to Berlin...
Died. Lieutenant-General Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja. Marques De Estella, 60, whilom Dictator of Spain; at Paris; of an embolism...
Conservative attacks on the bill were led by famed Winston ("Winnie") Churchill, whilom Chancellor of the Exchequer, who enjoyed a piece of Scot MacDonald's birthday cake in New York last fall (TIME, Oct. 21). Last week Cake-giver MacDonald lashed out at Cake-eater Churchill: "You are making politics of this [coal bill] and nothing else. All your wit and polished phrases are for the sole purpose of forcing us to go to the country for another election. If you do we will beat...