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...Shipping Board adopted a resolution expressing a change of its plans in regard to rebuilding two of its large passenger vessels. A ship which has borne the names of three famous but ill-assorted men (Kaiser Wilhelm II, President Harding and now Agamemnon) and the Mount Vernon (formerly Kronprinzessin Cecile) were to be reconditioned at a cost of $4,000,000 each...
...ambitious soldiers, statesmen and industrial magnates. Despite this book from the perspicuous pen of M. Viviani, it is possible that the Old Man of Doom is not quite as bad as he is depicted. Be that as it may, there is no shadow of a single doubt that Wilhelm must shoulder a good part of the heinous responsibility of setting the match to the fagots; which act resulted in that mighty conflagration, of which the embers are still smouldering...
...open manifestations of that dread disease?Francophobia. Finally through a maze of diplomatic material M. Viviani, with true legal logic, proves his case for the prosecution. Some brief notes and excerpts: Of Bismarck: The author shows that Bismarck exercised a great influence in the early days of Wilhelm's reign. Some of his maxims are given: " Direct parliamentary government is to be avoided at any price, even at the price of a dictatorship." " German unity will not be achieved by speeches nor by decisions of the majority, but by blood and iron." " Where it is a question of Prussia...
...Wilhelm: Rathenau says of him: " He was weakness which could not do without support." His father says: " His general culture is full of gaps and he lacks genuine depths. This lack of maturity and this inexperience in my son, combined with his tendency toward exaggeration, make me feel that it would be dangerous to allow him to concern himself, at present, in foreign affairs." Bismarck remarks: " He is a man who would like to have a birthday every day, or solemn processions, or receptions, or parades, and, in his haughtiness, the role of the world's arbiter would...
...Wilhelm's writings: The following are some of the annotations which the ex-Kaiser wrote on various diplomatic despatches. Referring to Sir Edward Grey: "The ignoble clown! Vile dog's excrement! England alone bears the responsibility for war or peace and it is no longer we!" Later on: "What a low cheat! The fellow is insane or an idot.' Of the King of Italy he notes: "The rascal! The King has not yet answered me even! " Later: " So our allies are betraying us also." About Giolitti: "The unbelievable scoundrel...