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...Baldwin had demanded the temporary substitution of an eight hour miners' day for the seven hour schedule. For almost the first time in his career he was unable to command the undivided attention of the House. "You are going...
...Happened. It was Nov. 9, 1918. "The enemy, disorganized by our repeated attacks, yields on all fronts." Thus Marshal Foch telegraphed his commanders. Simultaneously, at Spa (Belgium), Fildmarschall von Hindenburg sought Wilhelm II, "By the Grace of God, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, Supreme War Lord." The Feldmarschall declared: "Your Majesty, that must be said which I cannot, as a loyal Prussian, say to my King." General Groner (successor to Ludendorff) responded to a curt inquiring nod from the Kaiser: "Sire, the Army will march home in peace and order under its own generals, but not under...
...Excellency," rapped the Kaiser stiffening, "I demand from my generals in writing a statement that the army is no longer under the command of its Supreme War Lord...
...Crane is, of course, only joking. She will not "do" anything. Didn't she let Mr. Crane give Nathalia a typewriter for Christmas? Didn't she keep rushing to the encyclopedia at Nathalia's command to look up African flora and fauna for this prose opus? Mrs. Crane knows quite well she can "do" nothing about it if Nathalia breaks out again in the next six years. She is perfectly aware that in the girl flows blood, not only from John and Priscilla Alden, but from "the grand old Spanish family, Abarbanel, who counted among their number...
...treaty (1921) Great Britain recognized the complete independence of Afghanistan. At Kabul, the self-proclaimed King and his well-armed and warlike people command all the northern passes through the Hindu Kush-the highways trod by Alexander the Great, by Genghis Khan. Though the city of Kabul is an unredeemed stench hole, the adjacent palaces of potent nobles lie amid perfumed gardens, nestle below the snow-clad stupendous Hindu Kush...