Word: fatherland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...belong to those ungrateful ones who forget what the Kaiser has done for the Army and for the Fatherland's prestige. . . . He was our best comrade. ... I owe my successes to the grace of my Emperor who appointed...
...World War is not yet ended. . . . I hope a new German Army will carry on the old Prussian spirit and virtue. I pray to witness the beginning of the Fatherland's resurrection...
...scorn. Then, rising to his climax he cried: "Ach! Heroic was the life and influence of Dr. Stresemann! He strove, with death in the balance. . . . Deliberately spent his last ounce of strength to advance his principles on a path which he recognized as right! ... It is for the dear Fatherland to wisely follow...
...until Dec. 22. On that date a second referendum must be held, according to the constitution. If 50% of the electorate should vote with Hugenbergists?which seems utterly improbable?then the Liberty-Law would come automatically into effect despite its rejection by the Reichstag. Worse could not befall the Fatherland. The Allies will ruthlessly force her to keep paying reparations if she tries to refuse, but so long as she continues to pay willingly they will go on fattening with loans the wise goose that lays their golden eggs...
...still more loans from abroad, "loans which fertilize German industry as the waters of the Nile fertilize the parched soil of Egypt." As a "borrowing man" he enjoys the thoroughgoing contempt of Reichsbank President Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, always a "bear" on German futures, who constantly grumbles that the Fatherland has already borrowed far too much...