Word: manifestos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prince Protests. To the rabble that thus voted, former Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, second son of Wilhelm der Zweite, issued a manifesto expressing his "surprise" and stigmatizing their "ingratitude": "Though the Princely Houses are willing to compromise with the State, they must be accorded the rights of first-class citizens. . . . Let it be remembered that of the 42 princes who?saw front line service during the War, 14 were killed...
...Dublin, on the exceedingly beautiful morning of Easter Monday, 1916, a bloody riot was followed by the issuance of a manifesto in which the revolutionaries proclaimed Ireland an Independent State and a Republic, in the name of Sinn Fein ("We Ourselves"). On that day Eamonn (Edward) de Valera distinguished himself by capturing Boland's Bakery, which he ingeniously utilized as a fortress and a food supply base. From Boland's Bakery he vaulted through an orgy of terror to the presidency of "We Ourselves," which constituted "the Irish Republic." When the Irish Free State Agreement was negotiated...
...courage and straight-forwardness of the Interstate Commerce Commission in its decision concerning the Nickel Plate merger must be highly praised. Federal discouragement of trusts is nothing now, to be sure, but it is a pleasant novelty to study the basis of the present manifesto. It will be remembered that Roosevelt wielded his "big stick" against the steel and the packing interests in something of an ostentatious manner. Always quick to cater to popular notions, the President found a new road to the people's heart in his campaign against the trusts...
...with the aid of Herm the waiter, the following manifesto was indited...
...generally considered to be in harmony with such "liberal Nationalists" as Herr Karl Haniel, Dusseldorf millionaire, and Prince Fuerstenberg, intimate of the onetime Kaiser. The "industrial and noble group" to which these men belong issued a manifesto supporting the Locarno Treaties last week...