Word: prussia
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Prussia is complaining because the territory which she has wrested from others, is now being taken from her. Count Rautzau says that West Prussia which has always been a German state, and is predominantly German, should not, according to rights of peoples for self determination, be ceded to the new Poland. One only need look at the facts of population and history to refute this argument. In 1910 the population of West Prussia was 1,703,474 of which 980,-571 were of Polish stock. Frederick the Great added West Prussia to his kingdom, comprising Pomerania and East Prussia...
...stressed the fact that "not even the hateful Prussian military system was ever extended to curtail the freedom enjoyed in the German universities." In their circular letter the Union Against Militarism adds this even more oratorical climax: "It is to be hoped that in their effort to out-Prussia Prussia, American preparedness agitators will be balked by sane and sound American public opinion...
...That internationalism will destroy patriotism is no argument," he continued, "for the growth of Prussia which ended in patriotism was against the principles of humanity. As every political truth has its limitations, so has patriotism...
...former, after having graduated from the University, studied in England for two years, receiving the degree of B.Sc. from Oxford in 1897. In 1900 he became associated with the University for the first time as an instructor in mathematics. In 1904 Professor Coolidge received his Ph.D. from Bonn University, Prussia. He was appointed Assistant Professor at the University...
...German empire for reprisals for the wanton attacks on London and Paris. Of all the large German cities Cologne is nearest to the British hangars; it is much nearer than Mannheim, which has repeatedly received the favors of the Allied aerial visitors; and it is the capital of Rhenish, Prussia. It is possible that Cologne has been spared hitherto at the request of the French, out of consideration for the staunchly Catholic character of its citizens and a sort of traditional leaning that they are supposed to have toward French influence. Perhaps it has been spared out of consideration...