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...Princess was unable to take over the present and had it deposited for safe-keeping in the vaults of the Deutsche Bank. A few weeks ago, the ex-Crown Princess tried to obtain possession of the present, but the matter was referred to the Berlin Council which, last week, split violently on whether the silverware should be handed over to the ex-Crown Princess, as the Monarchists wished, or be given to the Public Museum, as the Republicans wished. Nothing was decided. The 20th wedding anniversary of the ex-royal couple is likely, therefore, to be silverless...
...majority. The Socialists, Catholic and Democrats were believed likely to unite in support of a single candidate, probably ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx. If they do, a Republican President is certain to be elected. The Nationalists (Monarchists), however, were not without hope that the opposition parties would continue to be split, in which case victory is assuredly theirs, advisability of running a more forceful and popular candidate than Herr Jarres was discussed. The names of Chancelor Luther and former Minister of War Gessler were mentioned. Foreign Minister Stresemann kept in the background...
...will undoubtedly run are Chancellor Hans Luther, who, when hairs are not split, is a Monarchist, and ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx, leader of the Catholics. Chancellor Luther can depend upon the Monarchist vote and the votes of the big interests. Chancellor Marx can depend on the Catholic vote alone. There remain the large Socialist and the smaller Democratic votes. For whom will these people vote? Possibly for a Socialist candidate, say ex-Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann; but, if the issue is to be between Herrn Luther and Marx, it would seem that a majority of the Socialists and Democrats...
...assemble before the stage of the Vassar outdoor theatre; an orchestra of strings and woodwinds strikes up a martial air; the chain-bearers lift their load, oftentimes sneezing because of the dusty pollen of the daisies. Slowly they circle the stage where the Seniors stand, march up a hill, split their column into two lines through which the Seniors, who have followed, pass...
...east, after the vessel, God's anger climbed in the likeness of a black cone. The air thinned, darkened, the sea cowered beside the ship; Jonah slept. Suddenly, the sail split from top to bottom and one mariner, huddled with the rest, called on the name of his god in a voice shrill and little like a bat's; next instant, with a great clap, the sky fell into...