Word: sufferer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...past probabilities, therefore, it seems unlikely that the United States will suffer from the aggression of others. If as a young growing nation it was not a prey to outsiders during a century of world exploitation by European powers, it scarcely seems likely that it will be such at a time when its resources, both material and in man-power, exceed those of any other country; at a time, too, when these powers have just been very amply demonstrated...
...Germany is the conspicuous recent example, but there are plenty of others. Japan, for instance, lived many centuries in external peace, but, since acquiring the "protection" of a modern army and a militarist frame of mind, has engaged in three foreign wars since 1894. Men die and a nation suffers in a war of aggression, even a winning war, just as surely as in a war of defence. Ideals suffer more...
...story. It hardly needs repetition. The French claim that 85,750,000,000 francs worth of damage was done and say that what they want now is rep- aration for that damage and nothing more. Quite rightly they insist that if anyone is to suffer as a result of the barbaric war, it must be Germany-not France. To those who have not seen the awful horror of war this may sound shortsighted; but when the steel wall of need intercepts the vision, no one can tell what is on the other side. Resistance. The effect of increasing the military...
This kind of preparedness that I deduced from this last war is not the German "kultur", that was the preparatiton to conquer the world, but rather that preparedness for defense exemplified by the youth of Switzerland which absolutely prevented Switzerland from suffering any of the catastrophies of the world war. The reason it did not suffer was that even the best armies in Europe did not dare to put foot on Switzerland, a terrible temptation, because it must be admitted that the army that could have gone through would have given the "coup de grace" to the other. They...
...other hand, it was stated by President Lowell, France will be benefitted very little by her act and at the same time Germany, will suffer as her industries will be crippled. In the same way all Europe is at loggerheads and what is needed today more than all else is clear, calm, and profound thought...