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... the destinies of Germany are not in the hands of the German people but in those of the all - powerful German oligarchy dominated by the great War Lord , as Government and People the Kaiser is never tired of designating himself .
... the destinies of Germany are not in the hands of the German people but in those of the all - powerful German oligarchy dominated by the great War Lord , as Government and People the Kaiser is never tired of designating himself .
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once their Government gave the word . German people were equally peaceful — perhaps more so — in the sixties , but they acquiesced , and indeed approved , the cowardly attack upon Denmark and her subsequent spoliation , whereby they ...
once their Government gave the word . German people were equally peaceful — perhaps more so — in the sixties , but they acquiesced , and indeed approved , the cowardly attack upon Denmark and her subsequent spoliation , whereby they ...
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1 refuse to create a strategic department at the Admiralty , the more offensively shall we be flouted by the German Government , the more thoroughly despised by the German people , and the more easily will the nation be persuaded to ...
1 refuse to create a strategic department at the Admiralty , the more offensively shall we be flouted by the German Government , the more thoroughly despised by the German people , and the more easily will the nation be persuaded to ...
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The new device of the German Government , like all great devices , is simplicity itself . They have begun selling old vessels , which under the Navy Act are automatically replaced by new ships ; thus , twenty - year - old battleships ...
The new device of the German Government , like all great devices , is simplicity itself . They have begun selling old vessels , which under the Navy Act are automatically replaced by new ships ; thus , twenty - year - old battleships ...
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But it is a still more important transaction for Great Britain because it enables the German Government to replace pre- “ Dreadnoughts ” by super . " Dreadnoughts . " Under the Navy Act each of these discarded units must be replaced by ...
But it is a still more important transaction for Great Britain because it enables the German Government to replace pre- “ Dreadnoughts ” by super . " Dreadnoughts . " Under the Navy Act each of these discarded units must be replaced by ...
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