The German Emperor as Shown in his Public Utterances

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Author

William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941

Title

The German Emperor as Shown in His Public Utterances

Credits

Produced by Norbert Müller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany

Subject

Germany -- Politics And Government -- 1871-1918

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43666

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43666

Release Date

September 8, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GERMAN EMPEROR AS SHOWN IN HIS PUBLIC UTTERANCES
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.I THE HOHENZOLLERN TRADITION
6. 6.II PRELIMINARIES — THE FIRST OFFICIAL ACT OF THE EMPEROR — TO MY PEOPLE — FIRST DECLARATION OF POLICY — OPENING OF THE REICHSTAG — THE EMPEROR AND THE STRIKING MINERS — VISIT OF THE KING OF ITALY — THE ENGLISH FLEET AND THE GERMAN ARMY — THE ENGLISH ARMY — THE CZAR AT BERLIN — ON BOARD AN ENGLISH FLAG-SHIP
7. 7.III AFTER BISMARCK — OPENING OF THE REICHSTAG — REVIEW OF THE NINTH ARMY CORPS — ACCIDENTS WITH AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY — ALSACE-LORRAINE — SWEARING IN THE RECRUITS — THE EMPEROR’S FIRST ARMY BILL — ARRIVAL IN METZ — DEDICATION OF FLAGS — NAVY RECRUITS — CHRISTENING OF A CRUISER — VISIT TO BISMARCK — OPENING OF THE EMPEROR WILLIAM CANAL
8. 8.IV THE BEGINNING OF WORLD POLITICS — THE BEGINNING OF WORLD POLITICS — TO THE RECRUITS FOR THE NAVY — A TOAST TO THE RUSSIAN EMPEROR AND EMPRESS — THE ARMY TRADITION — TOAST TO THE ITALIAN KING AND QUEEN — ADDRESS AT A DEDICATION OF FLAGS — ON ADMINISTERING THE OATH TO THE RECRUITS — THE CHINESE SITUATION AND THE MAILED FIST — ADDRESS TO THE REGIMENTS OF THE BODY-GUARD — ON THE DEATH OF PRINCE BISMARCK — “OUR FUTURE LIES UPON THE WATER” — THE JOURNEY TO THE HOLY LAND — DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH OF OUR REDEEMER — BY DIVINE RIGHT — THE HAGUE CONFERENCE — THE HOUSING OF LABORERS — FRENCH HEROISM AT ST. PRIVAT
9. 9.V THE GREATER NAVY — “BITTERLY WE NEED A POWERFUL GERMAN FLEET” — ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE NEW CENTURY — NEW BOUNDARY POSTS — SEAPORTS AND CANNON — THE OCEAN KNOCKS AT OUR DOOR — OPEN THE WAY FOR CULTURE — CIVIS ROMANUS SUM — CABINET ORDER TO THE PRUSSIAN ARMY — DEDICATION OF THE BARRACKS OF THE ALEXANDER REGIMENT — TO THE STUDENTS AT BONN — A PLACE IN THE SUN — THE GREAT ELECTOR — ENTRANCE OF PRINCE EITEL FRIEDRICH INTO THE ARMY — TRUE ART — MONUMENT TO GENERAL VON ROSENBERG — THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH — ALFRED KRUPP AND THE SOCIALISTS — THE WORKING MAN ONCE MORE — SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION — FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS ARMY — THE FUTURE OF GERMANY — THE REASONS FOR JAPAN’S VICTORY — THE SALT OF THE EARTH
10. 10.VI ON THE EVE OF MOROCCO — THE MOROCCO QUESTION — THE GREAT ALLY — OPTIMISM AND LITERATURE — TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF LABOR LEGISLATION
11. 11.VII THE CRISIS OF 1907 — IMPERIALISM VERSUS SOCIAL DEMOCRACY — THE NECESSITY OF FAITH — ENGLISH JOURNALISTS — ALSACE-LORRAINE — THE “DAILY TELEGRAPH” INTERVIEW — THE EMPEROR AND COUNT ZEPPELIN — REGATTA AT HAMBURG — REVIEW OF THE FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS — EMPEROR BY DIVINE RIGHT — THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN — THE EMPEROR IN BRUSSELS — ALCOHOL AND THE SCHOOLS — INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION — IMPERIAL GLORIES
12. 12.VIII LAST MONTHS OF PEACE — OPENING OF THE REICHSTAG — BRANDENBURG ONCE AGAIN — HAULING DOWN THE FLAG — ACCIDENT TO A ZEPPELIN — WE GERMANS FEAR GOD, NOTHING ELSE
13. 13.IX AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR — FORCING THE SWORD INTO HIS HAND — AN END OF PARTIES — OPENING OF THE REICHSTAG — TO THE ARMY AND NAVY — PROCLAMATION TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE

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