WHY GERMANS CALLED HUNS
A historical note tracing the label Hun to Kaiser Wilhelm for German troops in China and the Boxer conflict. It discusses Attila the Hun, German brutality, and echoed accusations reaching Belgium France Serbia Armenia, with reactions from German socialists. The piece frames the term as a lasting stigma tied to German actions abroad.
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China
Europe
Attila
Hungary
Germany
France
Greece
Balkans
Italy
America
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm
Bremerhaven
Vorwaerts
The
Huns
Herr Bebel
Social Democrats
Reichstag
Gengis Khan
Tamerlane
Tilly
Magdeburg
Conscription debate and Irish free action call to arms
The piece promotes Irish participation in World War I against Germany, condemns German conduct, and cites Bart Kennedy in the London Times urging Irishmen to join the Allied effort. It argues England’s war is humanity’s fight and urges Irish home rule alongside international allies.
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England
Ireland
Germany
London Times
Bart Kennedy
Thurles
Tipperary
Nenagh
Europe
Lusitania
Westminster
Belgium
France
Italy
America
Odin
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