My Four Years in Germany Excerpt on War Minds
Ambassador Gerard recounts German views before World War I, detailing Lichnowsky's London report and German beliefs that England would stay out, alongside the Zabern affair and rising militarism. He critiques autocracy, the Prussian system, and education shaping obedience, with emphasis on the Kaiser and national mood.
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Germany
Gerard
United States
Prince Lichnowsky
London
England
Ulster Army
Sir Edward Carson
Ireland
Russia
Denmark
Schleswig
Holstein
Bavaria
Baden
Wurttemberg
Hesse-Darmstadt
Saxony
Hanover
Hesse- Cassel
Nassau
Frankfort
Prussia
Koniggratz
France
Krupps
Leipzig
Rome
Reichstag
Landrats
Regierungs
Zabern
German social order and caste system under Prussian rule
In this excerpt a critic contrasts German schooling and state influence with rigid caste markers. It notes no Saturday holidays, teacher led youth, reverence for military heroes, and state clergy. It details social ladders from Kaufmanns to officers, and a rat system granting noble-like ranks through official favor. It highlights police registers and amnesty trends amid wartime politics.
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Germany
Landrat Schwartz
von Bing
Manufactory
Schultze
Army
Navy
Zimmermann
East Prussia
Mia
Ministry of War
Dall
J. Jastrow
Dr Joseph Fort Newton At Cedar Falls Teachers College
Dr Joseph Fort Newton spoke at Tows State Teachers College Cedar Falls detailing his wartime impressions from France and Belgium. He described Arras and Ypres, trench life, German atrocities, and a visit with Gen Pershing, ending with Lincoln quotes as students rose for the national anthem.
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Joseph Fort Newton
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
London
City Temple
Tows State Teachers’ College
Flanders
Newton
A. J. Balfour
Mr. Balfour
House of Commons
England
Dr. Newton
Jeff
France
Channel
Arras
Waterloo
Ypres
Tommy
Threis
Pershing
Gen. Pershlng
Gen. Pershing
Lafayette
Lincoln
Germany
Dental students not exempt under rule
The War Department replies that exemptions for second year medical students do not extend to dental or veterinary students. Secretary Baker states regulations cover medical students and hospital interns only, and the method does not apply to other technical schools.
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Newton TD. Baker
Waterlow
Baker
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