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- n. grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
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“Other German ships were given new names and pressed into service: Cincinnati became Covington, Kronprinzessin Cecilie became Mount Vernon, Kaiser Wilhelm II became Agamemnon.”
“Europeans could stroll on the Kaiser Wilhelm Embankment, go to the racecourse, or swim from the pebbly bathing beach on Empress Augusta-Victoria Bay.”
“He had soldiered against Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, Tsar Nicholas of Russia and Marshal Pilsudski of Poland.”
“(1879-94), V, goes to 1848; SYBEL, Begruendung des Deutschen Reichs durch Kaiser Wilhelm I (1889-94), VII; FRIEDJUNG, Geschichte”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“At once, and again during that year, Leo XIII wrote in a conciliating way to Kaiser Wilhelm urging the abolition of the May Laws.”
“The naval demands included demilitarization of Heligoland, all nations to be given access to the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, surrender of all submarines and internment of Germany’s ten latest battleships, six battle cruisers, eight light cruisers, and fifty most modern destroyers.”
“That buffalo no longer roam the prairie, and that Kaiser Wilhelm isn't generally considered too much of a threat any more.”
“But when the idea is really dead, and STILL man persists in following it, then he is the unwilling man whom the Fates destroy, like Kaiser Wilhelm or President Wilson, or, to – day, the world at large.”
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