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German Government Insists Kaiser Abdicates

The Social Democrats demanded my abdication; the rest of the members of the Government, who had stood out so far against it, were now in favor of it;

Now the efforts of the Government and the Imperial Chancellor to induce me to abdicate began.Continuing The End of the German Empire,our selection

The capture of Port Royal meant the conquest of Acadia.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by Francis

I went to the army in Flanders, after having once more given the General Staff at Spa definite orders to fall back as quickly as possible to the

This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Movement for Abdication.IntroductionAt the end of World War I there was

Today's installment concludes The Age of Steel Begins,our selection from Autobiography by Andrew Carnegie published in 1920.If you have

I am sure that any competent judge would be surprised to find how little I ever risked for myself or my partners.Continuing The Age of Steel

The works were well advanced when the financial panic of September, 1873, came upon us.Continuing The Age of Steel Begins,our selection from

I had not failed to notice the growth of the Bessemer process. If this proved successful, I knew that iron was destined to give place to steel; that