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"1683-1920" / The Fourteen Points and What Became of Them—Foreign Propaganda in the Public Schools—Rewriting the History of the United States—The Espionage Act and How It Worked—"Illegal and Indefensible Blockade" of the Central Powers—1,000,000 Victims of Starvation—Our Debt to France and to Germany—The War Vote in Congress—Truth About the Belgian Atrocities—Our Treaty with Germany and How Observed—The Alien Property Custodianship—Secret Will of Cecil Rhodes—Racial Strains in American Life—Germantown Settlement of 1683 and a Thousand Other Topics cover

"1683-1920" / The Fourteen Points and What Became of Them—Foreign Propaganda in the Public Schools—Rewriting the History of the United States—The Espionage Act and How It Worked—"Illegal and Indefensible Blockade" of the Central Powers—1,000,000 Victims of Starvation—Our Debt to France and to Germany—The War Vote in Congress—Truth About the Belgian Atrocities—Our Treaty with Germany and How Observed—The Alien Property Custodianship—Secret Will of Cecil Rhodes—Racial Strains in American Life—Germantown Settlement of 1683 and a Thousand Other Topics

Chapter 183: Transcriber’s Notes
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About This Book

The collection presents polemical essays and investigations into wartime and postwar controversies, assessing diplomatic claims, propaganda campaigns, legal measures, and social strains. Topics range from the fate of wartime peace proposals and territorial disputes to foreign influence in public education, the operation of security and property laws, maritime blockade and famine, and disputed atrocity accounts. It examines philanthropic and strategic agendas behind scholarships and peace funds, explores racial tensions and historical memory in the United States, and offers local historical sketches, aiming to clarify contested facts and policy outcomes for an American readership.

Transcriber’s Notes

The following corrections have been made in the text:
1 —

‘inferference’ replaced with ‘interference’

(without the interference of any foreign)

2 —

‘liberatarian’ replaced with ‘libertarian’

(Does M. Clemenceau, that “old libertarian”)

3 —

‘have’ replaced with ‘gave’

(Romans gave the designation)

4 —

‘spech’ replaced with ‘speech’

(in a speech at Mount Vernon)

5 —

‘boks’ replaced with ‘books’

(on text books and histories)

6 —

‘correspondenece’ replaced with ‘correspondence’

(following correspondence will speak)

7 —

‘Malmsbury’ replaced with ‘Malmesbury’

(Blaine quoted Lord Malmesbury)

8 —

‘Nocosian’ replaced with ‘Nicosian’

(swam alongside of the “Nicosian”)

9 —

‘tradegy’ replaced with ‘tragedy’

(history of the tragedy first came)

10 —

‘Scandanavia’ replaced with ‘Scandinavia’

(commerce of Holland and Scandinavia)

11 —

‘compells’ replaced with ‘compels’

(it compels us to compact our)

12 —

‘Minnewitt’ replaced with ‘Minnewit’

(Peter Minnewit, the first regular governor)

13 —

‘resul’ replaced with ‘result’

(showed the result as follows)

14 —

‘Dalmation’ replaced with ‘Dalmatian’

(conceding to Italy the Dalmatian coast)

15 —

‘imigrants’ replaced with ‘immigrants’

(descendants of German immigrants.)

16 —

‘Rhennish’ replaced with ‘Rhenish’

(from Bonnefeld, Rhenish Prussia,)

17 —

‘Heidelburg’ replaced with ‘Heidelberg’

(as the tourist visits Heidelberg)

18 —

‘feed’ replaced with ‘feet’

(nearly eight feet wide,)

19 —

‘parishoners’ replaced with ‘parishioners’

(among whose parishioners was Jefferson Davis.)

20 —

‘Gregoty’ replaced with ‘Gregory’

(W. H. Gregory, M. P.)

21 —

‘volunters’ replaced with ‘volunteers’

(first call for volunteers.)

22 —

‘Gettsyburg’ replaced with ‘Gettysburg’

(fought gallantly at Gettysburg)

23 —

‘Bushbeck’ replaced with ‘Buschbeck’ for consistency

(in the defense of Buschbeck’s brigade)

24 —

‘Schimmelpfenning’ replaced with ‘Schimmelpfennig’

(Alexander von Schimmelpfennig)

25 —

‘Hanovarian’ replaced with ‘Hanoverian’

(Reichard; former Hanoverian officer)

26 —

‘Hannover’ replaced with ‘Hanover’

(Wise of Virginia; born in Hanover)

27 —

‘filbuster’ replaced with ‘filibuster’

(leader of a filibuster party)

28 —

‘Thones’ replaced with ‘Thonas’

(the son of Thonas Kunders)

29 —

‘proclaimng’ replaced with ‘proclaiming’

(secession by proclaiming that)

30 —

‘Herreshoffs’ replaced with ‘Hereshoffs’

(has not heard of the Hereshoffs,)

31 —

illegible numbers in table replaced with ‘?’

(Denmark 0.0?%) (Sweden 0.0?%)

32 —

‘Genessee’ replaced with ‘Genesee’

(as far as the Genesee Valley,)

33 —

‘bloodpath’ replaced with ‘bloodbath’

(instituted a perfect bloodbath.)

34 —

‘Noble’ replaced with ‘Nobel’

(Nobel prizes for scientific achievements)

35 —

‘Hobokon’ replaced with ‘Hoboken’

(and died at Hoboken, N. J.,)

36 —

‘sudents’ replaced with ‘students’

(the students’ revolutionary movement,)

37 —

‘lond’ replaced with ‘long’

(tombstones of long-dead ancestors,)

38 —

‘Wurtemburg’ replaced with ‘Wurtemberg’

(Born at Wurtemberg, Germany.)

39 —

‘thy’ replaced with ‘they’

(since they speak rather well)

40 —

‘McNeil’ replaced with ‘McNeill’

(Mr. Walter S. McNeill tells us)

41 —

‘rubel’ replaced with ‘ruble’

(the famous Russian ruble)

42 —

‘Daughers’ replaced with ‘Daughters’

(Historian of the Daughters of the)

43 —

‘Gueur’ replaced with ‘Sueur’

(and from Le Sueur, still more remote.)

44 —

‘Saurs’ replaced with ‘Sauers’

(and the Sauers,)

45 —

‘Saur’ replaced with ‘Sauer’

(of whom Christopher Sauer)

46 —

‘bigoty’ replaced with ‘bigotry’

(conditions of oppression and bigotry)

47 —

‘American’ replaced with ‘America’

(settlers in America as foremost)

48 —

‘American’ replaced with ‘Americans’

(which Americans have not learned)

49 —

‘Annabaptists’ replaced with ‘Anabaptists’

(we must look to the Anabaptists,)

50 —

‘patriotiotic’ replaced with ‘patriotic’

(support for patriotic activities)

51 —

‘centennary’ replaced with ‘centenary’

(celebrate the centenary of English)

52 —

‘Ruttinghausen’ replaced with ‘Rittinghausen’

(William Rittenhouse (Rittinghausen),)

53 —

‘Amerca’ replaced with ‘America’

(and America’s leading bridge builder.)

54 —

‘Poachim’ replaced with ‘Joachim’

(such as Joachim Maehl,)

55 —

‘northermost’ replaced with ‘northernmost’

(the fate of the northernmost duchy)

56 —

‘ostenibly’ replaced with ‘ostensibly’

(ostensibly under the plebiscite,)

57 —

‘Palmertson’ replaced with ‘Palmerston’

(British government under Lord Palmerston)

58 —

‘barels’ replaced with ‘barrels’

(upon the gun barrels)

59 —

‘illegel’ replaced with ‘illegal’

(ravages of an illegal and indefensible)

60 —

‘sonsidered’ replaced with ‘considered’

(shall be considered as annulling)

61 —

‘Tulpehockon’ replaced with ‘Tulpehocken’

(for Tulpehocken in Pennsylvania,)

62 —

‘Macauley’ replaced with ‘Macaulay’

(Macaulay on George III;)

63 —

‘40’ replaced with ‘184’

(Blue Laws of Virginia: 184)

64 —

‘24’ replaced with ‘125’

(Cramps, Shipbuilders: 125)

65 —

‘121’ replaced with ‘39’

(Dispute in Our Favor: 39)

66 —

‘39’ replaced with ‘121’

(Germantown Settlement: 121)

67 —

‘125’ replaced with ‘135’

(and German Settlements: 135)

68 —

‘153’ replaced with ‘17’

(American People Not English: 17)

69 —

‘Moseby’ replaced with ‘Mosby’

(Member of Mosby’s Brigade)

70 —

‘McNeil’ replaced with ‘McNeill’

(McNeill, Walter S., on German Constitution)

71 —

‘Montesqieu’ replaced with ‘Montesquieu’

(Montesquieu, on Birth of Liberty)

72 —

‘Fench’ replaced with ‘French’

(French Testimony)

73 —

‘Amehican’ replaced with ‘American’

(Text Books of American History)

74 —

‘216’ replaced with ‘208’

(Scraps of Paper: 208)