Ohne Rezept - kein Potezmit! Grey), who finally disavowed Lord Haldane and withdrew his own verbal note, because Grey was afraid to offend the French by a German- English agreement and jeopardize the Anglo- French-Russian understandingThe rule of thumb was supreme thereThese were remarkable achievements in the domain of bridge and lock construction, which aroused the admiration of the world ; in the matter of locks, for instance, those built at this time far surpassed the locks of the Panama Canal in sizeIn other words, no youths who were consciously Germans were being turned out  THE KAISER'S MEMOIRS The head man of the clan dispenses justice in the open, under the village tree, as it used to be done once upon a time among the ancient GermansThe Skagerrak (Jutland) battle has proved what the fleet meant and what it was worthIn the first half of  came the sending of Sir Ernest Cassel with a verbal note in which Eng land offered to remain neutral in case of an un provoked attack upon Germany, provided Ger many agreed to limit her naval construction pro gram and to drop her new Naval bill, the latter being darkly hinted atEvery man is armed and most are excellent shotsFor this reason the Chancellor had requested me to find out, as soon as opportunity should arise, what King George thought about the situationIn time of peace also, for which the canal was des tined, it would have been most beneficialBut Grey and Asquith would not let their colleague reap the glory, and, for this reasonI esteemed him as a distinguished, knightly man of lofty sentiments, but considered him unfitted for the postThe custom of vendetta is an ancient one, sanc tified by tradition, which is no less true of robbery and cattle stealingThe situation be came more serious during the Kiel regatta week
