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Only twice before, to Chancellors Bismarck and Bethmann-Hollweg, has such military honor come to any German holding a civilian office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout the War he was one of the Kaiser's most devoted followers, defending indiscriminate submarine warfare against the attacks of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a time, he was personal secretary to Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1916 he became Secretary of the Interior and Vice Chancellor under Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg, representing the civilian part of the federated government, had so far succeeded in holding the concessions to the United States.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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