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In 1916 he became Secretary of the Interior and Vice Chancellor under Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a time, he was personal secretary to Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, in a cryptic remark to the Reichstag on September 28, 1916, succeeded in aggravating American concern, though he may not have so intended.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
Yet when Bethmann Hollweg produced his highly expansionist war-aims memorandum in September 1914, the Kaiser wanted to go even further.
From Economist ● Oct. 23, 2014
The fine-tuning of the crisis was left to the civilian chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, whose primary aim was to subvert diplomatic intervention in order to begin the war under the most favourable conditions possible.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2014
I do not doubt that the Emperor really desired peace, just as Herr von Bethmann Hollweg tells us.
From Before the War by Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount
Herr von Bethmann Hollweg did not appear to share my optimism, and complained about Russian armaments.
From My Mission to London 1912-1914 by Lichnowsky, Karl Max, F?rst von
For the time being their power prevailed, but the German Chancellor, Von Bethmann Hollweg, was sacrificed, together with the Foreign Minister and other leading officials of the empire.
From America's War for Humanity by Russell, Thomas Herbert
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