[Marxism] "The Chinese occupation of Haiti"
Néstor Gorojovsky
nmgoro at gmail.com
Tue Apr 22 06:30:52 MDT 2008
What was the reaction in German Social Democracy? I have always wondered...
2008/4/21, Lüko Willms <lueko.willms en t-online.de>:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:10:26 -0300, NÃ(c)stor Gorojovsky wrote:
>
> > > As the then Germano-Prussian emperor said to the troops departing
> to
> > > China against the Boxer Rebellion: "Make the name German remembered
> in
> > > China for a thousand years so that no Chinaman will ever again dare
> to
> > > even squint at a German."
> > >
> >
> > It was William the Second, wasn't he, Lüko?
>
> Yes, in the infamous "Hunnenrede" -- the Huns speech -- in
> Wilhelmshaven. There is no official version of it. Another famous quote
> is "Pardon won't be given! Prisoners won't be taken!".
>
> The term "Hun speech" became because he cited the cruelty of the Hun
> invasion a millenium earlier which was still proverbial then.
>
>
> Lüko Willms
> Frankfurt, Germany
> --------------------------------
> visit http://www.mlwerke.de Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Lenin, Trotzki in
> German
>
>
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