Back to Berlin.It was a delight for me to read William William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack Lind's essay, "What Would Bismarck Do?" (March 24). Not only does Lind know history well, he also shows an excellent feel for the political realities of the Balkans. I cheered the U.S. intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. in Bosnia to put an end to to destroy. - Fuller. See also: End Serbian brutalities and mayhem mayhem (mā`hĕm, mā`əm), in common law, the crime of willfully injuring a person so as to diminish his or her capacity for self-defense. , and I also approved of the American air war to further the cause of the Kosovars. I realize now that the latter was a mistake: we not only killed many civilians, we also set a dangerous precedent for intervention in other nations' affairs. Mindful mind·ful adj. Attentive; heedful: always mindful of family responsibilities. See Synonyms at careful. mind of the emotional importance of Kosovo for the Serbs, Lind proposes an imaginative solution. Give the Kosovars as much independence as possible, but let the Serbs keep their sacred historical places and provide them with some compensation for lost territory. Another Berlin Conference 131 years after the first may bring peace to the Balkans and improve East-West relations. I think success is possible, even without Bismarck. HANS COLL Rochester, N.Y. |
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