Talk:Place in the sun

I thought this term was coined specifically by Kaiser Wilhelm II... Brutannica 07:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I doubt holidays were taken to the European colonies... They are far too distant and transport was far to slow... I think that the explanation of the term was made up... Furius 12:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, they would've been long holidays, but I'm fairly sure they existed. Remember Around the World in 80 Days: in 1872, it was possible to travel the world via steamship and rail. I know Brits went on vacation in India. Brutannica 01:50, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Is this a joke?
Wikipedia claiming that it was coined by Wilhelm II in 1901, when the original speech where it was coined is available from Wikisource? http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Deutschlands_Platz_an_der_Sonne

I'm going to correct the article. Ithanyx (talk) 21:41, 17 April 2009 (UTC)