Jahre

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Jahr "years"

er

1. he.
2. it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
3. she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
4. Alternative spelling of Er (you (polite))

gebeten

past participle of bitten

Pflichten

plural of Pflicht

als

1. at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
2. than
3. To the same degree that, as (distinguished from the aforementioned use in that comparison was between equals)
4. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
5. as if
6. but, other than

kaiserlicher

comparative degree of kaiserlich

Staatssekretär

Secretary of State

abzugeben

zu-infinitive of abgeben