The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-11-21
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME
Summary of the Most important Hap.
penings in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.
GERMANY.


the Mexican controversy. AS at the
beginning of the Spanish-American
war, the Pan-German papers were hos
tile to the point Of insult Professor
Delbrueck, the famous historian and
political writer, says: The press does
not always reflect the sentiment of the
government or the people, Neither
the press nor the people influence the
governments foreign policies, but there
is little doubt that public opinion in
Germany is against Americas inter.
yention In Mexico as it was at the be-
ginning of the war in Cuba, when
held different view Events proved
that the press and public were wrong.
The United States did great service.
not only to Cuba and the Philippines.
but to humanity and civilization Ii
the United States repeats in Mexico
the great work it accomplished in
Cuba and the Philippines, European
nations will not be the losers. On the
contrary, they will be benefited by the
restoration Of commerce and trade.
Other questions, however, are in
Volyed. Who gave the United States
the oYerlordship of the western hemi.
sphere? By what right, moral or 9th
erwise, does the United States inter
fere in Mexico and dictate who is to be
president? No right exists. There is
no question but might, which is not
changed by the fact that the people
themselves and civilization in general
will probably be served thereby. 1t
is much as if Germany insisted that
the Russians could not have Nicholas
for the car because Jewish murders
were committed and convicts are
scourged with the knout in Siberia
under his administration. 1t Is this
broad principle Of precedence, how
ever humane, laid down in the Span
ish war that Is again rousing not only
the German press and people, but Eng
land and France. The great powers
are jealous of one another None has
grown so rapidly or added so much ter
rltory to itself in the past century as
the United States. Whether rightly or
wrongly, the impression prevails today
that the fall Of Diaz and the subse-
quent revolutionists were financed and
furthered by Americans for the pur-
pose Of clearing the way for interven-
ton, a protectorate and annexation"
DR. Karl Helfferich, a director of the
Deutsche bank and high authority on
financial matters, has published some
very interesting statistics. He esti-
mates the wealth of the average Ger
man at between 81, 074 and 81 100, COM
pared with an English estimate of ST.
PA for England, and a French esti-
mate for France of 1,405, and with
the estimate OF the census bureau for
the United States of S1,310. In earn
ing or income capacity, however, the
average German lies between the Eng
lishman and the Frenchman, the Ger
man income being estimated at $127,
the French (by the French authority.
at 1922, while the Briton is far in the
lead with an income of S194 One Of
the most striking features of Doctor
Helfferich's calculations, however, is
the tremendous growth in the earning
capacity of the German people He es-
Inmates the annual income of the Ger
man nation about 1895 at between five
and one-fourth billion dollars to six
billion dollars; at present, IS years
later, it has grown, he estimates, to
So, 100000, and he claims that if
the annual savings Of the people and
the latent growth of land and other
vessels be combined, total addition
to the national wealth Of about ST.
80,000,000 is registered every year.
The special Olympic games commit
tee unanimously decided that if the
fund which is being raised for the
preparation Of a British Olympic team
for Berlin does not reach $125,000 by
the end Of the year the committee
would not be justified in proceeding
further in the matter. It was pointed
out that several of the best English
trainers are being sought to train for
eign teams and unless quick decis. On
is made they will be employed in CAT
ing for the rivals of England.
A campaign to arouse interest in
the Olympic games to be staged here
in 1916 was inaugurated in a lecture
by Carl Diem, general secretary OF
the Olympic games. Herr Diem told
Of the recent trip to the United States
Of the athletic commission of which
he was a member. He described with
unmixed praise conditions in the Uni
ted States and said they were an e1
ample for Germany
A train carrying emigrants wac
stopped at Innspruck and investigation
proved that 40 Of them were con-
scripts trying to escape military serv-
ice. The young men were arrested,
and it is expected that the agents who
assisted the emigrants will also be
arrested.
The Austro-Hungarian authorities
did not go deeply into the emigration
problem before they found that the
economical conditions in many locali-
ties are such that poor people natu-
rally want to try their chances liz
some other country