The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-09-05
IN THE FATHERLAND.
ERESTlNG 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
Readers.

The friction between the Germans
| and the SZechs in the landtag of b.
| hernia finally sent constitutional gov
eminent into the scrap pile. The I'm
| perial government at Vienna dissolved
| the landtag and appointed a commits
| sion to run the government OF b.
hernia for the time being. The neces-
| sary taxation has not been voted, and
| money has not been forthcoming to
| pay some of the officials. In July the
| treasury was almost empty, but at the
| last moment means were found to
avert for few weeks the intervening
| of Vienna. The new appointed com
| mission or administration consists of
| the president, Count Schonborn, who
| was member Of the provincial coun-
| Gil, and seven government officials. OF
| these, three are Germans, while the
| president has in the past adopted the
| Czech point OF view i'll Bohemian poll
| tics,
A telegram states that Kaiser VIII
| helm has Joined the ranks OF teeto-
| talers. He has foresworn the father
| lands famous beer and cut out it's
| choicest wines. His favorite drink is
| now lemonade with a dash of orange
juice, but he does not force this bever-
age on his guests, to whom the usual
| wines are served.
The election of a new landtag in
Prussia ended without any material
| party change. The solid conservative
party came back nearly as strong as
| it started, and it's Center ally came
| back actually as strongly. In the old
members out of 443, so that they
| lacked only seven for an absolute
majority In the new 1andtag they
have 203. The 1913 strong Catholic
| Center which, tradition declares, can
not be changed in strength, confirmed
| the tradition by returning with 103.
| The national liberals gained a few
seats and the Socialists, who started
with six members, have now ten.
ngtOn.-Many Germany enter
| prises and industries may be repre-
|
| ton, despite the Berlin governments
| decision not to participate, according
| to cable advices received by Director
| John Barrett of the Pan-American
| Union. Special freight rates and
privileges are being planned for pros
pective exhibitors, who are to meet
soon to DISCUSS their participation. Mr..
| Barrett's advices came from an off,
cial Of a large German business house.
Germany will shortly request the
! United States to outline it's program
for bringing about peace in chaotic
Mexico, unless the reported attacks on
Germans in that country do not cease.
| Germany is much interested in the
outcome OF John Lind's mission and
| in the message which President VIII
son will read to congress on the MeXi-
can situation.
Count Stephan Tisza, the Hungar-
ian premier, fought a sword duel with
Marquis Pallavicin, lieutenant in the
| Austrian army Both were slightly
wounded In the head. Their quarrel
arose over the marquis charges that
the premier had tried to influence
witnesses in recent libel suit This
duel was the third fought by Count
TisZa IL the present year.
The governor of Galicia, crown
land of Austria-Hungary. has deter
mined to stop the emigT alton Of adults
from his country to the United States
and Canada. He has ordered the po
the ages of eighteen and thirty-stx,
and liable for military service. who at
tempt to leave the country, and to
send them to their homes.
Lieutenant Schmidt OF the army
aviation corps was killed at Halber-
stadt in a fall of more than mile
He was completing an aeroplane
flight from Goslar, thirty miles west
of Halberstadt, and had begun spiral
descent when one of the wings col
lapsed and the machine plunged to
the ground.
The Hansa Bund, which has mem
bership Of men in commercial and in
dustrial walks Of life exceeding 325
| 900, issued declara on in favor OF
German participation in the Panama,
Pacific exposition.
Vienna-Three men We're instantly
| killed and five, including Vice Admiral
Count Lanjus, were seriously injured
by the explosion of u new naval gun
being tested at Pola.
August Bebe1, the Socialist leade.
| who died a short while ago, Is said to
have written the following shortly
before his death: The German EN-
peror has seen during the Balkan wal
that our army has completely gone to
pieces-that is, our officers are in
capable of commanding and the ma
terial is absolutely impossible. If the
| French had wished TO attack us they
| would probably have been successful
for we were not strong enough at the
frontier. If the Fre2ch had guessed
that they were strong enough they
would have begun al attack
Vain Man.
NO" said Smallwcrt, 81 hardly fee