The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME
Summary of the Most Important Hap
pcnings in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

ever happens on the sea. The Daily
Telegraph goes as far as to say: Its
accomplishments fill US with admira-
ton. We may congratulate Captain
Won Muller upon his spirit of enter
prise, for he is not only humane but he
is considerable towards the British
crews. This naval officer must be des-
ignated as the De Wet of the sea- His
policy is unique. In no naval war of
ancient or modern times did hostile
ship pursue the tactics of the famous
guerrilla leader by land, namely, to live
on the booty and set the captives free.
In this case there is no use in pursu-
ing suspicious coal ships, the Emden
can get coal elsewhere; she will ma
furaIiy take as much as she can carry.
We control the sea, but not every
square mile Of the sea" Coming from
the pen of an Englishman, this must
be gratifying reading to the Germans.
There is a growing dearth of sur
geons and physicians in the German
army This statement has been made
by several Red Cross doctors. There
has never been war in which so
many doctors and Red Cross men have
fallen as on the German side during
the lighting up to date" says an active
member of the Red Cross, who had
Just come from the front with wound
ed. The disregard for the Red Cross
has been appalling, and if it keeps up
Nj ha
wounded lying on the battlefield until
after dark and keep our doctors back
This already has been done in the
nghting of the last few days, with the
result that hundreds who might have
been saved have bled to death or were
SO near gone when we got them that
nothing could be done to save them
In several instances the raising of
Red Cross flag over an emergency hos
pital back of the lines has been the
signal for concentrated shell fire"
That Germany is at war could not
be cleaned from street impressions,
though a person might speculate on
the causes that have led to two condi-
tions. Everywhere one sees large pho
tographs OF the emperor, the German
crown prince and Generals Won Hin
denburg, Won Beseler and other mill
tary notables exhibited as are cam
paign litOgraphs in the United States
There are other photographs of EN-
peror Francis Joseph and Austrian
generals. The second condition is the
poor state of the horses which do the
hauling in the city. All good horses
have been raQuisitioned for military
purposes, with the result that every
equine able to keep moving is being
urged to further and often painful eff
fort
The captain of Kopenick' the
man who acquired a worldwide fame
a few years ago as an army officer
and taking possession of a large sum
of money, is again heard from His
name is Voigt He wanted to go to
war, where he could be of some use
to his country. The military authori-
ties told him that he was not wanted
at the front. But if he wanted to
serve he might ply his trade as
shoemaker in the army. And now he
is one of the best workingmen in the
military shoeshop at Erfurt.
The Third German merchant vessel
TO run the British cruiser blockade at
the entrance to New York harbor, the
German iron full-rigged Indra, reached
that port few days ago and anchored
safely in the upper bay. On June IL
she set sail rom Taltal, Chile, for Dun
kirk, France, and had been on the high
seas continuously until, under tow of
a tug which picked her up south of the
Scotland lightship. she entered port,
lodging the British guard outside.
The Austrian textile manufacturers
are greatly worried over the question
of obtaining further supplies of cotton
from America. They fear all their eff
forts will fail even though attempts
have been made to obtain this COM
modify through neutral states. The
stocks of cotton in Austria are suff-
cient to last only a few weeks, so that
the situation in the mills is becoming
desperate.
They still eat wheat bread in Berlin
Amusements proceed with little sign
O. abatement. Few posters to call men
TO arms are in evidence and there are
many able-bodied men on the streets
In civilian clothes.
The Echo de Paris points out that
the island of Helgoland is of immense
Importance to the Germans during the
present war If the English had kept
the island the German navy could have
been bottled up between it and the
German coast.
The police notified all Englishmen
from the ages o. seventeen to forty
five to report to the police stations for
transport to Ruhleben, near Berlin.
They were advised to bring two blan-
kets, sheets, ETC. The exodus is now
proceeding.
Up to the first of November the Ger
man concentration camps and hos
pitfalls held the following prisoners:
French, 3,138 officers and 1SS,61S men;
Russians, 5,121 officers and 1885,
men; Belgians, SGT officers and 34,907
men; British, Alt officers and 1870