The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
IN THE FATHERLAND
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHATS DOING I'M OLD HOME

Summary of the Most important Hap
penlngs in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.
The socialist deputies in the Ger
many reichstag were bitterly assailed
by Chancellor Or. Won Bethmann-Holl-
veg, when they put questions to him
i'd connection with the acquittal BY
co@lrtmartiaI Of the German officers
concerned IN the recent incidents be-
tween military and civilians at Zabern,
E,lsass. The chancellor told the so
cialist representatives they were "un-
derminers Of the throne and preachers
Of republicanism," at the same time
he praised the giories of the German
army, under whose protection Ger
many has become great and prosper
Gus Another rousing demonstration
against the government and militar-
ism characterized the next session Of
the reichstag AS a formal protest
against the failure Of the government
representatives to attend the meeting,
the deputies voted an adjournment
without transacting any business.
Speakers scored the government for
its open disregard and apparent con-
tempt for the opinion Of the reich
stag. 4 resolution was passed de-
nouncing military rule and interven-
ton unless asked by the civil authori-
ties
The Hungarians are up to their old
game. Armed guards had to be called
into the lower house of the Hungarian
landtag 10 eject unruly members OF
The opposition during debate on the
press reform law. ExPremier Count
julius Andrassy. Count Aladar Itchy
and a dozen other deputies were
thrown out of the building after defy
ing a ruling by the president. The
uproar was so great that 1t was i'm
possible to conduct business until the
Wearied members OF the opposition
mad quit the house In a body. AS the
result Of insults banded across the
floor Of the house, Deputy Desy chal-
lenged Count Stephen Tisza, the Hun
garian premier, to fight a duel. The
press reform law was carried after
the tumult had subsidized. The bill is
designed to protect the government
against attacks by the press, but the
opposition insists that it imperils the
freedom the Hungarian people.
Macmillan Harden, the journalist
who always wants to have finger IN
the pie and who always knows what
he is about, turned the broadside OF
his sarcasm against those who OPP
posed the proposition to have Ger
many officially represented at the
Panama-Pacific exposition. He failed
20 turn the tide in favor of participa-
ton. But he also failed to shut up.
As a matter OF fact, his inyectlves
are more fierce. more cutting than
ever. He stamps the official absence
Of official Germany from the exposi-
ton In San Francisco as a "stupen-
dous folly" He is even cruel enough
10 say that Sturdy Uncle Sam" who
il continually leased without any
Justification, will some day manage to
get even WIN GeTUhuy
Herr Oskar A. II. Schmitz in The
Land Without Music" has discovered
that the 'flatness and colorlessness OF
English culture is due to the fact that
the country is without music Mel
ody, as the bond between nature and
humanity. the expression of sorrow
and disappointment, the voice OF JOY
and Sadness" is an unknown quanu-
" from Lands End to John o'Groats.
Everything wrong in the United King
dom. thinks this sagacious critic, has
the musicIess atmosphere at the bot
tom of it. The English stage is the
most degenerate" in the world.
Shakespeare is much more Germany's
than Britain's bard. No English play
which lacks a bewitchingly beautiful
leading lady can hope to succeed.
1t is now practically certain that
Austrfa-Hungary will have an extern
sive exhibit It the San Francisco
Panama Pacific exposition. For
time the participation of Austria-Hun-
gary was doubtful, as the minister of
commerce opposed the plan. He sug-
gested rather that Austrian manufac-
turers exhibit privately, with a $780,
400 government subsidy. However, it
is now said the minister has been won
over
Directors of the Panama-Pacific In
ternational exposition have allotted
site to the German-American auxil-
larry for the erection of pavilion as
4 memorial to the historical cultural
and sociological influence of the Ger
man element of the United States up
on the development of this country,
COMMUNICATIONS of all states of the
Union will participate in providing the
pavilion.
An unsuccessful attempt to attack
Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm OF
Germany was made as he was alight-
ing from his automobile at his palace
in Berlin. A man ran into the car
riageway and reached the door of the
motor car. The sentry on duty at the
front OF the palace dashed forward
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