The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-08
IN THE FAIHER|AND.
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.
The leading personality, the man
of the hour In Austria Hungary's
crisis is Count Stephen Tisza, the
dueling premier OF Hungary. 1t is
accepted that Count Tisza's influence
was largely responsible for bringing
about the declaration OF war between
Austria-Hungary and Servia and en-
broiling all Europe in titanic conflict
The son of Koloman Tisza, who was
premier and practical dictator Of Hun.
gary from 1875 to 1890, Stephen Tisza
won the confidence of the Kaiser
Franz Joseph In 1904 by his vigor-
GUS resistance to Magyar attacks upon
the military prerogatives Of the crown
and by his more recent success in
crushing obstruction and opposition
In the Hungarian chamber. Born In
April, 1861, Count Stephen Tisza is
now in his f1fty-fourth year. He stud
led at Berlin, Heidelberg and Buda-
pest universities. Entering political
life as deputy in 1885, he speedily
gained prominence and acquired the
influence which intense conviction
and physical energy invariably COM
mand. By religion an ardent Calvin
list, he became, after the death Of his
father, leader Of the Hungarian Cal
whist church, but managed to com.
bine with his religious fervor pas
sion for horsemanship and unusual
skill as gentleman rider in steeple-
chases. After an unsuccessful COM
mercial venture, he devoted his whole
attention to politics. and rapidly en-
tered the first rank of Magyar poll
ticians. In 1903 he became premier
and leader of the Liberal party on the
fall of the Sell administration, but
was overthrow In general election
by a coalition Of opposition parties
which had no other bond of union
than hostility towards him. From
1905 until 1910 he withdrew from pub
lie life, but returned to parliament in
the latter year, became president of
the chamber, and directed the strug-
gle against parliamentary obstruction.
Opposition hostility led to an attempt
upon his life in the chamber, but, I'M
dismayed, he continued his course,
succeeded Count Khuen-Hedervary as
premier In 1912, elected the opposi-
1ioY NV cd
and has since enjoyed unchallenged
supremacy. In the course Of his Sec
ond premiership he has fought large
number of saber duels against his
most violent opponents, wounding
several OF them severely. He has
long been marked out as the future
Austro-Hungarian minister for foreign
affairs, and though he has not yet
accepted that position his influence is
far greater than that of Count Berch-
told, the titular foreign minister.
The city of Munchen has been rum
ming a bank since 1924. The funds of
the bank are invested in much the
same manner as trust funds in Amer
lea. Interest Is paid to depositors at
the rate of three per cent. The bank
is conducted entirely by city officials.
1t Is not only self-supporting, but it
yields a small net revenue to the
city's treasury There are eight
branches throughout the city, in adj
dition to the main bank, and more inn
portant is the ingenious arrangement
of automatic stamp vending machines.
These are on the plan of nickel in
the slot and drop-out saving stamps
of the value of ten pfennigs, and equal
to 21s cents. Ten of these stamps
may be pasted on a card and the
card then deposited at any branch.
These vending machines are found
not only in every schoolhouse, but in
many public places, and the sales OF
stamps made through them are large
in amount and increasing. The justi-
fication for municipal undertaking
of this kind is in the German view,
it's encouragement of tt lift and saw
ing.
a dispatch from Rome says that
the German press is indignant at
Great Britain's acceptance of Japan
csc support. The leading papers de-
clare that Germany will retaliate by
stirring up an Islamitic revolution in
India, Egypt, Tunis, Algeria and the
Sudan, which will quickly bring Eng
land and France to terms.
When a graduate from the law de-
partment of the German university of
Prague received his diploma he made
little speech which has no counter
part in the history of that institution.
He claimed that the work at the
school is abused in the interest of
terrorism and the national propa-
ganda
The number of children born in Ber-
lin in 1918 was 40,S32, or 4.6 every
minute. Over against this there were
20,O65 deaths, or at the rate of % an
hour. This made a natural increase
of "a persons an hour, night and day,
for the whole year.
The city council of Dusseldorf has
resolved to build a stadium large
enough to accommodate $4,000 spec
tators. The cost is estimated at $780,
900. which will be furnished by the