The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-12
IN THE FATHERLAND
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's socialist organizations
have taken up arms against the Deut-
sche bank, the head of Europe's strong
est money trust. The feud arose when
the Deutsche bank disobeyed a semi
socialist organizations order This
organization is the General Society of
German Bank Clerks A Deutsche
bank clerk approached his directors
on behalf of this society and demand
ed better pay and easier hours for
clerks generally. The bank dismissed
the clerk. The socialists demanded
reinstatement. The bank refused The
general commission of social-demo-
cratic labor unions then convoked a
meeting to decide whether the unions
should withdraw their vast deposits
from the bank, and start their own
bank. The mere threat Of withdrawal
shook the bank shares on the stock
exchange. The socialist bank can GER
tainly be started. Last year the Stock
holm and the Brussels socialists start
ed their own banks which are doing
very we'll. Germany's socialists have,
lying in different banks, largely in
branches of the Deutsche, a sum es-
timated at $62,5OO,00O, which is more
than the whole capital of the Deutsche
bank. That is the nucleus of their
money power. Their potential control
over capital is much greater. They
can get support from most of the A.
100000 men who voted for the party
at the 1912 election. Taken with their
families, these socialists represent a
third Of the empires population; and
they own at least third of the $4,450-
100000 deposits in the savings bank;
also large proportion of deposits in
other banks. A well-managed social
list bank would attract much of this
vast capital. That is why the threat
of the labor unions commission so
frightened the banks.
The officers and sailors Of the Ger
man cruiser Dresden were the means
of saving many Americans at Tampi-
ugly mood, and many Americans gath
cred in the Central Plaza. After dark
crowds Swarmed the plaza where fiery
speeches were delivered and parades
were formed. Viva Huerta'' and
Death to the Gringoes' cried the
crowd while the refugees barricaded
themselves in the Southern hotel
Stones were thrown and windows
smashed. Then it was that Captain
Won Kohler Of the German cruiser
Dresden sent a terse note to General
Zaragosa, in command of the port at
riOting, that Il will see to it person
ally that it is stopped" Within fifteen
minutes the Mexican rurales appeared
on the streets and the crowd dis
persed. Two hours later another at
tempt was made to batter down the
doors of the hotels in which were as
sembled more than $50 men, women
and children Only thirty refugees
were armed A detachment of police
broke up the crowd, and while it was
yet dark, German officer with a
squad of four sailors from the Dresden
went to the relief of the beleaguered
refugees and escorted women and chill
dren to the Dresden. In that little band
was a woman who had walked two
miles with a two-day-old baby in her
arms.
With regard to disposition of the
cargo of arms and munitions con-
signed to the federal government in
Mexico and held up at Vera Cruz
through American control of the Gus
tom house at that point, the secretary
of the navy received from Rear AID.
miral Fletcher information that the
Hamburg American line has instructed
the captain of the Ypiranga to leave
all arms and ammunition on board
and return them to Hamburg. 1t was
this consignment of ammunition which
precipitated the sudden investment
and capture of the Vera Cruz custom
house. With the return of the 200
machine guns and 100000 cartridges
to the port from which they were
started the interests of the United
States in the consignment ceases:
Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria Hun
gary was quite low about two weeks
ago. His rest was disturbed by con-
slant coughing. 1t was semi-officially
admitted that his condition was con-
sidered serious. Last Saturday the
official bulletin said the catarrhal
symptoms are unchanged; appetite
and heart action good His daughter,
Archduchess Marie Valerie, returned
to Wallsee, which is taken as an in
dication that anxiety on the kaiser's
account is diminishing
Brunswick-Tests made here with
pure food pills for the German army
have resulted so satisfactorily that
there is a strong possibility of their
being adopted permanently The pills
cost but a third of cent each, and
for a 12-hour march six pills were
found to contain sufficient nourish-
ment for one man.
Otto of Bavaria, the insane monarch
who was deposed last November from
the throne which he had nominally Oc-
cupied for p years, is sixty-six years
old.
The Hamburg American line has or