The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-16
in THE FATHERLAND
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHATS DOING IN OLD home
Summary ct the Mest important Hsr-
pennas in the Land OF the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

FROM HSureS gwen in the HeiL II 4 r.
pears that the Austrian diplomatic
service is practically monopo,iged by
members Of the aristocracy. and that
even members OF the Younger aristoc-
racy. whose patents of nobility only
date back q century or 80, are refused
entrance unless some special circum-
stance justifies IL The ambassadors
to foreign courts include one prince,
six counts. one baron one simple
Won and one commoner appointed
10 Washington There are 20 minis
ters-one is prince, seven are counts.
seven baTons. four 'vons" and one "a
commoner. Among the secretaries
and attaches there are four princes,
81 counts, % barons, Ave knights.
eight ''vons' an1 one commoner.
Among the military and naval attaches
there are eight mobiles and eight com
moners. In the Vienna foreign office
there are Is counts. 23 barcus. ten
knights, % "vons" and only eight
commoners
1t is a surprise TO the medical fra
abuse heaped upon DIR. T. +. Fried
mann, who invented the anti-tubercu-
losis serum. the Vienna university and
hospitals have opened their doors to
him and permitted him TO use ALI
OF their advantages. A few weeks ago
he treated many persons in Budapest
with his serum, and in some cases the
results were surprising. A girl who
had been paraIyzed by tuberculosis IN
the backbone improved 70 such an
extent that she could walk. A promi-
nent Vienna scientist says: DIR. Fried
mann and his assistants have given
thousands Of injections, and as far as
known, the effects were not unfavor-
able in single case. The treatment
which the doctor met with III the
United States was a disgrace The
American physicians either withheld
Judgment or they were actuated by
disgusting professional Jealousy
The Minneapolis Journal prop0Gnces
the following eulogy on German ideal
ism: There is species OF idealism
W
But Germany's idealism Is robust and
victorious. And Germany's idealism
crowns her achievements and rounds
out into completion the figure OF her
nationality. For nation TO be fully
D nation requires not only success in
practical endesvors, not only political
security and power, but also meas
IIr f,f OF fjr4r Eau YiI.1f
ment And those nations that develop
this distinctive art look down upon.
such nations as have not the soul and
the mind to elaborate an art OF their
own. Citizens OF a really complete
nation have the right to demand a
participation in the artistic life OF
their nation AS well as IN its political
and industrial life
The military authorities at Xabern
failed TO grasp the real situation I'M
til it was too late. The soldiers were
leased and ridiculed by the people un
til the situation became very disagree
able The city OF Zabern is in Ell
sass, where large part of the people
soldiers thought they would run the
risk of doing things in Zabern which
would not be tolerated in loyal Ger
man city. But the great German peO-
pie responded in Az unexpected man
ner. The nation broke out in the reich
stag, and the recoil shook the en-
pire.
The foreign Office formally notified
Ambassador Gerard of Germany's &C
ceptance of tie invitation extended
by the United States to send a squad
ron of warships TO attend the opening
of the Panama canal. The number OF
ships TO be sent has not yet been de-
termined The public announcement
was construed at Berlin as a probable
attempt TO soften Germany's refusal
to participate in the Panama-Paciic
exposition at San Francisco.
The Saxon war ministry has been
testing 2 powder recently invented
which produces stupefaction. 1t is
said that the gas from single bomb
has thrown several hundred men into
a sleep lasting seven or eight hours.
The inventor is woman-Ida Boehm.
The enemy could be captured with
much less loss Of life.
Bern. Switzerland-0sca Bider, a.
Swiss aviator. made a successful fight
across the Alps, although for several
hours he was unable to see his way
because Of the heavy fog which hung
over the mountains.
Vienna Arch0uke Friedrich. the
richest member Of the imperial fam
lily, has made the nation a munifcent
gift He has purchased the Augustine
monastery near the palace where mis-
famous Albertina collection OF $4,000
original drawings and 100000 engrav-
ings is housed He intends to build
on the site an adequate gallery for the
collection. which dates from the if-
teenth century, and includes Durers.
Raphaels and Michaelangelos The
gallery viii be for the use OF the ma
ton.
Kaiser Wilhelm has given Frobenius,
an ethnologist, $4,000 to enable him to
continue his researches in the interior
of Africa. Frobenius has found re-
mains on the west coast of Africa