The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-06
OLD COUNTRY NEWS
GRIEF SUMMARY OF HAPPENINGS
FROM LAND OF THE
KAISER.
NOTES FROM GERMAN EMPIRE
items About People and Affairs From
Across the Sea That viii Prove of
Great Interest to Many of Our Read
ers.

chinery and electrical houses in east
ern Switzerland. Here the factories
are working to full capacity turning
out things needed by the great armies
Of the kaiser For example, the works
Of Fischer, Wyss & Co. and the Ger
lfkon Electrical works, both at Zurich,
are producing engine and ship equip
ment for the German army. In many
of the Swiss manufacturing companies
Germans are large stockholders, and
in several cases the same companies
own plants IN Switzerland and in Ger
many. 1t Is estimated that about H.
500 men, representing skilled labor Of
the highest sort now are working LII
Swiss plants on war orders. Shops OF
many sorts have been modified so as
to be used for the production Of things
useful in war Up to the time Italy
entered the war the Swiss shops en-
| joyed free communication with the
outside world and raw material of all
descriptions freely entered the coun-
| try by way of Genoa and thence over
| the ST. Gothard route to Krupps.
| Now Italy has blocked exit by way
| Of the ST. Gothard and the Simplon to
| all trains carrying equipment which
! might in any way be Of service to the
| Italian forces Italy also is comman-
deering such shipments as might enter
| into projectile or engine parts. For
| sometime the Swiss plants were re-
| ceiving ore shipments from Spain via
| Genoa and much of this ore came
from mines In Spain controlled by the
Krupps AS to coal, the Swiss shops
are practically Independent, since they
use the electric power supplied in
| abundance by the Alpine streams.
| Even during wartime the savings
Of the German people will amount to
from 5,O00,0O0,000 to 100000, 900
| marks annually, because the expendi-
lures for war materials revert right
back to the people; and as all govern
ment supplies are paid for in cash,
this money becomes again available
within short time. 1t Is peculiar
irony that this seclusion and isolation
| of Germany operates to the benefit Of
| that country In financial way. While
| Germany is able to keep her money
| at home, in England and France the
| war operates in an opposite direction.
| These countries are now more than
ever dependent on foreign supplies.
| Ammunition and other war material
| has to be brought from the United
| States, and not a small part Of their
war loans is hereby lost to them for
| ever. In addition, England has to de-
| pend for her foodstuffs to a large ex-
tent on America, which means further
large sums of money lost to England
sums which, if spent by Germany for
similar purchases. would remain in
that country.
Sixty German exhibitors at the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition have sent let
| ter to President G. G. Moore Of the
Panama-Pacif1c exposition concerning
the decisions Of the superior jurors
| of awards in which they said: COZ
| all the neutral acts in the United
States, the findings of the superior
| jury of awards in the German exhibits
at the exposition Is the most neu-
trail" Walter Schult, German commits
sioner to the exposition, said that
some Germans were somewhat disap-
pointed when the jury was made up
without German representation. But,
he continued, Eve have nothing but
| the highest praise for the findings OF
the Jury for we have been most justly
treated" German exhibitors received
five grand prize awards, eight medals
Of honor and % gold medals.
Writing in the Tageblatt, Professor
Jastrow upheld the American conten-
ton that the United States does not
violate her neutrality by permitting
the sale of arms to the allies. From
the legal standpoint, he said, the
American argument that the allies
control of the seas alone makes them
the sole purchasers is sound. Pro-
fessor Jastrow, however said that this
position would make it impossible for
the United States to play the role of
| peacemaker.
In Berlin the cost Of living has in
creased 80 per cent since the outbreak
| of the war Beef is from so to 70 per
cent dearer and pork 100 per cent.
Town taxes have been raised 80 per
cent. House rent, however, is not as
high, and bread, owing to the govern
! ment ration system, is no dearer. The
| long drought Is doing great damage to
| young grain.
/ Kaiser Wilhelm is to retain his
/ place on the pages Of spelling books
| In the Chicago public schools By a
unanimous vote Of the seven members
present, the school management COM
mittee of the board of education re-
| fused to eliminate the laudatory ar
| ticles and at the same time refused to
| hear from editors of foreign-language
| papers who are opposed to the Ger
man empire. The action was taken
on motion of Trustees E. J. Kruetger,
who condemned the request of the pc
| titioners as violation of President
Wilson's neutrality stand.
Count Zeppelin, German airship
| creator, is i'll at his home in Stuttgart.
| He was unable to come to Berlin to
| fill an engagement and a telegram
| f-or, C4,,+foort said he Droho h1-- 1,,o,,1 4