The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-05
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.

British criticisms or German airShip
raids over London. He states that
London is fortress and that Sir Percy
Scott, the newly appointed defender
Of the city from aerial attacks, should
order the civil population of London
| to depart. The count asserts 1t is
not Germany's responsibility that the
fortress of London, attacked many
| times, has not been evacuated and
| states that the failure of the British
| government to order the people to
abandon it shows "disdainful disregard
of the principles of humanity, civiliza-
| tion and international law The air.
ship attacks, Count Won Reventlow
| insists, are legal and of purely mill
! tary character, aimed at the destruc-
ton of vessels, wharves, magazines
and other property serving war pur-
poses directly or indirectly.
| The Lausanne Gazette says it has
| learned that the German government
| has decided to issue a declaration an
nexing to the German empire the oc-
cupied territory in France and Bel
! GUM. The Gazette says this measure
| has been determined upon for the
| near future because it now appears
| impossible that the war will be ended
as had been hoped, before winter. Ac-
cording to this newspaper, the German
| government intends to organize the
conquered territory from political
and administrative standpoint which
| is expected to strengthen Germany's
| moral position. Civil administration
has been slowly replacing military
rule in the occupied regions and, the
Gazette continues, this process will be
extended methodically
full settlement of the submarine
problem can probably be arranged by
| negotiations in Washington Count
Won Bernstorff, German ambassador
! to the United States, is in possession
of complete information regarding the
wishes and policy of Germany, so the
| Associated Press is informed, and has
been given power to negotiate terms
of settlement with the United States
| subject only to final revision and ap-
prevail by the home government.
| The number of Russians taken pris-
oners since May 1 by the Austrians
and Germans is reckoned by La Suisse
at 2,571,750. 1t is stated that 5000
guns and 1000 machine guns have
been captured. The newspaper states
that these figures have been compiled
from official bulletins issued at Berlin
and Vienna.
So many Of the male inhabitants
| of the town of Absam have been
drawn into the war that the municipal
! ity has been left without sufficient pro-
lection against fires and has had to or
| ganize a female fire department. Thir-
| ty-five young women and girls have
volunteered their services and now
| are being trained to do the work of
the men. Other towns in the neigh
borhood are initiating Absam's action.
| One of the curious effects of the
war has been to reduce the number of
| loans made by the poor of Leipzig at
the municipal pawn establishment and
| to increase the number of redemptions
of property already pawned.
| The German government will give
it's careful consideration to the evil
dence concerning the circumstances
which attended the sinking of the
| steamer Arabic, submitted by the
American government through Am
| bassador James w. Gerard. Gottlieb
Won Jagow, the German foreign min
lister, made statement to this eff
feet in an interview.
The latest statue of Kaiser Wilhelm
| II, the plans for which are already
complete. is to be placed in Heidel-
berg. The architect is Hans Fries,
the well-known Heidelberg sculptor.
| The statue will be erected near the
new railway station. The memorial
is an equestrian statue, showing the
right hand grasping a field marshals
baton and his left the reins.
An official statement controverting
| the representations Of Arthur ]. Bal
| four, first lord of the British admiral
ty, that London was not a fortified
city, asserts that London is fortified
by great number of permanent for
tifications and still greater number
Of field Notifications, which the Ger
| man dirigibles when they appeared
above London always bombarded.
The Germans have lost 20 subma-
rines since the beginning of the war.
according to an editorial note in the
Motorship and Motorboat, while the
British losses have been only seven.
including the Ell. the destruction of
which was announced.
German farmers can find a salts
factory substitute for Chilean nitrate
of soda in sulphate of ammonia and
cyanide, according to Professor Ger
ZACH, who made this announcement
during an address before the German
agricultural society.
Church authorities in Munchen
charged that the Italian censor is in
terfering with the delivery of letters
| addressed by Pope Benedict to the
clergy in Germany. Two letters writ