The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-27
BRIEF 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.
GERMAN.

valid at San Juan, Porto Rico, under
the neutrality regulations. The Ger
man embassy asked the state depart
ment to investigate the action OF
American port authorities in prevent
ing the Odenwald from leaving. The
embassy issued this statement: "The
German embassy has requested the
state department to investigate the
case of the Odenwald. The captain of
this steamer had asked for clearance
papers for Hamburg and the steamer
was searched by order from Washing
ton, twice thoroughly by customhouse
authorities. The result of the search
having been satisfactory, the captain
was promised clearance papers. At
ter having been kept waiting for three
days, the captain believed that the
situation forced him to put to sea, dis
| regarding the rules Of the harbor be-
cause otherwise the assembling Of
cruisers of the enemy which had been
informed of his intention would have
| involved the inevitable loss Of his
ship. When the Odenwald tried to
leave, sharp fire was Immediately d.
rected against it from Moro Castle
without the blind warning shot having
| been fired which is usual according to
international rules. The fire was con-
tinued until three minutes after the
machines of the Odenwald had been
put on full steam backwards. 1t is
attributed to a lucky chance that by
| this attack no human life was lost"
AS to the talk about captives of
war being starved by the Germans,
Frederick Werner, newspaper cor
| respondent, says in part: On week
days the prisoners twice daily receive
| a bowl of soup of some kind with
squares of meat in it, different of
course from the dishes with which
they are familiar at home, but never
theless good, nourishing German soup
made with beans, lentils, kale, pota-
toes Or peas, first time at in the
morning and second time at half past
in The afternoon, while at noon they
are given a cold ration consisting of
sausage, cheese and war bread On
The meat is cut up and put into the
soup first because it is easier to see
that each prisoner gets an equal
amount of meat, and second because
no knives are permitted within the
camps. Every prisoner has folding
spoon which he carries in the breast
| pocket of his coat.
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Attention has been called to the
| fact that German enterprise had even
| penetrated the Sorbonne. Most of the
| textbooks students are obliged to use
| in preparing their examinations in
| Greek and Latin literature were and
are still German editions. Monsieur
Croisit, dean of the faculty of letters,
declares that this situation is charge
able to French publishers whose text
books are not so we'll adapted to high
er education. Efforts are already be-
ing made by the big publishing houses
in cooperation with the faculty of the
Sorbonne to replace the textbooks
| made in Germany.
The military authorities of Germany
place at the disposal of farmers
groups of so to 100 prisoners Of war
for agricultural work. The men must
be lodged and fed by the farmers and
will receive salary of two cents
day, The authorities recommend the
portunity, as the economic situation
of the empire depends greatly on the
crop next summer.
The German government has asked
the United States to investigate the
treatment of crews of German subma-
rines held prisoners in England to de-
| teEmine whether they are being treat
ed diskonorably or as prisoners of
war. The government is not satisfied
with the statement recently made pub
lie by Sir Edward Grey regarding the
treatment of the submariners. The
Lokal Anzeiger demanded immediate
retaliation if it is found the Germans
are not receiving proper treatment
The Vossische Zeitung states that
one-ffth of the shares of stock of the
Bethlehem Steel corporation is owned
by Germans and proposes that they
sell their holdings at once because
the corporation has disposed of $780,
100000 worth of war material to the
allies.
Grown Princess Cecilie gave birth
to a daughter The crown princess
married Friedrich Wilhelm, the Ger
man crown prince, in June, 1905. They
now have five children, four boys, the
eldest being nine years of age, and
one daughter.
According to an official list made
public in Berlin there were in Ger
many, March 1. total of $50 pieces
of captured artillery. These include
$500 Belgian pieces of both heavy and
light caliber, 1900 French guns, $50
Russian and SO British.
According to a French source, the
grand total of officers of the German
army at the beginning of the war, in
Guiding men in the active service, re-
serve and landwehr, was 81. sos, out of
which. up to March Is, 1926 had been
killed and 1851 had been wounded
or are missing This made the total
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