The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-02-09
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.

question put to Count Won Moltke,
former chief of staff of the German
army. Striking his fist on the table
and otherwise giving evidence of his
emotion, General Won Moltke an
swered: Very heavily, indeed. Do
| people ever stop to consider how ire
| mendous is the responsibility of a
conscientious monarch who must
pledge the blood of his people? That
| step a monarch like the emperor
takes only when the life and death of
his people is at stake" Does your
excellency believe that peace soon will
Gomez" "The war can last a long time
yet. Our victories in Poland are of
the greatest Importance. To the
French they are bitterly disappoint-
| ing, spelling their hopes of an adj
| vance. The Russian masses have en-.
tirely collapsed You may be firmly
convinced that Germany will not per-
/ ish; we will be victorious"
Gen. Erich Won Falkenhayn, chief
of the German staff, says: "Our pres
ent situation is excellent. We have
carried the war into the enemy's coun-
| try on both fronts; we are still there
| after five months of war. Our pres
| ent lines are very strong; the advan'
| tage is all on our side thus far. 1t is
! wrong to interpret the operations in
Flanders as an attempt on our part
to reach Calais and outflank the allied
| q inC nYo he hot hoe SO
| of the campaign is the result of an
attempt on the part of the French and
British to force their way north to
| separate us from the sea and envelop
our right flank and rear, relieve Ant
werp and oblige us to retire from Bel
| GUM. Their plan was the failure, our
| counter-stroke the success of the oper-
| ations in Flanders. They have not
outflanked us and we are still there.
eve call the Germans the Chocolate
Soldiers writes a British soldier
| from the front, because they appear
to~be always eating chocolate When
| they are wounded or sick, by night
and day, IS all the same. We have
| found some of their dead with cakes
of chocolate between their fingers
| During one of our Christmas arms
| tees one of the German soldiers told
me that the chocolate ration had been
| recommended by scientists as a con
venient and exceedingly nutritious
| food, and had sustained them very
| we'll in some of their long marches
| where other foods were not available. -
Although he regretted the necessity
| of the step, Field Marshal Paul Won
| Hindenburg has announced that he
would appreciate partial, and if pos
| sible, complete cessation of the con
Egratulatory letter-writing of which he
| has been both the subject and object
| He has found many OF them amusing
especially one in which young school
| girl asked him to send her small
| Russian, yet he thinks the mails
| should be used at this time for more
| serious purposes.
Rudolph Havenstein, president of
| the Reichsbank and one of the fore.
| most financial authorities of Germany
| asserts that the country will be able
| to meet any burden which may be i'm.
posed by the war upon it's financial
and economic resources. Il not only
| hope but know that we shall be able
| to fight through this immense strug.
| gle. In the domain of financial and
economic affairs, we are equal to
| every demand, however long the war
may last"
Germany is becoming wrought up
over what she believes to be an anti
| German attitude of the people of the
| United States. The growing feeling
| of resentment has crystallized about
| the semi-off1cial note of protest against
! the sale of munitions of war to the
| allies by American manufacturers
Persons in high positions have ex.
pressed themselves in terms of indig-
nation at the alleged display of friend
illness for the allies by Americans.
| DR.. Johannes Kaempf, member of
| the reichstag, was present at a lunch
con given at the American club which
was attended by American Ambassa-
| dor James w. Gerard, American Con
sui General julius Lay and other
| prominent Americans. Ambassador
| Gerard welcomed Doctor Kaempf, who,
| in his response, called attention to
the friendly relations between the
| United States and Germany anC ex-
pressed the hope that they would con-
tinue undisturbed.
The official Reichs Anzeiger an
| nounces that prizes have been set
aside for special military achieve
| nents. Three of the four prizes are
aimed against England and consist of
sums of money varying in value from
| s125 to 1925. These amounts will be
awarded to the first soldier who steps
on the soil of Great Britain as com
| blatant; the crew of an airship which
| before December 81, 1915, accom-
plishes the first flight to the English
coast and drops a bomb on English
territory. and the aviator who drops
| the first bomb on Dover.
Albert BALM, director-genera1 of the
urg-American Steamship com
| pany, at the request of Emperor Will
| liam, has taken over the management
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