The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-09
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.
| Professor Rudolph Eucken, the emil
| hent philosopher, spoke recently in
the great Aula of the Berlin univer-
sity on the Ethical and Hygienic
| Tasks of the Present He is one Of
the most universally honored men in
Germany, and his audience included
statesmen, excellencies, and the
most honored members of the highest
society" Professor Eucken casti-
gated the drinking habits of the peo-
| pie. 1t is the only vice which they
have inherited from their remote fore
| fathers. Martin Luther and Tacitus
both bear witness of this. Germans
must conquer this custom. The war
has brought with it an added serious
ness, it has brought many an improve
| ing habit The professor urged a new
morality which would introduce a
noble beauty" into the lives of Ger
mans, a noble, pure conviviality.' This
constant drinking, he declared, places
bends on the nation, and breeds the
wretched type of beer-philistine with
whom everyone is familiar 1t is a
type which must no longer disfgure
| the German nation-New York Eve
ming Post
Thousands of university students
who are serving at the front have just
learned that the Austrian ministry IF
education has decided to grant them
| special privileges in the way Of short
ening their college course. In the
faculties of philosophy and law the
men will be allowed to count their
| time at the front as a university
year. But as for medical students, the
authorities say the responsibilities of
doctors to the community are too Sc
rious to be lightly dealt with, and so
these students cannot be credited with
| time like their fellows in other depart
ments. But through more intensive
lecture courses and possibly being per-
| mitted to take their examinations
little sooner, the medical students will
be given some compensation for their
army work. Their situation is the
harder on account of the competition
of the wOma1- students who have re-
NAMED at home, pursuing their regu~
lar studies, and so gaining on their
male colleagues of the same class.
The German government has agreed
to permit expectation to the Unitad
States of Is 900 tons of dyestuffs lack
of which has seriously affected Amer
lean textile manufacturers. The COM
munication explains that while Ger
many refused at first to permit ex-
portation of dyestuffs unless they be
exchanged for American goods, now
excluded from Germany by the British
blockade, after careful consideration
of the situation it has been seen that
the blockade has resulted in serious
embarrassment to those American in
dustries which are in need of dye
stuffs,'' and the imperial German gov
eminent now is prepared to make "a
single exception" in permitting ex-
pOrtation in this instance. 1t is re-
CURED only that the dyestuffs shall be
consumed by American manufacture
ers, and not be re-exported to Great
Britain or her allies
Many American business men in
Germany have made preparations to
wind up their affairs and leave within
forty-eight hours notice, if diplomatic
relations between Germany anG the
United States are broken off. In sew
eral cases Berlin's representatives Of
American firms have made arrange
ments to come to Holland leaving
their affairs in the hands of other neu-
trails in Berlin and directing their of
fees from Amsterdam or The Hague
A number of Americans. however, will
remain in Germany, even though
break occurs, confident that it will not
result in war
Germany's chemical industries have
suffered severely from the war. Ex-
ports have almost ceased, profits and
dividends have decreased about four
per cent, and large numbers of men
are reported out of work
Germany celebrated generally the
three hund1edth anniversary of the
death of Shakespeare. The English
mans plays were presented in many
cities.
Following a conference just held
with the sausage manufacturers OF
Germany, the central foodstuffs con-
troll commission has announced that
conditions require a radical decrease
in the production of sausages of all
kinds.
The federal council has authorized
the imperial chancellor to make reg
ulations for the sale of saponaceous
compounds. According to the Tage-.
blatt it is the intention to limit the
supply Of soap to 100 grams per capita
monthly and of other substances of