The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-01
IN THE fATHERLANO
ERESTING 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.

lear any cOInpHcdUOHS Will tue CHlleu
States over the attacks made by the
U-53 on shipping almost within sight
Of the American shore. 1t is generally
assumed in official and newspaper
circles that her operations are being
conducted in accordance with the re-
quirements of cruiser warfare as speci-
fled by the law of nations and recog-
nized by the American government.
The submarine furnished two surprises
for the people of Berlin-the first its
unexpected arrival at Newport and
then the reports of the sinking by the
submarine of British freighterS off the
American coast. The exploits Of the
submarine OccasiOned long and enthu-
siastic press comment. Regardless of
various attitudes of the newspapers
with regard to the present submarine
controversy, all the journals express
pride and pleasure in the achievements
Of the U-53, dilating particularly on the
fact that she was able to resume her
voyage from Newport and operate
against enemy merchantmen without
taking advantage of international PRIV
ilege of replenishing her fuel and other
supplies.
German socialists, back from the
horrors of the trenches will never con-
sent to the evacuation of French and
Belgian territory for which they paid
the price in blood, the socialist news
pepper, Die Glocke. declares. Die
Glocke disagrees with Philip Scheide
mann, socialist leader, who declared in
a reichstag speech that France could
see her soil and that of Belgium freed
now of German soldiers without she'd
ding another drop of blood if she would
consent to peace. The newspaper re-
minds Scheidemann that socialist sol
diers are not apt to be moved by the
oretical international socialistic ideas.
In Berlin and Vienna they continue
setting their teeth when the word
peace" is mentioned, not because war
is wanted, but for the reason that up
to this moment the entente govern
ments have shown no inclination to en-
terrain a meeting on this ground. No
body yet can see why the central group
should make concessions, since they
claim to hold trumps everywhere by
the occupation of enemy territories so
large that the few advantages of this
order gained by the entente can hardly
count.
The general atmosphere of conf
dence in Germany in it's own power
and the capacity of its leaders, seems
to have been increased by the military
events Of the last few weeks and by
what is considered the greatest success
of the fifth German war loan. These
events, in the opinion of Germany,
have proved that the gigantic attempts
of the enemies of Germany to punish
her have failed completely so far.
President ven Batocki of the food
regulation board admitted in the
reichstag that the potato harvest in
Germany had been disappointing, ac-
cording to the Koelnische Volks lei
tung, stating that the shortage was due
to a lack of seed potatoes left over
from last year. He announced, the
newspaper adds. that the authorities
were taking counsel on steps deemed
necessary, and in the meantime all
trade in seed potatoes would be forbid
den.
A woman hae been commissioned by
the government of Wuerttemberg as
second in command of a small gun
boat on Lake Constance, which is en-
ployed in guard duty at FriedrichS-
hafen, where the Zeppelin works are
located. She has been given the rank
and uniform of a lieutenant. Women
employed on south German railways,
according to a new order, must wear
uniforms, consisting In part of loose
trousers and CATERS.
Thirteen men, IL women and 13
children were killed in the month of
September in French and Belgian ter
ritOry occupied by the Germans as the
result of artillery or aeroplane fire of
the allies. In addition, 43 men, 80
women and 33 children were wounded.
The number of civilian victims of their
own countrymen since September, 1915,
has risen to 2, 115.
General Won Beseler, governor gen.
eral of Poland, in cooperation with
the civil authorities, has decided to
organize popular universities" Both
elementary and advanced courses are
offered.
According to a Berne telegram Ger
man socialists are planning to ques-
ton Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
in regard to the allegations that 2OO,-
100000 marks was spent for news
paper propaganda in the first two
years of the war One-ffth of this
sum is said to have been spent in
America and large sums in Greece and
Turkey.
The recent press dispatch from Zu-
rich that one of the largest Austrian
warships had blown up at Pola is de-
MED authoritatively at Vienna.
A Vienna dispatch says the depart
ment for the regulation of Austria
food supply, establishment of which
was decided upon last month, has