The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-10-04
IN THE FATHERLAND
IN ERESTlNG BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME
Summary of the Most important Han.
penings in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the Ger,,.n
Readers.


Germany has decided to declare a
blockade of England, to take effect on
or about January /, 1917. 1t may be
because of the desperation to which
Germany has been driven by the Brit
iSh blockade, it may be an excuse for
more depredationS at sea, it may be
merely for the effect of such n declara-
ton on neutral nations; but, whatever
the reason, a powerful fleet of subma-
rineS Is being completed especially for
this purpose, and plans for the block
ade are being worked out 1t is said
movements of the submarines will be
guided by high flying Zeppelins, both
submarines and Zeppelins being
| equipped with extra sensitive wireless
apparatus. One high ih the councils
| OF the German navy recently said, by
the end of this year or perhaps little
sooner, Germany will have in fighting
| trim 300 submarines of the most eff
ficient type. If England then wishes
to continue the war, proper blockade
| Will be put into effect and no vessel
carrying food or war materials will be
| permitted to reach England'S shores.
Ours will be a real blockade, not coer-
Give or illegitimate, such as England
has been permitted to institute against
Germany" No conjunction as to this
manner of warfare is felt; Britain's
blockade is regarded as freeing Ger
many from its promise TO the United
| States. 1t is understood that Walter
| FOrstmann, one of Germany's most
| skilled submarine commanders, is to
be placed in charge of a squadron
of submarines and will be q leading fig
ure in the proposed blockade Forst-
mann received the order Pour lie
Merite for extraordinary achievements
when he sank more than 100 vessels,
it is averred, including transports,
| patrol vessels and merchantmen.
More than 5000 women are now en-
| plOyed in the municipal street car
| service Of Vienna. OF the $4,000 male
employees before the war, 10000 have
| gone into the field. The war has COM
| pletcly changed the street car service
which is now in operation nearly "a
hours day, carrying not only ordinary
| passengers, but at night hauling coal
| and merchandise. There are no more
| motor cabs or motor trucks or lorries,
and horses are very scarce. Conse-
| quently the street railways have be-
| come practically the only means of
! transportation. Most of the women
| employees are acting as conductors,
hI1t u,
| get permission from the ministry Of
| railways for them to act as motor
! drivers The grades in Vienna are in
| places quite steep and require great
| strength for using the brakes, so that
| the authorities hitherto have hesitat-
ed to sanction the employment of wom-
en- for this work. Unless, however, the
| military commanders will release n
| sufficient number of motormen from
the army to carry on the car service
the experiment with women drivers
| will have to be made, whether danger
GUS or not.
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm OF Hessen
has been killed at Cara Orman on the
Balkan front. He was Il nephew Of
Kaiser Wilhelm. He was born in 1893
at Frankfort His mother
being Princess Margaret, sister of the
kaiser. He was reported wounded in
the fighting in France in September,
1914.
During August" says an official adj
miralty statement, "126 hostile mer-
chant ships, totaling 170,G79 tons gross,
were destroyed by submarines of the
central powers or by mines; and 80
neutral merchant ships, totaling 49,
56S tons, carrying contraband of war
to armies"
United States Ambassador James w.
Gerard at Berlin has made it clear
that Berlin VIII not be satisfied until
the United States government pays
the price for the temporary suspension
of submarine warfare by taking up
Germany's fight against Great Britain
and the entente blockade
The Kirchlicher Anzeiger contains
an order from church authorities to
devote forthwith all the church moneys
TO the new war loan and exhorting the
clergy to spare no efforts to induce all
the faithful to contribute "since this
is necessary to bring the war to a
victorious conclusion for u.s."
Richard Strauss, composer, has COM
pleted the score of his new opera,
1.-THE Woman Without Shadow"
Archbishop Dalbor Of the arch
diocese of Gnesen-POsen has instruct
ed the clergy to invest as much as
possible of the funds of their churches
in the new German war loan. The
municipality Of Wiesbaden has sub
scribed 100000 marks to the loan.
Ambassador Won BernStorff Informed
the state department in Washington
that the German government would
consider null and void" any loan TO
Belgium negotiated in the United
States during German occupancy of
that country.