The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-11
OLD COUNTRY NEW;
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,

Reports received by the internation-
al agricultural institute indicate that
the Austro-Germans by next Septem-
Der will have a reserve of 400, 900 tons
OF wheat and rye, virtually the same
reserve as last September. The insti-
tute statisticians say the weather con-
ditions warrant the belief of fair crops
in the central empires and they are
inclined to the opinion that there will
be no scarcity of food supplies Be
for the war the average Hungarian
wheat crop was 46.000,000 quintals.
This year it viii probably be 41,000,-
600 quintals. The Hungarian potato
crop is estimated to be Z 2-10 per cent
better than in 1914 and the maize crop
20 Of / per cent better.
Attempts in other countries to in
terpret the various pauses in the Ger
man operations at Verdun as indica.
tive of the waning of the offensive or
the exhaustion of German troops de-
note failure to comprehend German
strategy. Officers say these pauses
~ o'AAJ q poi vi tiC SSllCh oil SClSIlt
of operations. and are designed to pre-
pare for the successful stages of the
forward movement. 1t is said these
operations are intended to lead to the
capture of Verdun and hasten the ter
mlnation of the war. The results of
the operations at Verdun thus far have
been fully i'll line with expectations.
We BraZilians have the same Ian
guage as the Portuguese, but we do
not consider ourselves sons of POr-
tugal, said Baron Oscar de Teffe.
Brazilian minister to Germany. The
brazilian government will not take
any measures which would violate the
strict neutrality which is being OBJ
served by her he said. My govern
ment is perfectly we'll informed con-
corning the German situation" The
minister said recent rumors chat it is
the Brazilian governments intention
to follow POrtugals example and seize
German interned ships must be ac-
cepted with reserve
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Austria and all other lands set aside
for military use are to be devoted as
far as possible to raising food The
war office has directed that such
ground is to be planted with oats,
peas, beans, early potatoes and fresh
vegetables. Throughout the country
the military authorities are warned
that they must refrain from doing the
least damage to crops, no matter how
small the area Every available plot
OF ground must be used for increasing
the supply Of food and fodder.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Eskuchen, Germans,
who have lived at Edmonton, Canada |
for some years and accumulated con-
siderable property, arrived in ST Paul
and state that they were compelled to
leave the country within "A hours be-
cause of their nationality Mr.. Esku- |
chen says that an edict was issued
compelling not only Germans. but all !
persons with German names, to leave |
the country immediately The exiles |
say they had just time to sell their |
farm equipment before departing.
The long-eXpected split in the Ger |
man Socialist party as the result of /
the political situation created by the |
submarine warfare controversy i'm the |
reichstag has occurred. A new party, |
consisting of 1S Socialist members, |
was constituted by the radical wing
after a Socialist hoI
to exclude Deputy Haase for a breach |
or discipline. The total number of So
cialist members in the reichstag is
100. The dissenting minority consist
ed Of 30 Socialists.
Herr Won Heydebrand, conservative
leader in the reichstag, is described
as the new hope of the democracy"
by Theodor Wolff in his weekly re-
view in the Tageblatt Herr Wolff,
commenting on the conservatives sup
port in the reichstag OF their resolu-
ton regarding the conduct Of the war,
says: Many OF us have always been
convinced that the political progress
OF Germany is only to be expected
through the conservatives"
German officials repeat the state
ment that submarine warfare will go
on in the limits set by the German
memorandum to neutral powers of last
month. but that the demands of those |
who wished to see the indiscriminate
torpedoing Of whatever comes in
front Of the torpedo tubes, to use the
expression of one of those who advo-
cate this policy, will not be fulfilled.
The establishing of now ship line
to ply between Austria Hungary and
the United States is planned by a
combine OF interests OF the Hamburg
American line, the North German
Lloyd and the Adria line. capital
OF 100000 crows viii be invested in
the undertaking and it is planned to
put IN service a number OF the large
German liners
The drain and exactions OF war
weakened the police force of Berlin
and throng of women promptly came
forward to offer their services.