The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15
IN THE FATHERLAND
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.

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| Readers.
A Thanksgiving appeal for funds to
relieve suffering among the widows
and orphans in Germany has been is
| sued by the American relief committee
| backed by the approval Of James w.
| Gerard, United States ambassador TO
| Germany. THE money will be sent to
| me through the United States state de
| partment." Mr.. Gerard said and | will
| distribute it in Germany through the
| United States conSulS there wherever
| the need is greatest l think all per-
sons who are interested not only in
| helping the real necessities of widows
and orphans in Germany, but also in
| promoting more friendly feelings
| throughout the world ought to help in
| this work. If | am enabled togo back
to Germany bringing a substantial sum
of money raised by this country | do
| not know of anything better to aid re-
latiOnS between this country and Ger
| many and when the Germans see that
the fund has been raised by a commit
tee so distinctly American as this one
it cannot but make a most excellent
impression upon the people there"
The closing days of October found
Germany in a position to view with
lively interest and considerable equa
nimity the troubles Of other nations.
This cOntented state of mind is large
ly the result of the serene tenor of the
sitting of the reichStag, which even
| circles remote from the cries of rumOr-
mOngerS and scarespreaders felt might
develop extremely truculent tenden-
cieS. The session developed nothing of
the kind and the consequence is a
confident, settled state of internal af
fairs which hardly has been paralleled
since the war begun. Officialdom there
fore surveys the domestic situation
with satisfaction. Opposition to Chan
cellor Won Bethman-Hollweg fomented
for weeks by British statesmen and
pamphleteers fluent in vituperatiOn,
failed to attain either the proportions
or the weight compelling it to be TAX
nett
Arriving in Berlin for his first visit
of the war, Field Marshal Won linden
burg became the object of demonstra
tons throughout the city. 1t was sew
eral hours after he had reached Ber-
lin before the news spread. Shopkeep-
ers quickly hung out flags and crowds
gathered, anxious for a glimpse of
Germany's war hero Won linden
burg was first received by the kaiser
at Bellevue palace and later, with his
wife and daughter, dined with the kai-
ser and the kaiserin.
In the month of September
al hostile merchantmen with an
aggregate tonnage of $4,000, were
sunk or brought in by submarines of
the central powers or destroyed by
mines. Thirteen captains of hostile
ships were taken prisoner and three
cannon of armed steamers were cap
tured. In addition 80 neutral mer-
chant ships of an aggregate of $4,000
tons were sunk for carrying contra
band"
A bomb dropped by an aviator of the
allies killed the engineer driving the
train Of Kaiser Wilhelm, according to
information received from Zurich. He
recently was reported to be at Ba
paume, on the SOmme front, personal
ly overseeing the preliminaries for a
counter offensive. Apparently during
the visit he delivered a brief speech to
the German troops thanking them for
the heroic manner" in which they
had fought for four months.
Kaiser Franz Joseph submitted
list of the new cabinet, the Stuergkh
cabinet having in the course of the |
day submitted their designations. The |
press is giving the matter considerable |
attention. The Vienna Tageblatt calls |
Won Koerber "the right man in the |
right place." and draws attention to |
the fact that the relations between the |
Austrian and Hungarian premiers are |
excellent and that therefore their CO.
operation is assured
After a short discussion, the reichS- |
tag voted the new war credits of |
L. 900, 100000 marks (about S2,S56, 000.-
000) amid enthusiastic cheers. Only |
the radical wing Of the socialist party |
dssented.
The German reichstag, by vote of
302 to 81, authorized the budget com
mittee to meet during the adjourn
ment of the reichstag for a discussion
of Germany's foreign policy and the
war.
The threatened paper famine, which
months ago caused cries of distress
among the publishers, appears now to
be thing Of the past. High prices
and reduction of size in publications
had the effect of markedly reducing
and the manufacturers
already feel it necessary TO take steps
to encourage consumption.
A committee of the rpichStap has re-