Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-03-12

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coma for two weeks. 1t is said that
other deaths have occurred.
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The Hague Count Koenebrech, un-
til recently a Pan-German pillar, pub
fishes a book denouncing the kaiser
in round terms. The count says that
Wilhelm was "the rotten branch of
the German tree" and that 'he had
to be cut off before the tree could
bloom and flourish" The count fur
Their says of Wilhelm: Vain auto
cratic lover OF pomp, proud of his
money, void of seriousness, wholly de-
voted to externals, despiser of men,
resentful, petty worshiper of his own
petty self without one trait of great
ness, poser, actor, worst of all for a
ruler, coward into the bargain,
without personal courage-that is
William H."
Berlin-With the proletariet revo-
luton fast closing its grip on pros
trate Germany Berlin is feverishly
gay. Machine guns are not squirting
profusely but they are stacked at con-
venient points and red blood may flow
any time. The Socialists gloat over
the outlook and claim that Russia is
coming!
Washington members of the
senate signed pledge to defeat the
presidents league of nations plan.
But 33 are necessary to prevent rat
ification. The fight will be bitter.
o
PariS-The greatest grand jury in
dictment in the worlds history will
soon be returned. The true bill will
contain the names of hundreds of Of
ficers of high and low rank in the ar
mics of the central empires who have
been cited for guilt unparalleled in
the history of humanity. 1t is said
that the highest ranking officials to
be punished will be the military gov
errors Germany placed in power. The
"higher-ups" consisting of the kaiser.
Won Hindenberg, Ludendorff and Won
Tirpitz. are likely to get off on the
grounds that they ordered the crimes
committed by reason of political ne
cessity. The little fellows will pay
for the big ones, in the latter case.
A permanent prosecuting committee is
planned with arrests to follow short
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German RhineIand- Kaiser.
a German naval officer recently re-
turned from America, says that the
fate of the U-boat Bremen, the fam
Gus cargo carrier, is still a mystery.
The captain says also that if England
had persisted she could have taken
the Dardanelles and ended the war.
Heligoland was not nearly SO strong
a fortress as the allies supposed and
could have been stormed with the
loss of comparatively few ships, the
captain claims. He closed his inter-
view by denouncing Won Tirpitz and
saying that the latter was to blame
for bringing America into the war
and Germany"s consequent defeat.
eff the allies would hang Won Tir-
pitz," he said, 'sI'd help on the rops"
DOB
LOndOn-A bill has passed the sec
Ond reading of the house of commons
by a vote of 304 to II favoring COM
pulsory service of an army of 100000
men and the enlistment period to ex-
pire April 80, 1920. The men will be
used to guard the Rhine. Some oppo-
sition developed from labor sources
but Bonar Law stated amid cheers
that England after fighting side by
side with France for four and one
half years would not desert her now.
o
WaShingtOn-The federal employ
ment service announces that 679,513
persons were placed in employment
through the agency of the govern
ment during the first two months of
the year.