Neutrality During
Early Century
And Now
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ful, we propose an alliance on the
following basis with Mexico:
"That we shall make war to
gether and together make peace.
We shall give general financial
support and it is understood that
Mexico is to reconquer the lost
territory in New Mexico, Texas
and Arizona. The details are left
to you for settlement.
You are instructed to inform
the President of Mexico, on his
own imative, should communi
cate with Japan suggesting ad
herence at once to this pact—at
the same time offer to mediate
between Germany and Japan.
"Please call to the attention of
the president of Mexico that the
employment of ruthless submar
ine warfare now promises to com
pel England to make peace in a
few months.”
The remaining pacifists and
pro-German sentiment in this
country melted rapidly in the
heat created by the disclosure of
this interesting communication.
The scheme to have Mexico and
Japan attack our southwestern
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states reaMy made us mad.
February 1917, saw the beginn
ing of Germany’s great gamble to
win the war. For a year she had
been building submarines fever
ishly, bigger, more effective its
U-boats, and by February first
she was ready. She was fairly
certain that the sinking of Amer
ican ships would bring the Unit
ed States into the war against her
but figured that wouldn’t matter.
Counting everything, the United
States Army couldn’t add up to
more than 100,000 men, and the
Rational Guard, although streng
thened by border service, had on
ly 150,000 part-time soldiers on
its rolls. The United States Navy
' was just starting to get into shape
I under the building program adop
ted in 1916.
Those February days saw the
I German submarines nosing out
jfrom their bases along the North
Sea with orders to sink every
thing in sight. Ship after ship
felt the blast of their torpedoes
and Englishmen began to wonder
what, if anything, they were go
ing to eat.
On land, February 1917, saw the
j beginning of the German retreat
! to the Hindenberg Line. All win
ter the German forces in France
had been building this powerful
, defensive line ten to fifteen miles j
■back of their positions. On Feb.
| 24 they began to pull back to this
I line, intending to sit tight there
| '
| while the submarines won the
war.
In the east, Russia was crumbl
i ing under the beginnings of Bol
ishevism and was no longer to be
1 counted on an an effective factor
J in the war. The Allied countries
of the Balkans had been overrun
! and were practically out of the
fight too.
In the United States, we were
going about our jobs, reading our
newspapers and trying to picture
what would happen to us person
ally if America should be forced
into war.
We all know now what did
eventually happen, and as one of
the results we see the Congress
again pondering over the ques
tion of neutrality. It is possible
that a thorough study of those
events of. 20 years ago might be
of service to the Congressmen as
they attempt to build barriers
against the re-occurrence of war.
The W ashington
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(Continued From Yesterday)
The other bill was to auth
orize payment of $3,300 to Dr.
Hugh C. Nicholson of Sitka for
medical services to the natives
from 1929 to 1935.
Thorwald Olsen of Ketchikan
who has been visiting relatives
in Denmark, stopped over in Wash
ington for several days. He left
again soon for Seattle enroute to
Alaska.
Because of an injury suffered
some years ago while prospect
| ing in Alaska, Delegate Dimond
was compelled to undergo a cor
rective operation on his right
leg on February 11. Although
! the operation required a general
anesthetic the Delegate was back
at his desk the next day.
The subject of oil prospecting
permits and rates of royalties
and lease rentals on oil lands in
Alaska was taken up February 10
at a conference held by Assistant
Secretary of the interior Walters
with other offiaials of the depart
ment and with the delegate.
It was proposed that the basic
: royalties on oil production and
^ the rental on leases in the Terri
: tory be set at just one-half of
I
that prescribed for similar produc j
j tion and leases in the states. If;
| this plan is approved the mini- j
| mum of 12 and one-half percent
| which is set for production of 50
; barrels a day or less in each cal-1
! endar month, will be reduced in
Alaska to 6 and one-quarter per
cent. Similarly, where oil pro
j specting permits filed after May
23, 1935, are exchanged for oil
land leases carrying an annual
rental of 25 cents per acre, the
rental in Alaska will be fixed at
12 and one-half cents per acre.
J P Walker, an employee of
the General Land Office station
ed at Juneau for some years,
called on the Delegate February
12. Mr. Walker is now using Boise
Tdoha as his headquarters.
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