ALASKAN GOVERNMENT
At the American Mining Con
gress at Chicago, last October
an address on “The Needs of
Alaska” was delivered by Mr.
Falcon Joshn, who also intro
duced the following resolution
which was approved by the Con
gress.
the great territory of Alasua i»
a subject of national importance
but a serions decline in the poi»
ulauion of the territory is taking
place, and
Whereas, the form of govern
ment of the teriitory with its
administration distributed thiu
a great number of bureaus,
boards and commissions acting
without co-ordination from \\ ash
ington, 5000 miles away, where
the law-making power rests, has j
been mainly responsible lor the j
ill-adapted and unworkable pol- j
J icies under which the territory j
is suffering.
Now Therefore Belt Resolved
by the American Mining Con
gress iu 24th Annual Convention
assembled that it is the sense of
this organization that the restric
tive policies in efiect in Alaska
should be reversed and the re
sources theieopened for devel
opment on the most liberal terms
Resolved Further that it is the
sense of this organization that
he government of Alaska should
I
be re organized that its admin
istration consolidated and placed
within the territory and made
directly responsible to the Pres
ident.
The big nine of the Disarma
ment conference were recently
photographed at Washington.
They are:-Charles Evans Hughes
Secretary of State, and Johh W. i
Garrett,Secretary General of the .
QS. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Ba'
four, chief of the British deleg
ation Premier Aristide Briand,
head of the French delegation.
Dr. H. A. van Karnadeek, Min
ister of Finance of the Nether
lands and president of the league
of nations. Baron de Cartier de
Marchienne, Belgian ambassad
or, Senator Carlo Schanzer of
Italy. Dr. Sao K. Alfred Sze,
Chinese minister to the U. S.
Prince Iyesato Tokogawa of Jap
an.
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