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IN RUSSIA.
Ominous is the word best de
scribed the report comes out ot
Russia that that nation may be com
pelled to have a dictator in order to
force order.
The cure of the evil is worse than
tiie disease. Surely Macaulay is
right when he says the cure for the
evils of Liberty is more Liberty—
a truth should not be forgoten in
countries less remote than itussia,
or in times far more presently than
are those whereof the English his
torian spoke.
That Russia is in a serious inter
na’i condition one cannot doubt, it
is impossible to suppose a revolt
which changes as it were overnight
the established system and that the
various social molecules will be
come there and then immediately
quiescent and stable.
Ciuite the contrary is to be ex
pected. The revolution let loose the
forces that had been actively fer
menting under the regime of the
Tzar and the Bureaucracy. Titos')
forces will surge and rise and main
tain a considerable internal activity
for a considerable time until ulti
mately they will become again inte
grated in some sort of social coale
scence.
It may be quite reasonable to un
„,i that the Entente and now
also the United States would much
prefer that Russia would continue
be an active factor in the war. Rus
sia, it will be rightly maintained,
•was the reason for the active parll
cipation of Great Britain and.
France in the war.
But when we speak of Russia we
apeak of the bureaucratic authority
of Russia which asked no permis
sion to engage in war of the Rus
sian people, but the latter actively
engaged therein upon peremptory
orders from those in authority.
Hence after fighting tor three
years and enduring unheard ol pri
vations and desperate slaughter, the
Russians are tired of the war which
they had no voice in bringing about
and which they fought in because
of the sheer impossibility ot escape
from doing so.
Moreover, the elements which are
now the most vital elements in the |
present life of Russia, the revolu- ,
tionary socialists showed no dispo- ,
sition to unequivocally support the •
war and today they arc admittedly
ready for peace and not only ready
but anxious and eager.
To them apparently the possibil
ity of a German military menace has
no terror. Without a strong mili
tary organization they successfully
held it at bay. Russia at no time
was defeated unless when entrappfd
by treacherous leaders like Rennen
kampt and others, or when actually
without arms and without ammuni
tion. A great amt growing country, ,
with greater riches to be opened up i
than any other, the Russian seems |
willing to give way „to his love ot
peace one of the essential charac
teristic of the Slavic race.
The mere fact that many in
Russia are anxious to make peace
with Germany reveals the fact that
Germany has no terrors at all fot
them. They are not conjuring up
wild bogies ot' a Prussian militar
ism nor are they alarmed at all by
the specter of Prussian imperialism
with a destiny to conquer the world.
They rather despise the bombast
of the junkers who asked six weeks
to conquer France, six months to
conquer Russia and a year to wipe
England off the map. They know
very well that the Germans cannot
do it, and they are not afraid to
give them another era of peace and
allow them to build up another mi
litary organization to again try the
impossible task of foisting that pe
culiar thing that we are all mixed
up about, the German kultur.
So it would be a big mistake to
imagine that it is because the Rus
sians. that is the Russian people, or
a large portion of them, want peace
that it is they are seared into sub
mission. Tor it can very easily be
shown that no one more shrewdly
observes and knows that this is
not the ease than Germany hersell.
The German commanders, knowing
well that a vigorous campaign in
Russia would at once force the pa
cificists to become militarists, and
cause an enthusiastic rush to the
country's standards to repel the in
vader. very wisely have called oft
the campaign against Russia and
allow their troops to fraternize with
the Slav soldiers along the borders.
Most wars are in truth in origin
due to fear of the enmy. That is
why a resort to arms is regarded
as the last resort. There is seen a
menace in the actions of anothet
power, the menace is magnified and
the rival nation rushes to attack
or to repel an attack as the cast
may be.
If some way were deviced where
by nations could rid themselves of
this fear of one another, there
would be no wars. Instead there
would be complete confidence in the
future.
Moreover it is this very fact that
consists the danger in huge mili
tary organizations. The more per
fect it is. while allaying anxiety in
the country possessing it, excites
alarm in the countries which are
not allied or affiliated with such a
one. They form coalitions of a
quasi-hostile nature against the.
menace and eventually war between
the two is inevitable.
In Germany over the protests of
the socialists was erected a mag
nificent military organization. It
was one that was humanly very per
feet. It had ordered industrial,
commercial and political activities
along subordinate lines to its per
fection. Germans feel proud of it.
It was invulnerable they thought
and assuredly unconquerable. It
was not making for liberty of the
person or liberty of the community,
but it made for the security of
things as they were.
It was a great thing for Germany
unquestionably, if we regard only
the -Germans these who ruled Ger
many. It aided in the well order
ing of the masses for the benefit
ot the classes. It aided in the dis
semination of such education as
was good for the people under this
scheme. It made science the hand
maiden Ot progress, and progress
the hand maiden of militarist orga
nization. It was wonderfully adapt
ed to colonial trade, to foreign com
merce and ambitions associated
with other people’s places in the
sun. Its officers were wonderful
men. imbued with the wholesouled
devotion to their wonderful profes
sion of expert destruction. They
were not merely social parasites, or
society butterflies or excellent steep
llilanfl auu |ium juajtio.
were men who took their profes
sion seriously as they took their so
cial positions seriously and drank
with serious enthusiasm to “The
Day”.
That was all accompanied by a
necessary intelligence department
which spread a system of espionage
around the world which ought to
make other nations wonder now
how laggard they were.
But its effect in other countries
was bad. It excited fear and fear
is the most dangerous of all emo
tions in an enemy. Compelled other
nations to envy and to prepare and
to organize alliances which might
make “the day" something entire
ly different from the Teuton con
cept.
It forced the almost impossible
alliance of republican France with
autocratic Russia. It was the cause
of an English alliance, despite its
bonds of blood and feeling to the
Teutons, with the hereditary foes
of Great Britain as were Russia
and France. It excited a world to
militarism and to a resort to force,
[ while preparation became the watch
word in every country, preparation
against the day—"the day of wrath,
that dreadful day”.
Russians have concluded that
after this system has been at work j
for three whole years, they have no- i
thing to fear from It. That it does
not endanger them in the least and
they are indifferent to a prolonga
tion of the war.
They know that Germans are just
as sick of tho war as they are them
Eelves and in their appeal to get rid
of the Kaiser, they merely asked
that the German people exercise the
same radical treatment as did they
to extirpate the disease that had
been killing them off by the whole
sale.
Very acutely the Russian people
understand that the German is like
themselves, a man of peace. He
wants very much to be let alone,
but a lot of busy bodies have been
preaching the gospel that if people
are men of peace they are a lot oi
milksops a r.d mollycoddles. Just
for all the world as they have
preached it in other countries.
Really there is no reason why
nations should not have sanity
or>r>„«h tn live in neaee. lust as in
dividuals can and do so.
Without a doubt the Russian
would be inclined to allow Germany
to dictate terms to the world with
as little enthusiasm as any country.
And it is very tar from conceivable
that, at any time, the Russians will
lend any aid to any country having
such ambitions.
Just now. of course, it is difficult
to forecast the possible result or
the conditions in Russia. It is very
likely that there will be no strong
opposition to peace and no eftort
made to carry on an offensive cam
paign. T he wisdom ot the German
leaders in leaving Russia carefully
alone at this critical period without
doubt is a policy which however
unsympathetic we may he. we must
regard as admirable.
Germany is not going to excite
the slumbering enthusiasm of the
Slav. Germany knows what it is
when aroused. Invasion would ex
cite it more quickly than anything
else, and a young republic is able
to drive off a million foes more
quickly than can a despotism one.
A young and re-organized govern
ment can achieve the impossible,
because there is nothing impossible
to a people feel that before them
is a cause worth dying for as well
as a cause worth living for. It is
when in well ordered, established
despotisms there is prosperity and
liai'piHcas niiu iuaui j ivi ■ >uu«
and miserable inadequacy for an
other, when inequality stares one
everywhere, enthusiasm can be
aroused for no purpose whatever,
except indeed for a bellyful.
We need but turn to history In
support of this. The mad period o.
the French revolution when Europe
in arms was met on the borders of
the young republic and hurled bach
bleeding from the territory of the
youthful giant just aware of the
strength of liberty, fraternity and
equality—above all industrial and
political equality—is not lost upon
Germany, now dealing with Rus
sia.
instead of hostilities are over
tures for peace; instead of bicker
ing and attacks are fraternizing be
tween the nations. And all that the
people may in no wise be alarmed
by the tremendous national force
of Germany standing to arms be
side it.
Office and Residence of J. F.
M'Allister, freighter and transfer,
Elite Baths.. Phone Red 157.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Nick Fredrickson, your heirs,
executors, assigns or personal re
presentatives:
You are hereby notified that 1
expended in labor and Improve
ments the sum ol one hundred (lot- i
lars each year for the vears of |
1915 and 191'J on the following j
claim: Nugget Group, 1st '
tier left limit Candle Creek, and No. |
1 Home Gulch, tributary of Candle |
creek and recorded and more fully j
described in the records of the Fair- I
haven mining and Recording Dis- |
trict. Second Division, Territory of 1
Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended under the provisions of the
law concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said claim.
You are hereby further notified,
that if within ninety (90) days
after the last publication of this no
tice you fail or refuse to contribute
your propertion of such expenditure
your interest in said claim wlil be
come the property of the under
signed, your co-owner, under the
provisions of Section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States.
JOHN A. MURPHY.
Co-Owner.
Date or first publ., April 13, 1917.
Date of last publ., July 13, 1917...
NOTICK OF FORFEITURE.
To W. A. Macomher and Harry
Hicks tlieir heirs and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended in labor and improvements, I
the sum of one hundred dollars I
($100.00) for each of the years ot
1914, 1915, 1916 as the annual
assessment work required by law
for the said years upon and for the
benefit and development of the as
sociation placer mining claim known
as the Jeannette, situated on Cuss
creek In the Cape Nome Mining and
Recording District, territory ot Al
aska and recorded in Vol. 194, page
213.
You and each ot you are further
notified that if you do not within
ninety days from the final publica
tion hereof cause to be paid to the
undersigned your proportionate
share of said expenditures, as co
owner, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the
undersigned under section 2324 ot
the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
CHAS D. JONES.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Feb. 16, 1917.
Date of last publ.. May 18, 1917.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Clias. T. Webb an<I Sidney
Mudget. your heirs, executors
assigns or personal representa
tives.
You a*d each of you are
hereby notified that the under
signed has expended . in la
bor and improvements the sum ot
one hundred dollars for 1916 on the
Myrtle Association, an association
placer mining claim situated on left
limit of Dry creek and recorded and
more fully described in the Re
cords of the Cape Nome Mining and
Recording district, Second Divison,
Territory of Alaska.
The above amount has been ex
pended in order to hold said claim
under the provisi ns of the law con
cerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount requited
to hold said claim.
And you and each of you
are further notified that
if within ninety days after the last
publication of this notice you fall
to contribute your proportion of
said expenditure, your interest in
said claim will become the proprety
of the undersigned your co-owner
under section 2324 Revised Statu
tes of the United States.
. ESKIMO GOLD DREDGING CO.
Co-Owner.
Date of first publ., Feb. 9, 1917.
Date of last publ., May 11, 1917.
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