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i*i:a< !•: tai,k.
N\'iiilo the nations are talking
peace and the newspapers are dis
cussing quite vainly the terms, the
war will probably wag on just the
same for another spell.
The reason for this is to be sought
in the causes of the war.
To admit that Germany’s dis
avowal of the rights of conquest
over the territory the Teutons have
gained since the war began is quite
generous, and that the failure of the
allies to accept such terms Is foolish
in the extreme, is merely to show
that no proper conception is held ot
the origin of this war. The great war
did not begin over territorial squab
bles. It had its origin rooted deep
in the commercial struggles of the
nations.
Everything else was only an indi
rect issue and an issue only as it
affected the ultimate question in
volved: commercial supremacy.
Consequently since Germany's com
mercial greatness is not at all af
fected, since financially and commer
cially that nation is in a position of
absolute solidity, the war however it
would end. can end at the present
time only with an absolute German
victory.
So it is that the Entente nations
appear to repudiate really generous
terms because those terms only in
volve the territorial conquest by tne
Central Powers.
The fortunes of this war are not
to be written on maps but in count
ing house ledgers.
The final settlement is to be made
on the profit or loss side of those
ledgers, and not in the annexation
or absorption of a geographical en
tity.
And because, although fighting
two years, the German industrial
and commercial position is infinitely
stronger than when the war began,
peace just now has little chance of
being regarded with favor by the
Entente.
We have become so accustomed to
wars as settled by the conquest ot
this or that territory, and always by
the territorial aggrandizement ot
the victor, that we cannot wean
ourselves from the notion that this
war is to be any different.
Hut this is the first great
war under the capitalist
economy, and it is to be finally set
tled by a regulation of the final flow
of profits to this or that nation, and
not the acquisition of territory by
any one of them.
Herman industrial and financial
organization is intact. The years
apt lit at war have been fruitful in
invention and in industrial progress
little short of wonderful. Low grade
tires are reduced at a profit; low
grade coal is compelled to surrender
beat, units, the highest grade has
heretofore hardly attained. Benzol
substitutes for gasoline have been
perfected beyond any combustion
perfection gasoline is capable. Syn
thetic glycerine, synthetc rubber
and synthetic fats in infinite variety
have become accomplished facts.
Textile experiments have been no
less successful and one trade journal
has a representative who visited
'Germany say that the achievements
in this line with substitutes for the
usual raw material are so incredible,
that he could not describe them be
cause his description would be de
rided as impossible.
German steel works have reached
a perfection in production and qual
ity of output, in labor saving ma
rhinery and efficiency that the total
product has, other things being the
same, more than trebled since the
war began.
German shipping is intact. The
German marine losses are relatively
negligible. Although the ships He
In friendly neutral ports or in the
home ports they are still instantly
available for German commerce
when the war ends.
There is no imaginable line In
j which the German supremacy is not
marked and indeed in many lines
wherein before the war German}
hardly excelled she is now because
j of the war's necessity become prac
tically invincible. Moreover the
commercial organization which has
ramified the world with its tentacles
has still its grasp on internation
al opportunity. The German busi
ness man, banker, trader, importer,
shipper, sees the realization of his
country's greatness in irade
expansion. To him the com
mercial supremacy of his
country is true patriotism and gen
uine kultur. His industrial and com
mercial loyalty surpasses belief, and
such a commercial heresy as another
nation producing just as good is im
possible with him. No other nation
involved in the war approaches this
degree of perfection. They all lag
behind, heavy losers commercially
or industrially by the war. It is
true that Great Britain has retained
a considerable portion of her trade,
that in many cases the war's neces
sities have enabled her to re-build
where before was ruin and depres
sion. But in the main having bo^n
able to depend upon outside help for
wares needed to prolong the war,
the vital necessity that was in Ger
many for national production exist
ed only recently in Great Britain.
Hence if peace arrived today while
Germany would be in a stronger,
more dictatorial and more powerful
position then ever, England would
be in a position of abject commerci
al, industrial and financial weak
ness.
Now Great Britain did not join
the war for territorial aggrandize
ment any more than she joined it
for the protection of Ireland *..id the
i smaller nations. The war '.is
brought on through commercial ti
valry and Great Britain jo'r.ett in
the hope that that progressive i va)
to her commercial supremacy con'd
I be laid low.
Aim oecause mis nas nui ueen ac
complished and because Germany is
now in a position absolutely domi
nating the commercial warld, peace
just now is quite impossible.
It Is true that to prolong the war
may even see Germany still more do
minating and Great Britain in a
still more humiliating commercial
I position. It is true that it is quite
l possible that in addition to commer
| cial prostration Great Britain by a
j continuance of the war may face ter
ritorial depletion also.
But is is evident that just now
peace would wholly redound to the
further greatness of Germany and
the humiliation of the entente, so
for that reason it is highly improb
able.
It is in reviewing the commercial
issues at stake that the real war si
tuation is at best appraised.
The war so far has not struck
the profiteers in Great Britain any
serious blow. The plutocratic inter
ests of France while more subdued
in their manner of life lest tpey ex
cite a populace easily moved by me
mories of a commune, are making
just as vast moneys as they have
ever done. The wealth and resources I
of Russia have been exploited since
1914 in a manner little short of in
credible, and these interests in these
three countries can afTord to reagrd
the continuance of the war with
sublime indifference.
It is upon the masses of the peo
ple the war’s hardship fall, whether
on the battlefields or in the work
shops. at home or abroad. When
stint begins it is the workers whp
are stinted and when suffering is
spread over the land, it is they are
agonized with enduring anguish.
The indifference of those who rule
to the sufferings of the masses is
historical,, and during this great war
it is sublimely historical.
The Russian view that the nation
al existence of the nations involved
in the war is the stake at this dread
ful game is without doubt true, if
we say it is the national financial,
the national commercial and the na
tional industrial existence. And just
as long as there are pawns to move
and kings on the board, regardiess
of the lost territory, it will be play
ed to the bitter end.
Under a feudal age, with the con
quest of this or that domain, with
the loss of this or that section, na
tional ambition was usually appeas
ed or frighted. But today it is no
such stake. Today it is commercial
supremacy and profits that are the
reward for the victors. So far that
has not been determined, and there
is still much to be decided before it
finally is.
Bankruptcy as far as any nation
is concerned will cut no figure in
this war. The costs to these nations
are such that they all are bankrupt.
The old idea that these wars would
end in a short time by reason of
financial ruin lias been exploded
completely. Bebel in a famous soci
alist congress opposing the French
proposal of a genral strike in the
event of war being forced upon the
nations, and which he bitterly and
fanatically attacked, declared that
such a war was impossible because
bankruptcy would face the nations
within a month.
So these huge debts which the
nations develop are nothing. It is
the easiest thing in the world to
mortgage future wealth production
and ways and means of such can al
ways be provided.
There remains the other possibili
ty and that is that the masses may
weary of this sickening war, always
a possibility. In that alone is the
hope of the peace talk. If there is
any possibility of another domestic
specter arising within the confines
of the nations in the form of a re
volt of the proletariat, peace will
come. The continuance of this war
will make the rulers turn affection
ately towards a peace wherein, as so
ironically expressed by an American
economist, the same causes which
forced the war in the interest of
social stability, may also force a
peace for the same reason. As
Vellen points out "If national am
bitions and warlike aims, achieve
ments, spectacles and discipline be
given a large place in the commun
ity's life, together with a concomi
tant coercive police surveillance,
then there is fair hope that the dis
integratng trend of the machine pro
cess may be corrected. The regime
of status, fealty, prerogative and ar
bitary command would guide the in
stitutional growth back into s^paic
conventional ways, and give the cul
tural strength something of the
secure dignity and stability which it
had before the times, not only of so
cialistic vapors, but of natural rights
as well. Then, too, the rest of the
spiritual furniture of the ancient re
gime shall presumably be reinstat
ed; material skepticism may yield
the ground to romantic philosophy,
and the populace and the scientists
alike may regain something of that
devoutness and faith in preternatur
al agencies which they have recently
been losing. As the discipline ot
prowess comes to its own, conviction
and contentment with whatever is
authentic may return to distracted
Christendom, and may once more
give a sacramental serenity to men’s
outlook on the present and the fu
ture.”
The Chicago’ professor's ironical
summary of correction for the trend
of the machine process would be
equally available for the nations as
a corrective for the same erosive ra
dicalism of a prolonged war pro
cess.
KEEP YOLK EYE OX THIS SPACE
“There’s no danger”, said the
doctor, “It's only a carbuncle com
ing on the back of your neck, but
you must keep your eye on it”.
6 in. Stove pipe 20c. joint, 5 In.
Stove pipe 3 for 50c. 6 in. Dampers
15c., 5 in. Dampers 10c. 5 and 6 in.
Elbows same price as last year. Do
you get that. This house has not
raised stove pipe of any description.
Cost us exactly the same outside this
fall as it did last. Four hole Ranch
Cook Stove No. 7 $14.00. No. 8
$18.00, 4 hole Range $27.50, West
ern 6 hole Steel Range $40.00. 10
in. Stilson wrench $1.00. We ad
vertise new goods only and no junk,
and do business with less expence
than any store in Nome (bar none).
• C. XV. LEWIS.
Delbars.
RELIABLE TAILOR SHOP.
Front St. 3 doors west of Alaska
Bank.
We do tLe beat
CLEANING
PRESSING
ALTERING &
REPAIRING
Ladies end Gentlemens Clothes.
WE CAN DO IT.
For Hr«t class work and pron pi
delivery pli >ne Main 1M and ths
People’s Steam Laundry »'UI e< U
and get your laundry.
W. J. WILLIAMSON Prop
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. REAM
THE WORKER.
PROFESSIONAL CARD.
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
Office & Residence:
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Office Hours: 2—5 and 7—8 p. m.
Phone Main 7.
John Hancock
NIGHT SCHOOL. 212 FRONT ST.
From 0:30 to 8:30 p. m.
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic,
also Art of Bookkeeping.
Terms reasonable.
! PRICES AGAIN REDUCED ON
FORD ADTDMORILES !
| Chassis price is now $ 325.00 j
| Runabout $ 345.00 1
| Touring $ 360.00 |
1 F. 0. R. DETROIT
I PLACE YOUR ORDER ROW j
I ALASKA LIGHTERAGE 5 Gil GO. j
MT. VERNON RANCH EGGS
50C PER DOZER
Have you tried our Mt. Vernon Ranch Eggs which we are sell
ing at 50c. per dozen? I£ not you have overlooked something.
These eggs will compare very favorably with eggs for which you
pay 75c. per dozen. Try them and save 25c per dozen. This is quite
an item. You know our reputation for having the best eggs.
And we are sincere in saying that this is the best value for the
money we have ever been able to offer.
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Kent Transfer Co.
General Transfer & Freighting
t*oa! & Qij^
Phone Main 139.
TRY
PHIL MURPHY
FOR LEATHER VESTS & COATS, THE LONG KIND OREGON
CITY MACKINAWS. HATS SHIRTS, PANTS, SHOES, UNDER.
WEAR, SWEATERS, FUR CAPS, MITTS, WOOL GLOVES,
PARKAS AND ROBES.
MURPHY HAS THE SOODS
Men’s Women’s Children’s
Since the opening of Navigation we have received 3270 pairs
of SHOES and RUBBER FOOTWEAR. Every boat brings more.
“There is a reason”. Our prices are right and our business has
been built by satisfactory service tjo our patrons.
P. A. PETERSON SHOE CO.
GIVEN AWAY FREE—FREE.
At HOLTS CASH STORE Xmas
week anil price cut Glass or Silver
ware. Value $5.00 with every $25.00
('ash Purchase.. No Lottery. You
win here.
Holiday Suggestions.
A nice Rug.$25.00
A Sleep well Mattress . . . . $17.50
A Phonograph.$22.50
A pair best Coil Springs . . . $1250
A pair Hard Wood Skies . . . $12.50
A nice Range.$30.00
1 Rablt Robe, large .. . . $20.00
1 Rablt Robe, small .. . . ’.. $8.50
Cut Glass.$2.50 to $15.00
Silverware.$1.00 to $5.00
Fancy Crockery and Glassware.
.TOYS, HOLLY XMAS CANDLES..
Anything & Everythng you can buy
AT HOLTS.
PLEASANT CARD SOCIAL.
The Miners Home Club held an
other very plesant card social last
night. The following were the
prize winners:
Among the ladies: Mrs. Lewis, 1st
Mrs. Modini 2nd, Mrs. Fred Stone,
3rd. Gents: Geo. S. Walker 1st,
Andrew Anderson 2nd and Louis
^ashenweng 3rd. 18 tables were set.
I Try our Mild Cured
* Hams and Bacon
Also our WILD ROSE LARD9 made
|w from the pure leaf fatf In 3, 5, 10 and
20 lbs. cans.
Independent Meat Market
W. H. Webb
TEL. MAIN 15
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