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H. G. 8TEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA. ALASKA, FRIDAY, .TUNE 29, 1917.
ENGLAND’S EMISSARY
The fact that the British war cabinet has detailed Lord
Northcliffe to act as its special representative in the United
States is moat gratifying. The able Briton is splendidly equip
ped in temperament and training for the difficult position, lie
will bring a wealth of energy, enthusiasm and first-hand ex
perience to the work that will engage his attention. We can
think of no other man in all the empire so abundantly endowed
with the unique qualifications essential to the success of this
extraordinary mission.
Northcliffe is considerably more than an able editor. He ]
has tin* unusual gift of coining his ideas into action and has
shown consummate skill in the shaping of governmental poli
cies. He has the faculty of dreaming big enterprises, the dar
ing to undertake them and the driving power to put them into
practical operation. No man in England—not even the prime
minister himself—stands out in such bold relief today, or exer
cises the same degree of personal power over the public mind
in that country. He appeals to the popular imagination in all
that he advocates. It took hard hammering to shatter the tra
ditions which shackled the people to a state of indifference and
inertia at the outset of the war, and to awaken the lethargic
English mind to a full appreciation of the danger which threat
ened the very existence of the empire. But his clarion call to
his fellow countrymen for a competent administration of the
nation’s affairs was in the end irresistible. In swift succession,
Kitchener toppled from his all-powerful position, the Asquith
regime came to an end, and Lloyd George ascended to the su
preme control of the realm. Now England is prosecuting the war
in accordance with the Northcliffe program and she is making]
satisfactory headway.
In many respects Lord Northciitre reminds one of Roose
velt. Both are courageous in their convictions and stop at no
barriers to further a chosen cause. Moreover, both had the tem
erity to twist the British lion’s tail, a feat seldom ventured and I
less often successfully executed. But just as Roosevelt dared
to raise in Guildhall and challenge the colonial policies of Great
Britain, so we look to see Northcliffe call America to an ac
counting should just criticism he due. The strenuous Britisher
wants to win the war. He has his own fixed ideas about how
this should be accomplished and he will move heaven and earth
to impress them upon our people. It is still purely a matter of
speculation how he will proceed, but it goes without saying that
he will come here stripped for action.
The English emissary is essentially a man after America’s
own heart. He knows this country and can talk to- the citizens
in their own terms. They know him and believe in him, and the
probabilities are that they will soon be working hand in hand.
America has need of a fiery evangel at the present hour, a man
who can stir them into action. Northcliffe forced every Eng
lishman to do his duty and it may be that he is is the man whom
destiny has set apart to accomplish similar results in this coun
try. We suspect that much of his time will be occupied in con
sultation over the technical problems of the war, but we should
like to see him join with Roosevelt in a speaking
campaign throughout the nation. Who like these two cham
pions of world democracy could make such a striking appeal to
Americans today, or fire their souls to the fighting pitch ?
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IS IT “TOO LATE?”
When Herbert Hoover speaks his mind on the food situa
tion, it behooves thinking citizens to mark his words. A few
weeks ago we were assured by him that the cry of food famine
was a false alarm and that this country would be able to supply '
its own needs and provide a substantial surplus for the allies.
That was most comforting, but his more recent utterances have
had a disquieting effect.
Speaking to a delegation of congressmen the other day, Mr.
Hoover frankly stated that “throughout the last three years
two words have been written over the pages of English history:
‘Too Late.’ ” Then he went on to say that “unless the Lever
bill is passed immediately, before the grain is harvested, ‘Too
Late’ will be written in our own history.’’
The significance of this admonishment cannot be overesti
mated. The food expert evidently knows what he is talking
about, but he does not go into detailed explanation of his views.
And so the whole question is open to speculation again. What
does Mr. Hoover mean by “Too Late?’’ Why is it that the ad- i
ministration’s food control measure must pass “before the
grain is harvested?’’ Is it possible that our allies across the
water are so close to starvation that it has become imperative
for this government to wrest the control of the crops from the
food speculators at harvest time, in order that there may be 1
sufficient foodstuffs to sustain the armies in the field?
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THE CALL OF THE OUNS
It is conservatively estimated that the British alone have
fired 200,000 tons of ammunition at the enemy on the west
front during the past six weeks. The immensity of this cannon
ading may be better appreciated when one reflects that the of
ficial estimate of the ammunition hurled by both armies at
Gettysburg only totaled 569 tons. This includes the missiles I
shot from Lee’s combined battery of 150 guns on Seminary <
Ridge at Meade’s center on Cemetery Ridge, which was univer
sally admitted to be the most terrific bombardment of the Civil
war.
The comparison shows that the British in this short space
of time have used 350 times as much ammunition as was fired
on both sides in the decisive battle of the Rebellion. In other
words, this amount would have been sufficient to sustain the
heavy cannonading at Gettysburg without interruption for a
period of three years. This is the character of the conflict now
raging in France, and we wonder whether the American con
tingent will be supplied with a complement of big guns and
• ammunition of sufficient proportions to meet the enemy man
to man on even terms. It is to be hoped, at leapt, that the wnr
department is not making the mistake of figuring on the basis
of 1863 instead of 1917 in the matter of providing guns and am
munition for the new army.
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Mining Engineer,
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BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and 8URGEON
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Alaskan Hotel
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PHY8ICAN AND SURGEON.
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DENTAL OFFICES
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OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
Room 10, O'Brien & Simpson Bldg
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
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> VALDEZ . ALASKA
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ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova. Valdez, Seward
June 19 . NORTHWESTERN.June 24
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Sail from Cordova seven days later.
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without notice.
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or freight will not Le received at the dock later than one hour befor,
sailing time.
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