COUNT CZERNIN
WAS PROPHET
WITH INSIGHT
BERLIN, Aug. 9 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—Count Ottokai
Von chudenitz Czernin, formerly Aus
trian foreign minister, is shown as a
prophet who foreshadowed coming
events and the collapse of-the cen
tral powers with almost uncanny cor
rectness, according to his now famous
letter to the Emperor Charles, writ
ten early in April, 1917, in which he
urged that monarch to “make peace
at all hazards or suffer the loss of
your throne.”
Parts of the text of Count Czernin’s
historic missive have been published
but the complete text, as presented
to the Assembly at Weimar by Fi
nance Minister Erzberger, has now
appeared for the first time in the
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the of
ficial German organ.
It shows, among other things, that
Czernin, alone of all Austrian states
men, prophesied the entrance, two
years before, of Rumania into the
war on the side of the Allies and pre
dicted “almost the day of its out
break.” The letter also said the
Count “expected” immediate French,
British and Italian offensives and his
forecast was borne out by what hap
pened. Within a fortnight after the
note to the ruler had been drafted,
on April 1, 1917, the French began
the great Soissons-Rheims drive
along a twenty-five-mile front and the
British had started the battle of Ar
ras on a front extending to Lens.
The Italians, a fewr weeks later,
plunged across the Isonyo in the Carso
sector for a distance of thirty-seven
miles, crushing the Austrians in their
mad rush.
In view of the reverses to the
armies of the central powers and on
the eve of America’s entry into the
Avar, Czernin urged the Emperor to
“make another detailed peace pro
posal and not be afraid to make great
sacrifices.” Russia, he thought, had
lost its offensive poAver but the Eagle
of the West, he feared, might prove
a stronger adversary than the pros
trate boar.
“In Germany great hope is laid in
the submarine warfare,” he wrote.
“I hold this attitude is deceptive. I
do not for an instant deny the fabu
lous results of the German heroes of
the sea. I admit admiringly that the
monthly total of sunken tons is some
thing akin to fable, but I go on record
as declaring that the result expected
and predicted by the Germans Avill
not follow.” It must be remembered
at this time that German U-boats
Avere at the height of their depreda
tions on the sea. On October 28,
1918, the German admiralty admitted
the failure of the submarine warfare
by recalling all the “tigers of the
deep” to Kiel and Wilhelmshaven.
“I hope that the thought, unfortu
nately incorrect, that England could
be compelled within a few months to
make peace, Avill lose ground in Ber
lin.” wrote Count Czernin. “Nothing
is more dangerous than to believe
those things one Avants to believe,
nothing is more fatal than not Avant
ing to see the principle of truth, and
to succumb to utopian illusions from
which sooner or later there must
come a fearful aAvakening.”
MEXICAN JOAN OF ARC
PLACED UNDER ARREST
AS COMMON PLOTTER
JUAREZ, Mexico, Aug. 20 (by mail)
—Senora Carmen Alanis, arrested in
Chihuahua City with her husband and
charged with having been implicated
in the mutiny there, became famous
here in the winter of 1912 when she
galloped into the plaza one night
after Orozco had abandoned the
town, took possession of the military
headquarters and reigned supreme
until next day when she rode away to
join her husband after several per
sons had been shot and killed. She
was known locally as the Mexican
“Joan of Arc.”
Details of the attempted coup de
main by which Villa was to obtain
control of the Chihuahua garrison
and city, continue to be revealed. The
plot as originally formed, wras to
have the federal artillery officers and
enlisted men revolt,. man the guns
on Sierra Santa Rosa, bombard the
town and be joined by the infantry
and cavalry included in the mutiny.
All the plans had been carefully
made for this to take place at dawn
on August 7, i ■ < .
AH the gates of the city were
closed and a hunt was started
through the city under pretense of
looking for Villa spies. The leaders
were soon arrested and many val
uable papers captured. Additional
arrests followed, all trains wer^ can
celed and the mails held up.
The mutiny plot was said to have
had ramifications in the states of Coa
huila, Tamaulipas, Neuvo Leon and
Durango, as shown by the captured
files of the conspirators. No other
revolt plots were discovered in the
garrisons of these states, it was an
nounced.
! BIRMINGHAM WILL DO
HONOR TO JAMES WATTS
BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 12
(by mail).—Tribute to the genius of
James Watt, “dean of British inven
tors,” for his services in improving
the modern steam engine, will be
paid at Birmingham when, on Sep
tember 16, 17 and 18, the centenary
of his death will be commemorated.
A garden party at Heathfield hall,
Watt’s old home near Birmingham,
and visits to several of the original
engines built by Watt, which will be
under steam for the first time in
years, will be features of the cele
bration.
An effort is being made to found
at Birmingham an international per
manent memorial to Watts’ achieve
ments with the intention of “making
Birmingham to engineers of the
world what Stratford-on-Avon is to
lovers of Shakespeare and Mecca to
the followers of Mahomet.” Two
Birmingham manufacturing firms
have subscribed $5,000 each to this
permanent memorial fund.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
CITATION
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division,
Valdez Precinct, at Valdez. In the
matter of the estate of Robert D.
Gray, deceased.
The President of the United States,
to L. T. Gray, and all other persons
interested in the above-entitled
estate, Greeting:
Notice is hereby given that James
Smith, executor of above estate, has
filed a petition in the above-named
court, alleging that said estate is in
solvent, and asking for an order di
recting the sale of the property of
the estate, and that a hearing will be
given on said petition on the 22d day
of October, 1919, by the Judge of the
above-named court, at his office in
Valdez, Alaska, at 10 o’clock of the
forenoon of said day, and at said
time and place all persons having ob
jections to the granting of said peti
tion will appear and file their objec
tions thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and official seal this
21st day of August, 1919.
GEORGE J. LOVE.
U. S. Commissioner and ex
officio Probate Judge.
First publication August 28, 1919.
Last publication September 15, 1119
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
-«
In the Commissioners Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Cordova Pre
cinct, before R. H. Noaks, United
States Commissioner and Ex-officio
Probate Judge, in the matter of
the estate of of Mathew Pedrodas
kalakis, known in Alaska, and here
inafter referred to as Mike Paros.
No. 130.
The undersigned hereby gives no
tice that he has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Mike
Paros, deceased, and that all persons
having claims against said estate are
requested to present the same with
the proper vouchers within six
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
months from the date hereof, to the
undersigned administrator, at his
office in Cordova, Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 20th
day of August, A. D. 1919.
B. O. GRAHAM,
Administrator of the Estate of Mike
Paros, deceased.
Date of first publication, Aug. 20,1919.
Date of last publication, Sept. 17,1919
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner's
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Kayak Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of James
Warddell, deceased. .
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned was duly and regularly ap
pointed by the probate court of the
Kayak precinct, territory of Alaska,
on the 4th day of August, 1919, ad- |
ministrator of the estate of James i
Warddell, deceased. Notice is hereby
given to the creditors of and all per
sons having claims against the said
deceased to exhibit them, with the :
necessary vouchers, within six months !
after the first publication of this no
tice, to said administrator at his resi
dence or place of business in the town j
of Katalla. territory of Alaska, the
same being the place for the transac- i
t.ion of business of said estate in the
territory of Alaska.
Dated at Katalla. Alaska, this 4th
day of August, 1919.
W. H. DUGDELL.
Administrator of the Estate of James
Warddell. deceased.
Date of first publication Aug. 6, 1919. '
Date of last publication Sept. 4. 1919.
Donohoe & Dimond, attorneys for
the administrator.
NOTICE TO CREEDITORS
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Court in and for Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.—In Probate.— i
In the matter of the Estate of Ver
mund Martin Olson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of
Vermund Martin Olson, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons hav
ing claims against the said deceased,;
to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of
Prank H. Foster, attorney at law, Cor
lova, Alaska, the same being the place
'or the transaction of the business of
said estate. E. P. ZIEGLER,
Administrator.
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