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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 191
WHAT GERMAN VICTORY WOUL
MEAN.
A German victory—or an incoi
elusive peace—would mean the ultin
ate realization of the German idea tha
Germany for the good of the worl
must rule the world. This has bee
taught in her universities as philosc
phy and in her pulpits as religioi
T'he German nation unquestionabl
accepts it and intends to force th'
rest of the world to accept it. Thi
they call "Kultur” which they clair
is “above morality, reason, an
science.”
Kulture teaches that there is onl;
•one sort of right—that of the stronger
It rtnioo crvA/.l^.ir, --l'_Ui.
that in the relations of nations wit
one another there can be no sue
thing as truth or honor. Frederic
the Great taught that the Germar
must make it their “study to deceiv
others in order to get the better c
them.’’ Frederick William IV, sevent
years ago said that all written coi
stitutions were only “scraps of paper,
and Bethmann-Hollweg in 1914 refei
red to The Hague Convention in th
same identical words. The “scrap o
paper” idea is an oid one in Germai
diplomacy.
The Germans believe themselves t*
be a nation of supermen and the kaise
the war-partner—not of the God Hu
manity—but the “guter alte Gott” o
the Pagan North—the war god—wh<
Tevels in the shrieks of women anc
the torture of children, in bloodshec
and cruelty. “I am his sword, hi;
agent!” declares William Hohenzol
lern. “Let all the enemies of th(
German people perish! God demand;
their destruction—God, who by mouth
bids you do his will!*'
To accomplish this “divine” will the
(Germans believe that any means art
justifiable—the mowing down crowd;
of helpless civilians with machine
'guns,- i-he cutting off of the breasts
-of women, Vftn battering ill of th<
skulls of the WCtiiifled With rifle butts
“Ee as terrible as Attila’S linns!” or
dered the kaiser. “It is better to lei
a hundred- women belonging to the en
<emy die of hunger than to let a single
German soldier suffer.” “All prison
ers are to be put to death,” orderec
General Stenger, in Belgium. A Bav
arian private writes “during the battle
of Budonw-iller I did away with foui
women and seven young girls in five
minutes. The captain had told me t(
shoot these French sows, but I prefer
red to run my bayonet through them ’
This is the concrete result of wha
the Germans call “The Religion o
Valor” and “The Gospel of Hate.
Says one of their spokesmen: “Mus
Kultur build its cathedrals on hill
of corpses, seas of tears and the deatl
rattle of the vanquished? Yet, it must.
If Germany wins the war the Unite*
States will either be paying tribute t*
the kaiser or German soldiers will be
bayonetting American girls and wo
men rather than take the trouble to
shoot them.
If Germany wins, all our ideals of
truth, justice and humanity—which we
kail Christian—will be trodden down
Into bloody mire under the iron heel
of the kaiser’s armies, and the com
ing generation will be taught that
there is no God but the merciless God
of Battle who speaks through Ger
many’s treacherous tongue and by her
brutal sword.
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ANCIENT PRUSSIAN PRECEPTS.
There is no question but that much
of the mendacity and militancy evi
denced by the kaiser and his war lords
is traceable directly to the teachings
of Frederick the Great. “Old Fritz’
bad some original ideas about the busi
ness of being a king, and his chie:
hobby seems to have been that of in
structing his nephew, Frederick Will
iam II, in the art of reigning. Th<
present emperor learned his le-s-om
second-hand, but so thoroughly tha
he seems to be the very personifies
tion of the precepts laid down by hii
famous ancestor. It is interesting t<
note how closely the Prussia of toda;
conforms to the ideal state “Old Fritz
had in his mind’s eye. In the follow
fng precepts, he sowed the wind am
I the kaiser and his people are no
* reaping the whirwind:
•- "Religion is absolutely necessary t
a state,." Frederick the Great assure
his nephew, "but it would not be ver
0 wise in a king to have any religio
himself." How about the kaiser's pri
q fessed partnership with God, and ha
- any one ever committed such profai
ity against his Maker as the arch pr
_itender?
3 j “Should it be necessary to make
y j treaty with other pow'ers, if we remen
f her that we are Christians, we ai
undone; all would be Christianity, an
I their avowed determination to rid
L1 roughshod over w’ith us." This, (
i course, accounts for the kaiser’s u
" i ter disregard for the sacred oblig;
tions involved in international agre^
= • jnenls, and the termining of treatit
^ as mere “scraps of paper.”
“As to war, it is a trade in whic
the least scruple would spoil ever;
thing.” It is significant to note thr
Old Fritz defines war as a trade. Thl
t j prospect also, would seem to accour
jjfor the brutal attributes of the Prm
j 1 sians, their outrages against civilizi
tion and all peoples that stand in thei
way of world dominion.
, “Never be ashamed of making all
, ances, and of being yourself the onl
j1 party that draws advantages fror
, | them. Do not commit that stupid faul
11 of not abandoning them whenever i
I is your interest to do so.” No wot
r' der the President refuses to conside
j peace proposals so long as the discipl
_lof such a doctrine is tn he a nuf*" I
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h i the negotiations.
h| “Make boldly your approaches t
^ i crimes.” The kaiser evidently swa!
s I lowed this particular precept, hook
e line and sinker; and how Old Frit
f. would applaud, if it were given to hin
y j to see his work bear fruit, as thi
I Bloody Butcher of 1917 boldly ap
proaches his countless crimes.
■. i “It is good policy to be perfectly per
3 suaded that we have a right to every
f thing that suits us.” That more ade
, quately expresses the basic policy oi
i the Prussian people today than all the
>' volumes that have been penned by the
. Present day writers. The kaiser and
. his associates firmly believe that they
f have a right to everything that suits
i them, and therein lies the chief cause
} of the awful conflict. Nor will the war
[ have served its purpose until this false
t belief is bumped out of the heads of
. this arrogant people.
, Then Old Fritz goes on to tell his
. favorite nephew that “when Prussia
shall have made her fortune, it will
be time enough to gjve herself an air
, of fidelity to engagements; an air
which, at the most, becomes none but
1 great states or little sovereigns.” This
unusual prediction is now being real
ized in Prussia; fidelity to engage
■ ments has become an all-absorbing is
I sue to the decendants of Frederick the
I Great, but in an opposite manner to that
I he anticipated. When one reflects
; upon such precepts as these, it is not
in the least difficult to appreciate how
f a people who have practiced them
should have become morally bankrupt.
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WOULD BUILD MANY ROADS.
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| i When the United States built the
Panama Canal it was regarded as a
.1 wonderful achievement.
Enough money and work is being
' expended daily by this nation in this
,1 country to build the Panama Canal in
. two weeks' time.
’ After the war ends, why would il
t not be a good plan to act as though il
, j lasted two months longer and expend
j: all the work and gold that is now goinj
} i into the war toward building country
roaas in me nauuu:
That would be a constructive work
and its effect on agriculture and coun
try life cannot be calculated.
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Only in cartoons does the crown stay
in position when the monarch has
been turned upside down.
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But wouldn’t your governmental red
tape make fine defensive entangle
ments if it could be placed about the
front line trenches?
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We might imitate Russia, which
formed the famous Battalion of Death,
and send to the front a regiment of
ladies recently acquitted of shooting
their husbands.
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As long as this war lasts fewer men
are going to shine in society than at
the elbows.
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Just as well to bear in mind that
the Bolsheviki lack numerous re
marks of being a closed incident.
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These are Indeed dark hours for the
, world, but let us not forget our most
i familiar proverb.
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’ Spring styles are here, which only
• prolongs the winter of mere man’s
l discontent.
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;! FQRPASTYEAR
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J The grand total value of Alaska's
e trade for the year 1917 reached the
'fjSum of $141,125,452, as shown in the
t-j annual report of the United States
i . Customs Service, treasury department,
-■ j released for publication recently,
s Merchandise shipped from Alaska
I shows a gain of $21,000,000 over the
h previous year. The preface of the re
'■' port says:
t The progress and development of
m Alaska as indicated herein, though
t substantial, is not as great as antic-,
>- lpated at the beginning of the year,
i- Under normal conditions, this report
r has been considered a fair basis for
determining such results. The unusual
1- situation due to the world conflict,
r and more particularly since the ac
1 tive entry of our country therein, has
t so affected affairs generally as to un
t balance production and commerce
Separating the products oc the ter
r ritory into two general classes, land
5 and sea, it will be noted that last
t i ItAds iFin unVm lanrl tm»A*4 . ■ y> *., y,«. •
seeded those of the sea by nearly
3 $13,000,Wo, while in the present year
- the sea products wvere nearly $3,000,
, 000 more than those' of the land, Ab
' normally increased prices of copper
i brought this about in the previous
s years and the same cause applied to
fish products in the present year,
reversing the position of the classes.
Placer Retarded
The retarded exploitation of the na
tural resources, the depleted placer
deposits, and the large withdrawals of (
labor from our industries to more lu
crative employment in the States, have
been the means of decreasing the
volume of production.
The price of merchandise shipped
to the territory has been greatly en
hanced compared with the volume.
Thus the $21,000,0*M) gain in commerce
value of this year over last has been
due to price rather than volume.”
Some Comparisons
The value of imports foi tb^Vear
reached $44,431,600, as compare* with
$35,314,993 for the preceding year, be
ing $39,838,168 for merchandise from
the United States; $l,196tl95 for mer
chandise from foreign ports, and $2,
397,431,600 for gold and silver from
foreign ports.
The exports reached $96 693,862, as I
compared with $84,622,450 for 19’6, t
divided as follows; Merchandise to the •
United States, $76,651,968; merchan
dise and gold to foreign ports, $3,093,
690; domestic gold and silver to the
United States, $14,939,440; foreign
gold and silver to the United States,
$2,008,864.
Railroad a Factor.
Again the report says:
“The value of shipments received
by the government railroad this year
is $2,797,819.00 and its outward mer
chandise is $33,004.00. Include these
items in the foregoing table and the
total commerce will be $143,956,285.
“Owing to the near conformity of
the judicial with the geographical di
visions of the territory and consider
ing that the former are more definitely
described and fixed in the public mind,
it has been deemed advisable to sub
divide the shipments from the United
States accordingly. Tins has been done
in the tables for the present as well
is the previous years.
“New features in the following ta
ble are tonnage quantities of several
items (the pound units of antimony,
copper, lead and tin indicate the metal
contents), dried and pickled fish, can
ned herring and clams, shrimps, tur
nips and reindeer meat.
"Important gains will be noted in
many products, largely due to condi
tions heretofore stated. Losses in
copper production were occasioned
by labor troubles in the principal dis
tricts, and in gold by the greatly cur
tailed output due to insufficient labor
and other causes. Returns of furs
from the Pribiloff Islands and mail
shipments of the same not having been
received, account for the discrepancy
of that item.
“In order to arrive at the full value
of fish products the following exports,
foreign, should be added to the
amounts shown:
About Fish Products.
Salmon, fresh.3 21,339
Halibut, fresh . 304,734
Cod, fresh . 7,653
Herring, salt . 43,781
Salmon, canned . 733,77
Total .11,111,284
“This sum taken with the total of
domestic exports makes the grand to
tal value of shipments from Alaska
$92,702,692, an increaa over last, year
of nearly $13,000,000.
Passenger Taffic
The number of pasengers arriving
for the year at Soutbastern Alaska,
Western Alaska and Nome and St.
Michael, is 27,030, andvia Eagle, 759;
the departure from th former places
reached a total of 3,259 and from
Eagle via Dawson, 674
The value of merchndise shipped
from the First divisio reached $14.
094,469, with $3,328,74 from Juneau
and Thane; $350,975 frcO Douglas and
$517,783 from Treadwe.
Value By Divriona
The value of merchodise Imports
shows the following;
First division .$14,049,469
Second division . 1,992,633
Third division . 19,234,642
Fourth division . 4,661,525
Total .$39,838,168
Value of gold and silver exports by
division:
First division .$ 4,592,716
second division . 2,573,186
Third division . 1,321,381
Fourth division . 6,452,157
Total .$14,939,440
Merchandise exported is:
First division.$25,885,753
Second division. 702,118
Second division. 2,573,186
Fourth division . 631,814
Total .$76,661,968
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NOTICE.
Owing to the danger from trains and
teams skiing and coasting is prohibit
ed on all streets west of the east mar
gin line of First avenue.
J. J. MURRAY,
Chief of Police.
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The Overland hotel, at Chitlna,
which is conducted by Fred Handy,
has been thoroughly renovated and la
popular among the traveling public.
When in Chitina stop at the Overland.
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