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C()RD()VA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 11)18.
SLOW BUT SURE. |
Tf weather permits fighting
on the western front for a few
more weeks this winter, the
English and Frencli expect the
Germans to make their bitter
est offensive of the war.
English gains in the region
of Cambrai are being consoli
dated and strengthened to
withstand the fury of the Hun,!
who is now fighting with tin*
desperation of despair in
France and Belgium. Eng- ]
lish and French generals be-'
lieve that if the expected
German lunge can be warded
off, tin* Gormans will resume
their defensive campaign
which lias been followed in the
west sirme Verdun and will
merely attempt to ward off fin
al defeat until exhaustion
wearies the allies and leads
them to propose a peace.
While Germany has been
able to win victories here and
there, then* is little in the news
that can encourage the Hun.
Let the kaiser get what solace
he may from his campaigns in
Italy and the success of his di
plomacy in wrecking Russia.
This war is going to be de
cided in France and Belgium.
The allies already hold the;
upper hand on the field where
the issue is at stake. Tn the
spring mov than a million Am
erican soldiers will be in the
trenches there.
' With the allies having a pre
mmmjrnmona»meu apd_
munitions, and with the Ger
mans cut off from the seas, the
fall of the kaiser is as sure as
was the I’ltimate defeat of Na
poleon the Great.
I n<* (|f*TP*u ot nip Kaiser is ns
certain as tlio science of mathe
matics The Avar has resoh'ed
itsplf into a mathematical pro
position.
How monumental the defeat
of Gernfany is, is the only ques
tion.
It took the South 50 years
to veeovi r from the civil Avar.
Tf G“nm»nv fights to utter ex
haustion she may not recover
in a century. The loss in man
ooAver is something that cannot
he repaired in a few years.
That is a loss for generations
to mak<* irood.
Tf t k<* outlook sometimes
looks dark to you, just think
how it Avould appear if you
Aver<> » G-rman in the land of
the kaiser.
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ALL ALONE IN A CROWD.
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Recently there arrived in
New York City from the inter
ior of Alaska a little American
woman named Mrs. Ida Lilly,
Avho had gone to the gold coun
try a dozen years ago and who
had lived there most of the
time since in a iittle cabin, sev
eral Aveeks’ tra\rel by dog
sledge from the nearest sea
port. She was asked by a
ncAvspaper reporter Avhat her
first impressions of NeAv York
were, and she said: 1
“T have lived for months and
months in the winter-bound
camps of Alaska; once T spent
six weeks absolutely alone on
crowds go by. To a stranger
far from home and friends, far
from familiar environments
1
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a storm bound island off the
Alaskan coast and subsisted on
wliat game I could trap; I have
been snowed in when the snow
was sixty feet deep and I had
to dig my way out with a
shovel, hut I have never been
as lonesome in my life as in
New York City. This is the
lonesomest spot on earth to
me. ’ ’ !
It might strike a person as
amusing that anyone would
use the word “lonesome” to
describe such a place as New
York City, hut to anyone avIio
has lived much in isolated re
gions it is well known that lof
ty mountains, deep clear riv
ers, great forest trees, moss
covered rocks and, doubtless,
too, the great wastes of a snow
and ice-hillocks of the far
north, take on a companionship
which is sorely missed at the
parting.
And it is true, too, that there
is no lonelier feeling in all the
wide world than to be set down
in a great city without know
ing a single soul and watch the
and customary scenes, the
feeling of utter desolation that
can come when the first elec
tric lights of a strange city be
gin to glimmer, is past descrip.'
tion and can only be realized
by experience.
There is nothing colder than
a cold heart and there is no
greater loneliness in the world
than for a person accustomed
to solitude and isolation to be
hurriedly swept along in a
■crowd of a’citystreets.— &an
Antonio, Texas, Light.
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FORGET IT
The Daily Times is in receipt’
of a communication from our,
former townsman, R. F Heg-j
ner, of Selclovia, acting secre-j
tary of the Socialist party in
Alaska, which we do not feel
justified in publishing. After
outlining what Mr. Hegnerj
considers the duty of a news
paper h<* reviews and com-i
ments on a case recently tried j
in the federal courts of tlie
States and as a bit of “current,
history” he thinks it \> mid
prove of unusual interest to!
many of our readers. Thai
may be true, but we doubt it.j
In any event the Times does;
not propose to allow the use of
its columns for the agitation
of any subject that may have a
tendency to create opposition
to or in any way hamper the
war program of the govern
ment. This is no time for the
raising of any “issues” and
the sooner the general public
understands this the better it
will be for those who want to
put their personal opinions in
opposition to the policy as
formulated and being carried
out by the officials at our na
tional capital. Forget all your
imaginary grievances and
jump into the band wagon of
loyal American patriotism.
Gov. Strong is going to slip
up on one important suspen
sion if he does not make a de
cision, suspending the eight
hour law, the nefarious act
which was passed by the last
legislature without due consid
eration to the present times in
Alaska.--—Seward Gateway. j
SALOON SUBSTITUTE.
Various communities that
are facing the prohibition is
sue are worrying about what
is to take the place of the
saloon, once it is abolished.
Coffee houses and reading
rooms are the popular sugges
tions—some place where men
can go and read quietly, and
procure a cup of coffee. Vari
ous committees are struggling
with the problem, and they will
probably continue to deliberate
until some fellow who knows
the game rents a two or three
acre basement and stacks it
full of billiard and pool tables,
card tables, lunch counters and
files of the daily newspapers.
Then the estwhile convival citi
zens will flock in lik^Minnor
time-on-the-farm and wedge it
full of people.
Any old Bar Fly would look
at this layout of seething hu
manity and feel perfectly at
home. Tt is surprising how
much chatter an debullience
arises from a bone-drv menu,
if patrons be suppliedwith the
popular instruments of recrea
tion.
Tf there are any civic com
mittees losing time ffl debate
as to the proper saloon substi
tute lot them arise and depart.
The substitute will show up
promptly when needed, and it
will take care of itself.—Seat
tle Post-Tntelligencer.
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