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NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (by mail).—
Disclosure of the German govern
ment’s terms of veiled annexation of
Russian provinces and the threatened
rupture of negotiations with the Bol
sheviki at Brest-Litovsk furnished the
principal topic of editorial discussion
in German newspapers of the early
icirt of January, which have been re
ceived here. The spirit which led to
the subsequent strike in protest
against the government and the Ger
man delegates at Brest-Litovsk already
was evident, the Socialists and labor
leaders declaiming vehemently against
the attitude of the German negotia
tors as calculated to prolong the war
and pointing out the farcicality of the
pretended acceptance of the term
"right of self-determination” as ap
plied to the border nationalities ol
Russia when the Russian negotiators
were required to accept as binding
and as a preliminary to all negotia
lions, votes of separation from Rus
sia by German-made bodies whose
right to speak for popular will was
highly questionable and whose de
cisions were not known even in Ger
many.
As to the competence of corpora
turns of German landlords in the Bal
tic provinces, whose resolutions favor
lng a German protectorate furnishet
the excuse for German demands a
Brest-Litovsk, to speak for the peoph
of the provinces, Hans Vorst, the Ber
line Tageblatt’s Russian expert, point
ed out that these represented only i
small minority of the population am
that the great bulk were undoubtedl;
against separation and in favor o
entering a Russian federative reput
lie.
Chancellor von Hertling’s avowal ii
the reiehstag main committee tha
Germany was standing in the negotit
tions at Brest-Litovsk upon its “pos
lion of might" was criticized by th
Socialists, who attempted to secure a
reaffirmation of the reichstag’s peace
resolution of July 19, in an endeavor
to pin the government down to an ac
tual basis of peace without annexa
tions.
Prince von Beulow, the stormy
petrel of German politics, appeared in
Berlin January 5, at the height of the
crisis over peace negotiations at Brest
Litovsk, but found Count von Hertling
seated most firmly in the chancellor
ship.
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PARIS, Feb. 4 (by mail).—Lieuten
ant Nungesser, who became the
French “ace of aces” after the death
of Captain Guynemer, has just
brought down his thirty-first enemy
machine. News of his latest exploit
is hailed with delight by the French
press because it comes after months
of comparative inactivity on his part
during which he has been recuperat
ing from the effects of serious injuries
received in an automobile accident.
Nungesser’s ability as an aviator,
coupled with his numerous injuries
, and remarkable recuperating powers,
is rapidly gaining for him the title of
“superman.” He has been repeatedly
injured since the beginning of the war
, and twice the French army physicians
I have classified him as “unfit for
' further service” but his robust consti
, tution and strong will power have en
abled him to overcome all obstacles
- and he has steadily found his way
- back to the escadrille.
! | During one of his periods of “cpn
‘! valesence” at Dunkirk he brought
‘ down nine enemy machines.
; —-*—
r E. J. White, well known Alaskar
f and editor of the Douglas Island News
- is slowly recovering from the effect)
! of the fall he suffered some time ago
i After a sheer drop of ten feet ht
t landed on the ice and boulders along
- the beach In front of his place.
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ROME, Eeb. IS (by mail).—A move
ment to improve censorship conditions
so that Italy may be better known to
her allies has been begun by l)r. Stuart
Galenga, chief of the Press Bureau,
under-secretary to Prime Minister Or
lando, and a member of parliament.
At a recent conference held to hear
the grievances of both Italian and for
eign newspaper men so as to improve
censorship conditions, English and
American correspondents pointed out
chat one of the chief objections was
>he slowness of the telegraphic and
mail services, particularly when any
news events of importance occurred.
The chief point made, as regards
the allies, was that it is to their mu
tual interest to let the people of the
respective nations know of the war ac.
tivities of each other and by telling
the truth to counteract the evil impres
sion made by the circulation of Aus
tro-German propaganda.
Anti-American propaganda In Italy
so far has been largely founded
on the argument that the war is en
riching the United States to the detri
ment of all the nations of Europe,
that the United States is going to
make only a “bluff” of carrying on the
war and risking the lives of her sol
diers. Such propaganda is supposed
to be of German origin. It has been
| found to take ready root in the ndnds
of pacifists and socialists who wRnt
to have the war ended at any cost and
who realize that without the help of
1 the United States the war might not
! be carried on so long and to a victori
ous conclusion.
A subtle means of conveying this
argument has been by the use of a
j moving picture film shown in Sicily
picturing Uncle Sam as a big, vulgar
millionaire raking in the gold of the
whole world.
Representative LaGuardiu, ot New
[York, has delivered several speeches
.1
ir Italy, speaking in the Italian lan
guage, explaining that a collection of
debts is about all the United States
will get out of the war and telling of
the sacrifices the American people are
making in the way of food and coal so
that her allies may have more of these
articles.
This “get-rich-quick argument,” how.
ever, was used very effeeti T >• against
the English previously to the entry of
the United States into the war.
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DANCE TO BE GIVEN FOR
BENEFIT OF RED CROSS
Everybody save your pennies
through the remainder of Lent. Come
out to the dance given at Eagles’ hall
Easter Monday, given by Star of the
East Auxiliary, for the benefit of the
Red Cross. Invite all your friends.
The Red Cross needs your money to
help the good cause. Everybody weT
come. MRS. SOPHIA SCOTT,
Secretary.
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REGISTRANTS
i Under jurisdiction of this local
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Failure to do so constitutes a mis
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I able rights and result in your im
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The process of examination and s<
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the posting of notice in the offices o
the local boards on Form 1002, an
by mailing a questionnaire (Forn
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within such posted notice, as provide
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either the local or district board i
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[ given by entering a minute or date c
j such action on the classification lis
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by mailing to the registrant, and i
some cases to other claimants,
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Whenever a duty is to be performe
or a period of time begins to run witl
in which any duty is to be performe
by any such registrant, or withi
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- or not a mailed notice or questionnaire
i is actually received by the registrant
. or other person.
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; any duty prescribed by the selective
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| ulations, at or within the time r
quired, is a misdemeanor punishab! -
. by imprisonment of one year, ana may
. result in loss of valuable rights and
> ^ immediate induction of such registrant
t into military service.
I Failure of the registrant or any
i other person concerned to claim and
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I day or within the time authorized by
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i son from thereafter claiming the same,
subject only to the privilege granted
f by these rules and regulations to ap
t ply for an extension of time.
I All registrants and other persons
-• are required and strictly enjoined to
i examine from time to time said no
i tice (Form 1002), so posted by the
local board, and the classification list
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o duty of every registrant concerning
j whom any notice is posted, but who *
for some reason has not received the
e questionnaire or notice, as the case
t may be, to apply to his local board
:i for a copy thereof. Failure to receive
a notice or questionnaire will not ex
cuse the regstrant from performing
o any duty within the time limit, nor
shall it be in itself ground for exten
t sion of time.
»- GEO. C. HAZELET.
o Member Local Boar» Mo. 11,
l' Cordova, Alaska
V Date. March 28, 1918.