More Foreign Trade, More Home-Owned
[Ships, Better-Run Home Industry
By A. L. FERGUSON, U. S. Chamber of Commerce
^ Europe is clamoring for America’s aid in her rehabilitation, and until
her demands are satisfied we cannot look for lower prices in this country.
We—the chamber—are now going after foreign trade in earnest. We have
appointed a special merchant marine committee to see to it that German
liners are run to Davy Jones’ locker and that the Stars and Stripes wave
from the masts of the world’s merchant marine—likewise we are concern
* ing ourselves in the readjustment of public utilities—the street car, the
electric light situation and the railroads.
We are going to entertain the representatives of England, Belgium,
France and Italy here, and foreign trade questions will be thrashed out
with them. We want to see an American fleet on every side. Why, the
Pacific today is merely a Japanese lake! And as for the Atlantic, look
at the George Washington, the Martha Washington, the President Grant,
the President Lincoln, all German ships, so German that you’ve got to
^have an interpreter to get a stateroom.
That is the situation that the national chamber of commerce is out
to rectify—we want more foreign trade, more home-owned ships, better
run home industries.
There must be a feelmg of brotherhood between America and Great
Britain; among all the allies. Commercial leaders of England must come
here and our big business men must go there. In that way an understand
ing will be reached that will mean much for both nations. Peace has
brought its great problems of readjustment, and the situation must be met
by the nations for the good of the nations.
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Jr Representative Martin Dies of Texas—I wish the farmers of this
country and the taxpayers of our land might have a return of the old
Democratic and Republican theory that government is not created to sup
port the people, but that it is a creature to be supported by the people.
We are leading them to believe that th» government can support them and
lift them by their boot straps out of their financial difficulties when, as
honest men, we should say to them that all that the government can do
fes^to protect their life and their liberty and tax them to support the gov
ernment.
NEW STATES ARE
FACING DANGER
Conditions in Eastern Europe
Are Disturbing.
ALL ARE TORN BY INTRIGUE
United States Official Gives an Intl
4nate View of the Situation After
Careful Study—Struggle for Power
on Part of Cliques and Individual*
Sujfe to Bring Change—-Hungary
Will Starve This Winter.
An intimate view of conditions in
2astern Europe is given by an Amer
ican official just back from a tour
through Poland, Czechoslovakia and
Austria, and later a visit to the Hun
garian capital at Budapest. Ho says:
“It seems inevitable that changes
must occur in the governments of all
these new states of Europe. None of
them is stable. Everywhere is the in
trigue and struggle for power and
jpaee on the part of cliques and indi
viduals, and beneath is the unrest of
the masses. National independence
has not brought Utopia and constitu
tions do not furnish bread.
“In Poland a strong opposition to
Mr1. Paderewski has developed. Be*
Bid^fchthis Poland will suffer from
acu^ hunger this winter. Her people
are supporting an army out of all pro
portion to the population to guard her
frontiers, and any incident may bring
a clash with the Czechs or Germans.
The Teschen question is acute and
both countries are aflame. I doubt if
a plebiscite will settle it satisfactorily
or permanently.
“In Czechoslovakia there is strong
opposition to the present government,
ich lacks strength in its personnel.
The danger there lies, however, more
In the growing jealousy of the Slavs.
They have been very thoroughly sub
ordinated and resent the arrogant at
titude of the Bohemians proper. Again,
the drastic anti-German policy of the
government is a source of danger.
Czechoslovakia, in a physical sense, is
better off than any other country over
there. She has ample food and fuel
and is thus in a commanding position.
Her industries can resume with little
outside help. With a strong govern
ment^ that country should survive and
prosper. Her danger seems to lie in
probable racial antagonisms, with re
sulting political confusion.
“As for Hungary, few people here
believe it will survive as an independ
ent state. Eventual union with Rou
mania seems now inevitable, either
with its own king as vassal, or simply
as part of the empire.
“The Roumanians were quick to see
the powerlessness of the allies and
simply disregarded the communica
tions from Paris. The so-called inter
allied military mission, unbacked by
anything real, is a farce. The other
dayAa letter was sent to the Rouman
ian commander by this mission, writ
ten in English, and he handed it back
with the remark to communicate with
him in a language understood by civ
ilized people.”
Slur on Paris Conference.
Another Roumanian personage re
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marked that the Pans conference had
sent them a very impolite note, to
which they were forced to reply in
kind. These are merely illustrative of
the conditions there.
“Hungary will starve this winter. It
is beginning to starve now. The Rou
manians have stripped it utterly, from
seed wheat to the printing presses.
They control and censor the mails and
wires, and are in fact and deed con
querors.
“Among men with whom I talked in
Budapest there is a conviction that if
Hungary survives it will he only un
der a monarchy. The peasantry want
a king, and the old reactionary crowd
Is powerful, acute and busy.
“As for Austria, every province and
every district is a separate govern
ment by itself, acting independently
and often in defiance of the Vienna
government, which is actually con
trolled, as far as any control goes, by
these workmen and soldiers’ councils.
“There, too, the body of the people
seem to want a monarchy. They have
had enough of republicanism. Well
informed people say a coup d’etat is
Dot -impossible
“The Austrians are hopeless regard
ing their future, and see only a union
with Italy or Czechoslovakia if they
are to survive. The country is bank
rupt, stripped of its resources by the
peace settlement, and the people are
too worn out to fight. In spite of the
treaty there is a feeling that some way
will be tried to bring about union with
Germany.”
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
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SUMMONS
No. C-170
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Auralee
P. Pritchard, plaintiff, vs. Carl A.
Pritchard, defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to wit,
within thirty days after the 23d day
of January, 1920, to answer the com
plaint of the above-named plaintiff in
the above-entitled action, wherein
said plaintiff prays that she be given
an absolute decree of divorce from
you forever dissolving the bonds of
matrimony heretofore existing be
tween you and said plaintiff.
And unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will take judgment
against you for want thereof and will
apply to the court for the relief de
manded in her said complaint as here
inabove set out.
The date of the order for service
by publication herein is December 8,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein on said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is December 9, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
January 22, 1920. ,
Witness: The Honorable CHARLES
E. BUNNELL, Judge of the said
Court, and the seal of said Court,
on this 8th day of December, 1919.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER, Deputy.
R. H. L. Noa'kes, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
First publication, Dec. 9, 1919.
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JLriiSl puuncauuu, __
ORDINANCE NO. 68
Ann Ordinance amending Ordinance
5, entitled “An Ordinance to pro
vide for general and special elec
tions in the Town of Cordova ,in
the Territory of Alaska.”
Be it ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Cordova Terri
tory of Alaska.
Section 1. That section Five of Or
dinance No. 5 entitled “An ordi
nance to provide for general and
special municipal elections in the
Town of Cordova, Territory of Alas
ka”, is hereby amended and made
to read as follows: The qualifica
tions of a voter for members of the
school board for the Cordova school
district shall be as follows: All
adults, male and female who are
citizens of the United States, bona
fide residents of the Territory of
Alaska for one year or more and of
the town of Cordova for at least
six months immediately preceeding
the date of election.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This ordinance snail take ef
fect immediately upon its passage.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall be pub
lished for one week in the Cordova
Daily Times at Cordova, Alaska.
Passed and approved, December 15th,
1919.
SEAL A. J. ADAMS Mayor
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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