JAPAN CLAIMS
IT IS ON SIDE
OF JUSTICE
TOKIO, July 14 (by Associated
Press).—Japan occupied at the peace
conference a special position—she was
disinterested in the problems which
concerned the Occident, but greatly
interested in the questions bound up
with the far East. So Takashi Hara,
the prime minister, has told the edi
tor of a French magazine published at
Tokio. The premier said:
“Japan went to the peace confer
ence with the desire to take an active
part in its work and to participate in
all questions that might arise. Why?
Because Japan is sincerely attached
to the cause of right and justice. She
has proved it by closely co-operating
with the allies and by subscribing
without reserve to the fourteen propo
sitions of President Wilson; she never
hesitated to join with the promoters
of the League of Nations.
“Like the French, English and Amer
ican peoples, we wish a permanent
peace, better and more open relations
between nations, a happier humanity.
And we believe we are in a good posi
tion to judge things from the point of
view of justice and right because we
had fewer interests under discussion
than Europe and the United States.
Our attitude is impartial and our dele
gates at Paris showed the good faith,
sincerity and openness of our politics.
“However, violent criticisms have
been addressed to us. Japan has been
represented as an ambitious, war-lov
ing, aggressive nation. The preced
ing cabinet suffered the same accu
sations, which were not merited. I
can assure you my government is do
ing its best not to cause discontent;
to disregard proceedings which might
be thought to bear a reprehensive
character. The peace conference has
given us an occasion to shusv we were
not guilty of what had been reproached
to us.”
AMERICAN STEEL IS
UNDERSELLING BRITISH
PRODUCT IN ENGLAND
LONDON, July 14 (by Associated
Press).—Sir Auckland Geddes, presi
dent of the Board of Trade, said in
the house of commons the other day
that American steel manufacturers
were quoting prices for steel in the
United Kingdom lower than those
quoted by British manufacturers.
Nevertheless, he said, the government
was not prepared to restrict the im
portation of iron and steel, because
of the demand for it in Great Britain.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir F. Hall de
clared that the American steel manu
facturers were underselling British
steel in English markets by 90 shil
lings a ton and upward. He asked Sir
Auckland if the government was go
ing to do anything to protect British
steel manufacturers from this Ameri
can competition. This evoked the re
ply that the government intended to
impose no restrictions at present.
“There is a very great demand for
iron and steel in this country at pres
ent, and our producers are not able to
meet it,” said Sir Auckland Geddes.
ATTYGENERAL
MURPHY ON
WAY JUNEAU
Hon. Jeremiah C. Murphy of Anchor
age, who was recently appointed attor
ney general for the territory of Alaska,
was in town yesterday on his way to
Juneau to assume his new duties. His
appointment has met with general
approval, judging from the following
editorial from the Anchorage Times:
“The new attorney general is an
old-time Alaskan. He knows Alaska
and he is a loyal friend of this vast
unexploited region. He is here by his
own free choice. He did not come
with a fat job in his pocket, to depart
whence he came with the expiration
of a term of office. From a success
ful law practice in the States, Mr.
Murphy did not resume this vocation
when he first came to Alaska. He
! did as many another professional man
has done in the Northland—he took
a pack on his broad back and endured
the hardships, the privations, the
wearisome toil of the prospector. To
renew his financial resources from
time to time he followed the pursuit
of a packer, being for some time em
ployed on the Valdez-Fairbanks over
| land trail. In the course of time he
; resumed his professional life, settling
in Anchorage at its birth. He always
took a keen interest in politics—Jerry
is an Irishman, you know—and soon
forged to the front as the Democratic
leader in this part of the country.
When W. A. Munly succeeded District
Attorney Spence at Valdez, Mr. Mur
phy was appointed assistant district
attorney at Anchorage. In this posi
tion he has demonstrated his fitness,
his probity, his ability and his entire
responsibility.
“In assuming the attorney general
ship Mr. Murphy steps into one of
the most important offices in Alaska. |
We believe he is thoroughly qualified
to meet the responsibilities and im
portant duties that will be imposed !
upon him. We congratulate Governor
Riggs upon the appointment of Mr.
Murphy! we congratulate Mr. Murphy
upon his selection for the high posi
tion, and we congratulate the people
of Alaska for having in this office one
! in whom all confidence may be placed.
“Anchorage will regret to lose this
loyal, genial, whole-souled fellow
j townsman, but our people will rejoice
to know that Mr. Murphy is bettering
his position by going, as they are in-1
terested in his success.”
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CORDOVA, ALASKA !
Denver Discusses the “Evil-Eye’' Hope Diamond
DENVER.—This city has talked long and variously about the death by acci
dent of Vinson Walsh McLean, the $200,000,000 baby,” at the Washing
ton country mansion of the McLeans—and about the Hope diamond. For
Mrs. Edward Beal McLean is the
daughter of the late Thomas Walsh,
millionaire* mine operator of Denver.
Walsh was one of the most noted min
ing men of Denver. He was the dis
coverer of the famous Camp Bird mine
in the San Juan district. He took
many millions from it and then sold
the control of it to a London syndicate
for $10,000,000. At one time King
Leopold of Belgium was a partner in
the mine: at the birth of Vinson the
Belgian ruler sent the child a gold
cradle. Evelyn Walsh McLean inherited u large portion of the estate of her
father. This fortune was supposed to be vast. But at the time of the pro
bating of the will it was found that there was but $6,210,000 to be divided
between the two heirs of the McLean marriage—Vinson and John R. McLean,
Jr. So the “$200,000,000 baby” bubble was exploded.
Perhaps, however, the Denver gossips talked most of the famous or in
famous Hope diamond. As everybody knows, Mr. McLean purchased the
stone for his wife to wear at a ball in 1911. And the superstitious of Denver
point to the grim history of the noted gem and speak of its “evil eye.”
Death and disaster have followed the stone since its arrival in France
from India in 1638.
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