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NEW EUROPEAN CONTROVERSIES.
Europe, through post-war problems again has
appeared on the daily newspaper map. Two more
minor “crises” have been evolved during the clos
ing days of 1924. One is in the decision of the
allied ambassadors’ council to postpone withdrawal
of troops from the Cologne bridgehead, set for Jan
uary 10. The other is the controversy over French
war debts.
But so many problems of this kind hflve arisen
since the war that these are of such a character as
to cause little real concern.
The allies’ decision was reached when it was
found that Germany had violated the terms of the
armistice whereby the country was to be virtually
disarmed. The allies have been convinced, upon
inquiry, that Germany is arming secretly. For
many months France has been asserting that arms
have been manufactured and stored in violation of
the armistice terms and that Germany has built up a
considerable military reserve. The other allies have
accepted and acted upon these statements after in
vestigation.
Germany does not deny that the allegation
is true but protests loudly against the decision, chief
ly on account of its effect on the internal political
situation—a strange defense. The German press
wrathfully denounces the socialistic French premier,
apparently taking the view that he should counte
nance these things without objection.
Meanwhile France, which is bearing the brunt
of the German onslaughts, is appearing in no desir
able light in the United States on account of an im
plied repudiation of its war debt to the United
States, amounting to more than $3,370,000,000, ex
clusive of interest, which has been piling up rapidly.
Officially, France denies any intention of repudi
ating the debt, but the fact that it has not made pro
vision in its budget for payment and that sentiment
in France long has favored a “pooling” of the debts
in the common cause, is a cloud on France’s good
faith. What Paris wants is a radical revision of
terms, whereby much of the debt will be written off,
on the theory that the United States’ belated entry
into the war should be thus compensated for and
that it has failed to get as much in reparations
from Germany as it expected to receive. No move
has been made to meet the debt owing Great Brit
ain either, so that the real motive behind the French
mask is somewhat evident.
President Coolidge has made it clear that the
United States expects its debtors to pay. It does
not -intend to press them unduly, nor does it intend
to permit the billions due the American people for
Liberty bond subscriptions to be written off. Eng
land and some of the other nations have negotiated
terms of payment and are meeting their obligation,
and France will be expected to do the same.
But neither of these problems seems to possess
any element of seriousnes, except in that they uni
versely affect the economic situation of the world.
A “pooling” of wisdom and good faith should set
tle them in 1925.
IT WILL ALL COME BACK
Back in the days of the Klondike gold stam
pede, says an Eastern paper, men who rushed to Al
aska where they hoped to make a fortune by picking
up immense nuggets of virgin gold were charging
as high as a dollar each for eggs, with other food
in proportion. They were astounded at such prices.
But nowadays, judging by advertisements in the big
dalies, the fellows who stayed and made their homes
in Alaska are getting it back on the rest of the
world. They’re shipping reindeer meat to the
states and charging a dollar a pound for the steaks.
WHY GIVE CREDIT?
At this season of the year business in general
is wonderfully dull. Storekeepers and business
men in general find collections bad, sales slacken up
and debts pile up. Fortunately this condition lasts
only a month or so, and then, business becomes nor
mal again.
Much of the present depression can be laid to
the promiscuous Christmas buying, mostly done on
credit. Following the Holiday season stock is
taken and the multitude of debts causes a general
tightening up, followed by business depression. This
could be stopped and relief found in a revival of a
dollar Christmas. Under this plan no present cost
over one dollar, and cash was paid. The giver was
not broke the day following Christmas and the re
cipient was not forced to give an expensive and
most always useless present to some one bestowing
presents upon him or her. Christmas has become
a season of dread to the average family instead of
a day of good cheer. The load of debt contracted
is carried over January and far into February,
crippling both merchant and consumer thereby.
Another remedy for promiscuous Christmas
buying would be for merchants to adopt a plan of
| cash only. In fact if cash were paid for all pur
chases the world would be vastly better off thereby.
Many a man gets into debt because it is easy, and he
has not the courage to deny himself. A merchant
will offer unlimited credit and it is taken advan
tage of. Cash means absence of expensive book
keeping, stationary and postage. It also means
freedom from worry and a longer life. To the av
erage man debt is a load that weighs more the long
er it is carried. It is a monster that saps the life,
the pleasure and, the health of its victim. And it
is a useless burden, because it is unnecessary. Many
persons would live in a more simple manner and be
much more healthy if credit was denied them. All
of us would be happier and more independent. And
the price of living would be lowered, as the failure
of one person to pay his bills adds to the general
overhead of a business.
LOCAL CONTROL THE ONLY REMEDY
The more experience the people have with the
fisheries and fisheries regulations the more conclu
sive is the proof that there is only one sound and
practical way to handle the matter and that is thru
control by the people of Alaska—by the people to
whom the question is a vital business proposition.
Xo people are as greatly interested in preserving
both the fish supply and the industry as the people
of Alaska, and none so well situated to give the
question sensible consideration.
It is very easy for people who sit in comfort
able swivel chairs in sections of the country where
the conditions of the Alaska fisheries does not mean
any more than a benevolent theory to theorize and
experiment. It is quite a different matter here
where the weal or woe of those who live and work
and all of whose interests are very vitally involved
in the matter.
It is forutnate that Alaska's voice in the coun
cils of the nation lias so often been the voice of those
who do not want to have the fisheries question set
tled by the people of Alaska but who prefer to keep
it in an agitated condition where it might serve as
a political issue.^-Juneau Empire.
A NEW NATIONAL PARK
A bill was passed in Congress the past week de
signed to establish a new national park in Alaska.
Where its location will be is not mentioned in the
bill, but it is believed an effort is on foot to estab
lish a park in the Kenai peninsula, the home of the
moose and sheep. Game propagationists claim that
this is the only way in which these animals can be
properly protected for all-time and that the over
flow of animals will provide plenty of game for
the surrounding districts, just as is the case with
the Yellowstone Park. Kenai peninsula is proba
bly the only natural habitat of the mosse left, and
several thousand of these lordly animals are to be
found there. The hills are also full of sheep and
bear, and as a game reserve it would be hard to
beat. Just what effect it would have upon hunt
ing parties is hard to say but it is probable that
enough land would be left for all purposes.
Why not adopt a cash only plan for Seward,
and eliminate this peace-destroying credit system.
That 52-story building planned for the Univer
sity of Pittsburg should do much to promote higher
learning.
When we write the truth it isn’t so necessary to
keep a carbon copy.
Chinese girls should have no difficulty in learn
ing stenography; there is no spelling in that lingo.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
ONE SHOW 8:00 P. M.
A WOMAN WHO GAVE LOVE—
OR A WOMAN WHO
BETRAYED LOVE?
Bud Doyle met both when he broke jail.
One Feared Him. One failed him. One
prayed him to make good a vow of ven
geance—the other, just to make good.
A Drama of Dual Personalities, Changing
Faces, Love that Never Changes
With MILTON SILLS, FLORENCE
VIDOR, MARCIA MANON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
ONE SHOW 8:00 P. M.
Matt Moore and Madge Bellamy in
NO MORE WOMEN
Also A Mermaid Comedy—
RUNNING WILD
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—Dance at A. B. Hall
Saturday Night
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WRANGELL COMMISSIONER
TAKES ON SEATTLE GIRL
Judge William G. Thomas surpris
ed his many friends on his way north
from the Spirit City to his home in
Wrangell with a bride of four days.
Mrs. Thomas was formerly Miss
Ida F. Swift of Royal Heights, Se
attle, and the marriage was solemn
ized by the Reverend Rudolph Eric
son. Judge Thomas had hoped to
have his old friend Dr. S. Hall Young,
for many years at the head of the
Presbyterian missions in Alaska, of
ficiate at the ceremony, but was un
able to do so because of Dr. Young’s
illness.
The happy couple make their home
in Wrangell where the Judge has
been United States commissioner for
many years.
Great men by small means oft are
overthrown.
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