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CHITINA, ALASKA
Cordova Office: Daily Alaskan
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CHITINA, SATURDAY, DEC. 31, ’10
LET US MINE
OUR OWN COAL
THE YELLOW PERIL AGAIN.
The average American laughs
when one speaks of Japan attacking
the United States and will say: “Well,
Japan is too broke to fight.”
If we would only go back and look
over a little past history, we would
find that in nine cases out of ten it
is the poor nation that fights, not
the ones that have grown rich and
comfortable. Was the France of Na
poleon or the Prussia of Frederick
the Great rich? No. They were
poor and had little credit. Now, the
nation that fights hopes to gain some
thing, principally commercial supre
macy.
Well, the nation that is rich has
usually a high place In the commer
cial supremacy of the world and is
too preoccupied in holding what it
has already gained to go to war, and
it is the poor nation that is tempted
by the richness oi others that goes
to war, with the hope of extending
her commerce and sending forth im
migrants to the new country if they
have been successful in the war.
Japan is poor in a sense of the
word, but rich enough to go to war,
and as “Dia Nippon” is quite a finan
cier, he would make it pay either
way he went.
Japan is full of contempt for the
war worthiness of the American
army and navy, and with such an
acute realization that they have such
overwhelming odds in their favor as
far as the strategical situation it
concerned, they are looking forward
to the day when they will clash arms
with the United States. The Anglo
Japanese alliance ends in 1915 and
cannot be renewed. Even did Japan
go to war before the alliance ended,
she would never gain any help front
the United Kingdom.
For the officials of the British
foreign office realize that if England
ever helped Japan, she w'ould cause
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, In
dia and South Africa to refuse any
help at all to the mother country.
So strong is the anti-Japanese feeling
in the stronger British colonies, es
pecially in Australia, that in the fu
ture war with the United States we
will find hundreds of Australians
fighting with the American troops foi
the preservation of the supremacy of
the white race in the Pacific.
After 1915 tne British can feel
safe enough as far as her own pos
sessions are concerned, for the above
named colonies, each maintaining
their own fleet units, they can put a
fleet into the Pacific that will be ex
pensive to keep up, but should earn
the blessing of every peace-loving
Britain.
The greatest diplomatic move the
United States made in late years wras
the sending of her fleet around the
world.
Although it did not put any fear
into the hearts of the Japanese, but
it strengthened the ties between the
British colonies and the United
States. It showed them that “Clod
din” was their friend—mot “Short."
As far as any of the other Euro
pean nations helping the United
States, when the war breaks out with
Japan, the idea is laughable and they
will leave the United States to stew
in her own juice, for they have a sort
of Monroe Doctrine of their own and
they would gladly see the United
States deprived of the islands of
w’hich she deprived Spain a few years
ago.
Now as far as the politics of the
Pacific and the politics of Europe are
concerned, they are very remote rrom
one another.
The politics of the Pacific demand
the open door in the realm of the
yellow man and at the same time
claiming the right to close their own
doors to him.
In Great Briitian and Europe they
do not understand the menace of the
yellow race to the Pacific, but they
will in time find out if ever Japan
wins her war against the United
States.
Of the two main -conditions which
the politics of the Pacific demand, Ja
pan will never accept both condi
tions at Mice and will fight the Unit
ed States for the same reason that
Bismark fought France.
If in the future war, America is
beaten, she should be eternally grate
ful to two of her is'ffi1 people, one
who years ago made Japan open up
her ports, and the other, who, when
Japan (though victorious at the
time) was won out by a long and
hard struggle and would have in an
other year been swallowed up by
the Slav, helped her from a peace
treaty. It is a pity that the latter
gentleman did not have a little of the
foresight of “Chinese” Gordon, who,
I think, would have, had he been in
the same position, gladly have seen
Ivan Ivanovich exterminate Dia Nip
pon, and would have thought Europe
and America were getting off luckily
at the cost of a few acres of Chinese
soil and probably another war with
Russia to curtail her power in the
East. Whereas, now, in a few years,
the yellow race will be a menace to
the whole white world.
The Japs look forward to war, for
they regard war as a cleansing anti
septic—as Russia did, and to use the
words of Gerard Fiennes, the British
naval expert, “In a land where the
proudest ambition of every man is to
die for his emperor, where every
mother ardently desires that glorious
fate for her son, there is no thought
of stricken homes to turn wavering
scale in favor of peace.
“The difference between America
and Japan is the difference between
Hobson and Hirose. The former re
turned in safety—thanks to the chiv
alry of Cervera, to which he did not
hesitate to appeal and was kissed by
every girl in New York who could
get at him. They burned the small
fragment of the latter that was
found, amid the acclamation and en
vy of a nation.”
RICHARD GALAND.
Local News
A. Berry arrived Thursday night
from Cordova.
Trainman Wilson is again back on
the local run, after a few weeks’
turn at the rotary.
Agent Barry, of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, arrived on Thursday
evening’s train.
Conductor Clarkin enjoyed a few
days off this week and spent Christ
mas in Chitina.
Dr. Smith spent Christmas at home
in Cordova, returning to the bridge
camp on Monday evening’s train.
Jess Brown, the well-known cook
expects to soon get the money in s
restaurant he’s opening in the Blou
en building.
Frank Manley and wife, of Hot
Springs, arrived the first of the week
and left on Tuesday’s train for Cor
dova.
Chas. Rosendorf was one of the
passengers from the Orr stage line
this week, registering at the Hotel
Chitina.
W. C. W.alker, trom the Delta, was
a passenger on the stage this week,
registering at the Hotel Chitina. He
is on a trip outside.
Judge Ferguson kept, open house
on Christmas day from 2 to 4 o’clock
and a number enjoyed his hospital
ity and good cheer.
Lou Melsing is convalescing nicely
from his attack of pneumonia.- He
is still in bed, but the danger is
over and he wears a broad smile
when his friends drop In to see him.
O. W. Kennedy, of Cordova, ar
rived this week on a photographing
tour to the front, returning to the
coast terminal on Tuesday morning’s
train.
An elk emblem button was lost
on Christmas eve, which, if found
and returned to the postoffice, will
receive a suitable reward.
If any one doubts the ability of
Rudolph as a mixologist, get him to
mix you a cocktail and you’ll be con
vinced that he’s there on that mixing
stuff.
Mrs. N. Day arrived on Thursday’s
train from Cordova. She left on the
morning stage for the Sour-Dough
roadhouse, where she has been em
ployed to cook the rest of the sea
son.
The usual large crowd which con
gregates at the depot at train time
were greatly surprised and pleased
on Thursday night to see an up-to
date electric headlight on the en
gine.
Wat Griffith has taken a three
year lease on the building formerly
occupied by Oscar Breedman. He
will fit it up and put it in shape for
a first-class business house, though
he has not yet decided as to what
line of business he will enter.
Mrs. C. L. Hoyt, of the Gulkana
roadhouse, who has been on the out
side for a trip, arrived on Monday
evening’s train from Cordova, and
left on Tuesday morning's stage for
Gulkana.
E. W. Exum returned from a trip
to Kuskulana and mile 146 on last
Thursday, where he spent several
days, including Christmas. Mr. Ex
um expected to remain to see the
bridge tied, but had to return on
business. He states that he never
spent a more pleasant Christmas
and regretted he could not stay long
er.
Otto Hemitz and wife arrived this
week from Fairbanks and are on
their way outside. Mr. Hemitz, who
has been mining for a number of
years, is suffering from catarrh and
asthma, due to wet conditions at the
mines, and is on his way to Arizona
to a warmer and dryer climate, in
which the doctors say he must now
reside for at least one year.
It would be a poor Christmas with
out candy. Get it from Newhouse &
Co. They have as good a line as can
be found in the states, just fresh from
the factory, too. 12-10-tf
Jack Cumberland and Tom Thom
as arrived in Chitina this week from
a prospecting and trapping trip into
the W|hite river country. They re
port good prospects in placer and
brought in some martin skins. They
will take in another grub stake from
here and and return in a few days
to their cabin, where they have cach
ed a number of different skins, ex
pecting to remain until after the
break-up.
CHALLENGE
Editor Chitina Leader:
Kindly insert the following in the
columns of your valuable paper:
Tom Brady and Tom O'Rowrke
hereby agree to play any two
pool players in Chitina for money,
chalk or marbles, mine host Breed
man and Bert McCutcheon preferred,
the only stipulation being made that
said contest take place in Church &
Brady’s, and the “Tattoo” Kid to be
official judge. Hoping that our chal
lenge will be accepted, we remain,
Yours Sincerely,
TOM BRADY,
Tom O’ROWRKE.
Ar-It-Hias-Hihu
Is Bom
The small town on the Avon river
in England was immortalized by be
ing the birth place of William Shake
speare. Other places have also been
immortalized by the birth of great
men. And at last Alaska has come
into her own, for on the night of Dec.
26th inst. at mile 133 of the Copper
River & Northwestern railway, the
klooch of Escladita, a well known
and respected (?) Siwash citizen,
gave birth to a boy.
A well known Alaskan medica of
fered his services, but they were
promptly scorned by the Indians.
Did not they “catch the pappoose”
long before the white man came in
to the country and they hadn’t for
gotten any of the medical stunts of
the days of long ago. The birth
place of the infant was a cabin donat
ed for the occasion by Newhouse &
Co. ’Midst the howling of the Si
wash dogs and the smell of mummi
fied dried salmon, Ar-it-hias-hihu.
(when translated means mile 133)
was ushered into the world. Most
of the white population of the bar of
fered their respective selves as god
fathers, but they were all scorned
by the Indians, except P. R. New
house, the well known merchant.
As the Indians expect the child to
take after his one lone white god
father and be a great financier when
he grows up and corral the dried
salmon industry of the Copper river.
All the rest of the Siwash population
present stood godfathers and god;
mothers to the boy. The cabin is
now occupied by four Siwash fami
lies and the latest bulletin from
there reads as follows:
“Fathers and dogs doing well, and
salmon smelling as strong as ever.”
Bring your job work to the Lead
er office.
UNABLE TO SHIP OUE FROM
LATOl'CHE ACCOUNT WEATHER
The bunkers at the Beatson mine
are frozen and the freighter La
touche was compelled to remain there
78 hours to get a cargo of 1,000 tons
of copper ore. Since then it has been
impossible to load ore and tk« steam
or Seward will have to return empty.
At the Ellamar mine the conveyor
is out of order and the Alameda
will be unable to take on a return
cargo of ore.
Start the new year right by adver
tising in the Chitina Leader.
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