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NOME, ALASKA, JUNE 4, 1917.
LET US DO OUR DUTY!
The duties of American citizen
ship in the present crisis cannot be
passed over lightly; we may not be
eligible for active service and there
fore military duties are not required
but nevertheless the obligations x-est
as much on the civilian as upon the
soldier.
The soldier at the front will risk his
life for the nation and any who In
action refuse to obey orders or in any
way assist or attempt to desert to
the enemy are shot; we recognize this
as the only method that can be pur
sued, just and invitable, and the
traitor caught is looked upon with
corns and contempt; Judas the first
traitor to tho cause of Christianity Is
hold up to us as the embodiment of
all that is contemptible and his name
has become a synonym for this un
deservablc part in the human char
acter.
The duties and obligations of the
civilian at such times as the present
are no less binding than those of the
soldier, all have for theinelves or by
proxy assumed the obligations of cit
izenship, are under the protection of
and receiving benefits from the Uni
ted States government and expect to
participate in the glory resulting from
the ultimate triumph of democracy In
the world; therefore every citizen,
civilian or soldier who by word or
deed lines up with the enemies of his
country, is no less a traitor than a
soldier who deserts in the hour of
battle.
We are all citizen-soldiers of the
greatest democracy the world has ever
known, very young as governments
go, and the pages of history are wait
ing now to record whether In the time
of need the people are capable of
making the same sacrifice for them
selves that they will so willingly
make for some Individual whom they
have In their mind made a deml-god.
Is democracy a failure? Autocracy
says It Is—the people alone can prove
it. The real greatness of any nation
as of an Individual is only gauged by
the sacrifices they are prepared to
make. In time of peace our greatest
pride is that we are American citi
zens, pride in our history, the pages
of which have been handed to us un
sullied. Let every citizen realize that
it is incumbent on him to assist in
handing down to future generations as
glorious a record as has been handed
to him.
Any citizen who Is not in sympathy
with the United States and her allies
in this conflict, who is not prepared to
assist in word and deed in defeating
the tfcemioe of tltfs countiy, is n
traitor to the government; neither the
uniform nor the absence of It alter or
minimize the perfidy.
The world looks to the United
States to demonstrate
THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY.
Let every citizen do his part.
PROF. HUGO MUNSTERBERG.
IVhat Hugo Muntorbcrg believed,
that he lived, and for that he fought
his whole life through. Coming to
Harvard from the University of Frei
burg twenty four years ago. he labor
ed unremitingly a* psychologist, ed
ucate.: an I author, and enjoyed tt.e
reward of his hard work in the popu
lar distinction he achieved and the
large leading public he attracted.
More than one invitation to return
to his native iand he declined, ns he
| found in the professorship of psy
chology at Harvard and the director
ship of its psychological laboratory a
life work to Ills liking. His prefer
ence for this among all other foreign
lands, however, never dampened the
ardor of his faith in Germany, nor
his devotion to the German spirit. lie
lived and died a loyal German, but
a German who believed that the wel
fare of the world could best he pro
moted by the co-operation of Ger
many, Great Britain and the United
States.
The realization of the fact that ho
was not a German-American, but a
German in America, was naturally
brought homo to Americans by the
progress of the European war. It
would have been easy for I’rof. Mun
sterberg, by remaining silent, to have
saved himself the wounds in his life
that the war inflicted upon him. Such
was not, however, the manner of the
man. Not only did he stand his
ground, but he stood it firmly, and In
that section of the nation where It
was costliest for him to contend and '
evangelize in defence of his country.
It was with these facts in mind, no
doubt, that Dean Hodges is quoted
as attributing to him “the conscious
ness of a patriot.” This is neither the
time nor place to assess the scientific
value of Prof. Munsterherg's profes
sional accomplishments; much less
(he success of his service as a propa
gandist of German patriotism. AVe
may leave the one task to the scien
tist nnd the other to the historian.
That he popularizd psychology, how
ever, nnd manifested from first to
last, alike in his scientific nnd civic
faith, the courage of his convictions,
there is no ground to doubt, nor will
there be disposition to challenge.
NO WASTE IN OIL.
Go back to the days when Pennsyl
vania crude was $3 a barrel or high
er in 1877 and before, and gasoline
was a waste product. There was no
market for it. Refiners were glad to
get rid of it at almost any price or
even give it away. In some instances
thousands of gallons were dumped
into the streams ns the storing of it
was a menace to the works, and there
was no future outlook for it. As
much of the lighter product as possi
ble was left In the kerosene, and the
manufacturers sought uses for it in
various ways.
Conditions have reversed them
selves. Gasoline Is (he most desirable
product of petroleum^ Intend of
blending it witli the lighter grades
of kerosene the latter is being cut to
make more gasoline, nnd the gravity
of the motive power fluid Is being
reduced until it has practically reach
ed the gravity of light kerosene.
What was a waste product has be
come an important article of com
merce and Industry. A barrel of oil,
which in past years lost a certain per
centage in waste; is now utilized to the
last pint.
The barrel of crude petroleum haa
increased in intrinsic value because
more of Its component parts have
been ealle 1 for In the, world’s indus
trial growth, until now there is noth
ing lost. '.Violci'j illuminates and
heats the homes of thousands; it
cooks meals; it preserves canned
foods; it enters into dozens of little
household duties which are made
easier by its use; It turns wheels in
great factories; It drives locomotives;
speeds the automobile; has made the
airplane and submarine practical;
does farm chores smooths tho roads;
destroys pests; is valuable In medi
cine, and attracts the highest scien
tific knowledge in Its study. From
the humblest of duties to the great
est, petroleum plays its part, and to
this perfect utilization of all its pro
ducts is due the higher prices which
it commands,—Kx.
THAT PRECEDENT.
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During the wars between France
and Spain on one side and Kngland
on tlie oilier, in the latter half of the
eighteenth century, prior to the
Frecnh rvolutlon, the rights of neu
tral nations on the high sens were
persistently attacked, as they were
later during the Napoleonic wars and
as they have been during tho present
war. The empress of Russia, in 1780,
attempted to unite the neutral na
tions in defense of neutral rights.
The declaration of neutral rights!
issued by the empress at that time set |
forth these principles: That neutral I
vessels may sail freely from port to
port and on the eoasls of the nations
parties io tlie war. The goods be- I
longing to the subjects of nations at
war are, with the exception of con
traband articles, free on board neu- |
tral vessels. For the definition of
contraband the declaration referred
to an existing treaty with England.
To determine what constituted ft
blockaded port, that denomination
was confined to those entrances into
which was manifectly rendered dan
gerous In consequence of the disposi
tions made by the attacking power
with ships stationed and sufficiently
near.
Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Holland,
Austria, Portugal and the two Sicilies
gave adherence to this program and
formed the league which, under the
name of “armed neutrality,” under
took to preserve inviolate the mari
time l'lghts of nations. Doing pre
pared, as they were to back their de
;• raonds with their full armed forces,
and neither belligerent wishing to
number these powerful nations
among its enemies, this league secur
ed Its objects. That is the marked
distinction between the league for
armed neutrality of that day and the
isolated act proposed for the United
States.
NOTICE.
W. C. Baird will arrive on tha Uma
tilla with a sample stock of Washing
ton shoes, Greenhood shirts, Saxony
knitting mills, black bear overalls, Bal
Rand rubbers, Hardeman hats, Coopers
underwear.
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