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NOME. ALASKA. MARCH 9. 1915.
A DISPLAY OF WEAKNESS.
It would seem that Germany must,
herself, feel that the excuses offered
for the violation of little Belgium Is
lamentably weak, foi nul only h«s she
amended her original plea, offered to
Sir Edward Grey, before the war. that
Belgium had violated her own neutra
lity, but she has since sought to further
justify her conduct by claiming as an
excuse for what she has already done,
facts which she has discovered since
occupying the Belgian territory. The
original excuse offered in repl> to the
question of the English Premier as to
her intentions in regard to the neu
trality of Belgium, beside the evasive
answer that "she could not say." claim
ed that Belgium had broken her neutral
obligations by withholding a "carload
ot corn ." This was soon dropped and
forgotten, however, and well it were
that such a trilling plea, for the awful
desolation she has wrought, should be
forgotten. The pleading was then
changed to that of Belgium having al
lowed the soldiers of France to enter
her territory before the Germans had
entered the country. While she has
never proven the justice of her con
tentions in either of these cases, she
has inter attempted, as remarked, to
justify what slu* had already done by
claiming to have discovered proofs
which would justify such actions as
had been taken. If the cause of Ger
many is as just as she would have it
appear to the world, it would seem that
this changing of pleas indicates a very
weak case. In addition to the almost
frantic attempts to justify her cause
by laying the blame for the war, first
on Russia nnd later on Britain, she has
displayed a lamentable desire to grasp
at almost any proof which will serve
to show that she was not to blame for
what has occurred in desolated Bel
gium. We have little cart' for who is
right or who is wrong in this matter,
our nnlj feeling is one of sincere sor
row for those hapless ones who must
bear the blow and suffer and die in a
cause which none of the contenders
seem able to justify. Yet, to us. it
seems clear that while it is probably
true that much might be said in her
defense. Germany is none the less be
truying a vital weakness in her me
thods of clearing herself of the stigma
of wanton brutality and utter disregard
of her plighted word in the case of
Belgium The latest contention, that
(he Ocrtnan Empire is in no wise re
sponsible for the act of Prussia in
signing tho Belgian treaty because that
act waw consumated before the forma
lion of the German Empire, in no wise
relieves her from responslhllty and
merely shows, in a clearer light, the
ton evident tendency to use any means
to justify herself In tile eyes of the
world. Equally absurd is the state
ment that Belgium had entered into
negotiations with Britain in 190fi to
declare war on Germany proof of
which is said to have been discovered
'n one of the captured Belgian towns
The statement secm= ridiculous in face
of the fact that. In spite of the utmost,
Britain could do to aid her little ally,
Belgium would have to bear all the
brunt of such action and in the end
probably And herself as utterly deso
late as she is todav It Is not to be
conceived that the Belgians are so
foolish. In any event Germany had
no proof of this when she commenced
her career of destruction on Belgian
soil and such contention can hardly
bear the scrutiny Germanv would de
sire A cause founded in truth and
Justice need not be propped with straws
to make it vet more stable, and a plea
approved by the principles of right
eousness needs not the invocation of
a wrong to make it just
Regardless of the question of who
started the war. Germany has much to
answer for in the case of Belgium, and
we venture to predict that she will
still stand convicted of ruthless disre
gard of all principles of justice if she
continues in her present methods of
seeking relief from the stinging scorn
i f humanity for what she has done by
offering as excuses, facts which she
I lias learned onlv after having thrown
her thunderbolt against » weak and
defenseless nation which hud until the
I ist possible moment waited and be
i Moved in the honor of her mighty nelgh
1 hor and only delivered a hostile blow
in defense of her own neutrality when
, it was plainly apparant that it would
I not tie respected by the nation on
whose honor she must most relv
ALASKA
NOTES
(From *>ur Kxchanges.)
The Cordova newspapers have been
( irrying on a wordy warfare in which
the officials of Cordova mixed with ap
parent willingness Their readers
have evidently grown tired of the Kil
kenny sport and now comes a citizen
who is willing to pay good money for
an advertisement a foot long telling the
editors where lo head in He say s it
i is bad form or something like that It
■is called “Sittlichkelt" in Herman.
< »ver 500 lives liave been sacrificed
end over $ 1 . uoo.uOo worth of property
lost in the almost uncharted waters
of the Alaska const since the territory
was purchased from Russia in 1S67.
Two hundred and eighty-one vessels
hnvn been totally lost find many more
bare berm wrecked and salvaged after
largo expenditures of money by the
owners. No record of money lost by
this means is kept but a conservative
estimate puts it at $5,000,000 more.
During the month of November boats
fishing out of Prince Rupert caught
550,000 pounds of halibut. The fisher
men realized 5 cents per pound, a total
I
of $28,00u This catch is said to tic be |
low the average as two hosts were laid
up undergoing repairs During the
month H.UOO pounds of cod. worth $700
were taken; crabs to the value of $3lio
and soles representing a value of $23u
were caught The Grand Trunk is
making a specie lit \ of handling the
fresh fish trade and is rapidly cutting
into the Seattle industrv in catering
to the eastern fish markets. The tisli
shipped east via the Canadian line ar>
exclusively the produce of northern
waters, for which the demand Is eon
stantly Increasing.
The Bon Voyage placer claim al
Nome is I "Jonah” to all who become
interester in it even in the remotest
degree. The Bon Voyage jinks is so
powerful that it put the kibosh on the
attorneys, which is going some win i
one is acquainted with the class l
speed which the attorneys of Nome < 1.■
volnp. Five persons interested in the
claim have suffered tragic deaths din
ing the past few years i me of tla-m
j.ommittod suicide one died from pa
j t.-ilv sis. another died in an Insane ,<v
lam, another fell and broke his no I
and tbe fifth died front exposure while j
living at Nome The original dis
i overer, once wealthy and the first del
• Cate to congress from Alaska, is now
ta-arly financialiv broke and crippl'd
for life through having his feet frozen.
Another of the owners was indicted
f r purjury. while another has vanish
•■■, without leaving trace behind A
dump taken out hy the discoverer was
If ft several \ ears ago owing to an in
junction against him having been
granted by the court. When the court
finally ordered the dump washed up it|
was found that some person had tun-!
tided under the pile of earth, and elos-i
itig the hole behind them, had rocked
the gold from the gravel, leaving noth
ing but a thin crust of the rich dump, j
It is believed the theives secured close j
| to $230,000. The ease involving title i
to the claim is still before the court.
Two eases involving title have been j
taken to the Supreme Court of the!
t'nited States and eight eases to the
I'nited States court of appeals
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskeys, Dis
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond
and reduced to 90 per cent, by U. 8.
government by the bottle or gallon.
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LEGISLATURE MAY
REPEAL MINING LAW
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A movement started In Fairbanks
recently may eventually mean the re
peal of the Iloden mining law. enacted
at the last session of the Alaska legis
lature. In fact, the law is declared to
be objectionable in every respect and
to all persons, be they stakers them
selves, the workers, or the man who
puls up the money for some other fol
law to go out and stake ground for
him.
It is the intention of the movement
just started to have the Fairbanks
Commercial club take the matter up
A number of locul attorneys are taking
an interest in it, nnd it is reported, will
»sk the club to memorialize the mem
bers of the Alaska legislature from this
place to lay the matter of the repeal of
the law before both bodies of the leg
islature.
It is understood that some of the
legislators in their pre-election pro
mises said that if elected they would
trv to get the Roden law repealed. It
is hoped that the cooperation of the
legislators from other parts of the
territory ma\ be secured. Fairbanks
Citizen.
strictly fresh eggs ana poultry a*
Prossers Harness Shop. Phone Black 5
ALASKA HOARD
IS OPPOSED
NEW YoKK. rile measure propos
ed for Alaska by the Secretary of tlie
Interior, described as contemplating:
the concentration of management of
ell Alaskan resources under one local
commission, was a subject of protest
•i the annual meeting of the American
I Mtestr> Association here.
Prof H II tlhapnian, of the Yale
II "lest School, said that the bill would
transfer -•i.utMi.uOO acres of Alaskan
national forests to this commission,
which would be "inimn .il t• ► the proper
management of Alaskan forest lands.”
"No complaint,'’ he said, "exists
against the management of Alaskan
forests by the forest service and the
f. res try association strongly protests
ucainat such a transfer. {State forestry
departments must be lifted out of poli
te s and a permanent trained personnel
secured if any practical r* suits are to
i»e expected."—Ex.
(TARIFF DID IT. i[
Imported Goods. Domestic Prices
lust received a large line of S
1 A I, pocket knives from
Scheftield, England.
Fresh stock Peters ammunition ]>
Also something new in 22 rifles S
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THAT THAT
A-1 SAUCE DR,ED RIPE OLIVES
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Is a big improvement on ether sauces. Ar® fully matured on the tree before
rw. ♦ -.a k „ picking and contain all the natural oil.
Once tried, becomes a permanent ar- _ _
Per Pound . . . 35c
tide on your table. Sells for 35o and
65c. In order to induce you to give it
a trial we will sell same at 25c and 50c THAT i
for this week only. GEORGE WASHINGTON COFFEE
IS A TIME SAVER
O TROUBLE
WAITING
BOILING 5
STRAINING
GROUNDS
COFFEE POT
WASTE
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weigh not over 11 pounds; the bacon Special price for this week: ?!
very lean and small slabs, averaging Large Tins 90c
about 4'/2 pounds to the slab. Small T,ns 30c ■
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS. HEADQUARTERS FOR IMPORTED DELICACIES.
j W. J. ROWE |
|i TRANSFER AND FREIOHTINO I
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t Hay and drain *
: Horses For Bale;
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f 3lW Hardest Billiard and Poet Raowi Jn^^ltasAa f
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Hstahlished June l<AM)
Alaska Banking and
Sale Deposit (ompany
Paid-tip ( dpitdj $123,000
A (j*n*r«l Nir'kinf • i.»lr.»«» Tran*
■ atari
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N()*IR. ALASKA
Capital * - $100,000
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and Assayed
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