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NOME. ALASKA, JUNE 18, 1916.
ll is hard tu understand ai this dis
tance Jusl why there is such a deal ul'
bother out in llie states over the Ger
hard matter, unless it b« that the press
mid people leel that the Germans have
stolen a march on them. It previous
allegations concerning the right ot bel
ligerents to buy war munitions in
whatever market may be found, are
not after ail a trifle une sided where
Germany is concerned, it is certain
that the alleged purchases of the sup
posed Ur. Gerhard can hardly be a
justifiable cause for starting invtmligu
tions. Neither can the tact that the
supposed Dr. Gerhard was reajly Dr.
Meyer, an officer of high degree in the
army of the kaiser, be a matter for
governmental action generally accord
ed only to matters of the gravest im
port. it appears that if there is any
cause to complain it is possibly be
cause of a supposed imposition on tbe
part ot the German government in ask
ing the United States to secure a safe
conduct for a supposed Dr. Gerhard
when the person for whom it was
really intended and by whom it was
used, was quite a different person. The
purchase of war munitions is not an
illegal act, as the administration has
frequently pointed out; neither is the
fact that a large German gentleman
has been spending money in disguise,
to the great benefit of our industries,
any thing to make a fuss over, so this
alleged matter of whether Dr. Gerhard
was really not Dr. Gerhard must be the
crux of the matter. Of course, the
substitution of Dr. Meyer, who was on
a mission of war, for Dr. Gerhard, who
was supposed to be a peaceful bearer
of messages from the German ambas
sador to the Berlin government, places
the U. S. A. in a rather peculiar posi
tion before the world through the fact
that it was the'United States who ar
ranged for a safe conduct for the sup
posed Mercury of the German govern
ment, and if the supposed Dr. Gerhard
was not Dr. Gerhard and one person
who really used the good offices of this
government, was through the means
thus afforded enabled to secure wat
material for the use of his govern
ment, the United States there by be
comes even though unconsciously s
party to his acts, and is liable to tht
chSrge of secretly aiding the enemy
Being sincere in the matter the Uni
ted States assumes the stand that in
perpetrating the alleged deception ol
sending a war agent in place of s
peaceful messenger, Oermany is guilty
of violating the neutrality of this gov
ernment. Not because the agent pur
chased arms and so forth hut because
tbe stiff conduct asked for by the Am
erican government was used for that
purpose. Without this safe conduct
the messenger whoever he was could
probably not have come to tills coun
try therefore if he uses the United
States as a means of aiding his gov
ernment may he held responsible foi
what ever result may accrue througt
his aids. This is nothing less than t
violation of the neutrality of the Uni
ted States if it is done in defiance ol
the wish of this government. Stil
withal it ia a deal of a fuse about lit
tle were it not for th® fact that tht
allies would probably raise the conten
tion that the United States might bt
secretly aiding their enemies and thi«
possibility probably lies at the bot
tom of the fuss end investigation. The
present administration is very deseri
ous of keeping on tile good side of Hrt
tain and this accounts more than «ny
other reason for Hie great uproar.
Whoever wins, in the end, in Mexico
will be compelled to effect radical re
adjustments in the land-owning sys
tem in that country.
Never will the southern republic
have continued peace, no matter how
strong the hand at the helm of state,
while the Inequality of ownership Is so
marked as at present.
The total productive area of the na
tion. it is estimated. Is about 90.000.000
hectares, a hectare being equivalent to
about two and one-half acres. This
total Includes woods and pasture
grounds.
Of this total, more than 50.000,000
hectares—an amount In excess of one
half of the total—is Included in the big
plantations The remaining 40,000,000
hectares are the small holdings of In
dividual farmers.
Applying the same condltloni to the
United States: How long would a rev
olution be averted In this country. If
great estates owned one-half of all the
arable land?
The answer is obvious and furnishes
I a clue to the reasun for Mexico’s con
tinued unrest. Nor will that unrest
l>e abated unlll some other land-own
ership system Is devised.
I The reeult of such a condition is the
' development of a tenant population—
the most iniquitous form of agricul
tural life. The peon, never ambitious,
naturally becomes a chattel. He has
nothing to lose by revolting—he may
gain a horse, a saddle and a gun. Is it
surprising that he becomes an insur
reeto?
How the change is to come about is
a matter that will require careful
study. Yet. a change must be effect
ed, either by a Mexican or an Ameri
can. before peace and prosperity will
be the portion of the sister republic.
t From our Kschaug—■>
Mrs. Julia Stiles, a widow, 47 >ears
of age, wants to leave her home in Los
Angeles lu worn* to Alasku. Object,
work.
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William Pyne woe arrested at Cor
dova. charged with stealing, abstract
ing and taking matter from the Uni
ted Stales mail.
Canada * mines ranked third among
tier resources. Agriculture coming first
aud her forests second. Fisheries rank
fourth and furs tlfth.
The towti of Craig, located on tile
west coast of Prince of Wales island,
is to have a public telephone service
and a connecting line to Klawak.
Great activity is reported on the
creeks in the Fairbanks district, not a
single plant remaining idle. As a re
sult of the winter's activities it is be
lieved the output of the camp will be
considerably increased next season un
less operations are restricted through
a shortage of water.
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An exchange furnishes the informa-i
tion that Albert White, of Valdez, has
been appointed organizer for th» re
publican party in Alaska and will soon
have his work under way,
Capt. S. C. Barrington, a popular
steamboat man of the upper Yukon,
and general manager of the Bide
Streams Navigation Co., of Dawson, Y.
T.. lost a leg as the result of an auto
mobile accident at Seattle.
Bouts from the revenue cutter Man
ning. which arrived from the soutli last
night, made the rounds of the gas boats
in harbor this morning looking for vio*
lations of the regulations pertaining to
gus boats —Ketchikan Miner.
Harry Yeager, of Iditarod. makes the
prediction that his country will be a
gold producer for seven or eight years
enure. Tile dredges are the main meth
od of operation now and they will have
territory to keep them busy for some
time.
A company composed p| Boston cap
italists, with li'aO.OO# capita) plans a
box factory on the Fraser river, near
Westminster. B. C. The plant will use
thin hoards which will be cemented
together by a new composition used
under high steam pressure. It is said
that orders have already beeji secured
from Ceyloa and Iudia for tea boxes.
Publicity has been given iu San
Francisco and Portland papers to n
statement that the Border Lina Trans
portation Co., successor of the North
land Steamship Co., was to take over
the Portland-Alaska Steamship line.
However, the Border Bine Transporta
tion Co. will not make such a move
and will operate exclusively front Puget
sound. It will be remembered that
the Portland line, which operated at a j
heavy loss last summer, was with
dra wn late in the fall and it is doubt
ful if it will b* resumed.-—Railway ami
Marine News
The volume of the saline matter in
the ocean is somewhat more than 266,
966.133,600.000 cubic feet, according to
the United States geological survey, or
enough to cover the entire surface of
the United States, excluding Alaska.
8.448 feet deep.
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