The campaign for increasing army,
navy and defenses la the most obvious
result of the war In this country. It
and other consequences of the war on
this side, are discussed In the current
magaslnes. Arthur Bullard writing In
the Century, asks "Are We a World
Power?
I do not find any warrant In the
records of The Hague conferences for
Mr. Roosevelt's contention that we
are In honor bound to make other
people live up to their promises. The
Monroe Doctrine would be stripped of
all justification if we claimed to be a
world power. We peremptorily tell the
Europeans that they have no police
power In the Americas, and It Is a
poor rule that does not work both
ways.
L ninformed public opinion in the
nations of the entente group would
like to see us abandon our traditional
attitude and protest against the Ger
man violation of her treaties, but the
British diplomats certainly would not.
We should also have to protest against
their occupation of the neutral Greek
Isles. The French foreign office cer- J
talnly remembers that we did not pro
test when they tore up the Algeclras
treaty, and the governing clique in
Russia are not anxious to have us j
start any judicial Inquiry into atrocl-'
lies. They have ravaged too much
of East Prussia and Galicia them
selves to be enthusiastic for atrocity
protests.
Will Th«y C°me Her# <>r Sl*y rtome?
A result of the war which Is going j
to come very close home, will be Itt
effect on immigration!# Frederic C.
Howe, commissioner of Immigration
at the port of New York, writes on
the subject In the new Scribner’s:
Immigration from some countries
will cease, while immigration from
others will be accelerated . . . Ger
many Is the most socialized acute In
the world. Undoubtedly when the
war Is over, the existing militaristic
organization will be applied to recon
struction. The same forces will be
set In motion In England. Great
Britain will find It Impossible to go
back to the Individualism of former
days. France, too, will have great
waste stretches to rebuild; she, too
has a socialistic ministry with a
definite political and social program
titate socialism on an unprecedented
scale will undoubtedly be one of the
by-products of the war all over Eu
rope. In addition, all life has been
disorganized and men will return to
their work with old traditions de
stroyed and a new sense of social
power. Under these conditions wages
may rise very rapidly—to something
like a parity with wages In the United
States. This will keep r.-.en at home.
Other forces will bo set In motion
which will drive thc-m to this country.1
There will probably be from 6.000,000
to 10,000,000 widows or dependent
women left husbandless, fatherless
and destitute by the war. Possibly
twice as many children will be bereft.
Millions of these women and children
have friends and relatives in the Uni
ted States to whom they will extend
appealing arms.
The Profils Side °f Preparedness
Allan Benson, writing in Pearsons,
has the courage of his convictions, and
boldly takes issued with "preparedness
patriotism.”
Ask the man who talks loudest about
preparedness whether he wants the
government to do the “preparing"
without profit to anybody. It Is in
decent for men who stand to profit to
the extent of hundreds of millions
from "preparedness" to urge It upon
the rest of the nation and expect peo
ple to take their advice at par. What
manufacturer of munition# of war ill
be the first to step forward, and
while continuing to urge preparedness
advise the government to manufacture
Its own mu au? Will It be J. P.
Morgan? \\ i.» It be Charles M.
Schwab? Will It be any other of the
gentlemen conected with the thirteen
corporations mentioned by the CUlca
go Tribune that In one year made out
of the European war, 1492,000,000?
Because—mark this—the govern ;
merits at war do not now rely upon;
! individual manufacturers. They noW<;
control munition manufacturing. If
we are going to spend millions In
making munitions, why not consider
the object lesson which Europe is
showing us?
If those who urge preparedness ari
thinking only of defence, ns they s
why do they urge lmmet.se battle
ships? The evidence of the navy’s
distinguished oillcers Is that land de
fences and under sea defences make
the best defence again.-: iuvaeic.
munitions gentlemen are simply try
ing to do business at the expense o
the public. They have enlarged their;
factories to fill Europeans ’’ ar ord.rs
and want to kaep ..cm
European orders stop. According to
published reports, the DuPont P ■ d :
Company which, at the beginning of
the war, had but one plant, now has
three: Schwab has built three adul
tional factories for the manufacture
of shrapnel. An exporter of shrap.-.
told me that he was selling for $16 a
shell that cost him but $2 to manu
facture—and had orders for all he
could make.—Boston Record
Ma i the Mnjget to y -ui > -< -.Ik me
we'o adv ertise Nome
In this twentieth century It is diffi
cult for the white man to realize that
a really substantial belief in witch-.
craft can still exist among the natives'
as closely associated with civilization
as are the natives of the village of
KUllsnoo. And yet, for the past six
years there has been going on In that
village a series of so-called witchcraft
performances which finally culminated!
I*, a thorough Investigation of the mat
ter by W. O. Beattie, superintendent of
native schools, and District Attorney,
J .A. Smlser.
Mr. Beattie states that he is not yet
In a position to divulge the exact
nature of the present case but stated
that at KUllsnoo witchcraft has been
practiced for something like six years
and that it has been found necessary
to Investigate the situation thoroughly
In an effort to dispel the effects of a
psychological situation known to the!
Thllnkets as witchery.
When asked If the Idea of witch
craft was not rather out of date In
this twentieth century, Mr. Beattie
replied: "It may seem so to the twen
elth century white man, but It must be
remembered that the notlve Is not a
twentieth century person in the mat
ter of civilization.
“This question of 'witchcraft' con
tinued Mr. Beattie, "is one of the moat
difficult problems we have to hand«e
among the natives. The existence of
witches is a certainty with them, and
there Is absolutely no possibility of
convincing them that there are no
3uch things as witches. It Isn’t stub
borness on their part. Is simply and
sincerely their belief that there are
among their tribesmen, persons who
have power to cast a spell over others
of their number."
In answer to the question ''What
direction does their practice of witch
craft usually take?'1 Mr. Beattie said:
‘Well, we'll assume for Instance that
some member of the village commun
ity has a sore throat. After a little
while he will go to see an Indian
doctor about It, and the doctor will tell
him that someone has bewitched him.
“The process of casting a spell over
a person usually takes a course some
thing like this: The witch will catch
some animal, or It may be a bird and
strangle it by tying around its neck
a piece of the clothing of the man
whom he wishes to bewitch. The
thing of course dies and It is then
hidden away somewhere Within a
certain number of days after that, the'
bewitched person dies. The only way,
.1 which a spell may be cast off Is by
securing this animal or bird and
throwing it Into the salt water. Simply
burying It does no good, according to
the Indian legend. And since the tool
of the wttch Is usually hidden very
securely, there Is very little chance for
the bewitched to free himself from tht
i
charm.
“The whole thing Is, of course purely
a psychological situation, and savors
| to certain degree of hypnotism. But It
—
has a firm grip on the Alaskan natl'
—not only upon the uneducated on -a
but as well upon thoso who ha'. >1
opportunity to secure more > r less
education and who have been more or
less closely asoeiated with whi1.
pie."
If any definite clues can be dlscov
; ered in connection with the Klllisnoo
affair, an Investigation will be instltu
ed by the government. No announce
nnmt has yet boen made In thi3 con
nection, hut It Is expected that a com
plaint will be filed within the next
few days.—Ketchikan Progress;'
Miner.
NOTICE OF EXECUTRIX.
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In the Probate Court In and for the
Saint Michael Precinct, Second Dlvls
lon, District of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Frank
lin Moses, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
I7th day of January, 1916, the under
signed executrix of the said estate
duly fllod her final account therein
In said court, and also her petition
asking that said account be settled
and al’owed. And said court has or
dered that the hearing on said petition
and objections to the settlement and
allowance of said account be had be
fore Charles J. Koen, United States
commissioner and exofllclo Judge of
probate at his office In St. Michael
Second Division, District of Alaska, on
Monday, May 1st, 1916, at f o'clock p
m. of said day.
ELLA E. MOSES,
Executrix.
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