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NOME, ALASKA, SEPT. 7, 1916.
The open doubts **•** to tii« sincerity
of Germany in the matter of the sub
marine warfare Wifi doubtless be again
revived by the sinking of the steamship
Hesperian. Following so closely upon
the assuarnees of the German govern
ment that unwarned attacks on passen
ger vessels would be discontinued, the
attack on the Hesperian, an inoffensive
vessel, bound from Liverpool to Mon
treal with nothing aboard which might
l>e construed as in the nature of con
traband, doubtless came with some
thing of a shock to these who might
be inclined to place credence in the
representations of Germany. While it
is by no means determined that Ger
many is at fault in the matter, owing
to the uncertainty as to the true cause
of the sinking, suspicion is bound tc
arise in the minds of people generally
and will not he completely dissipated
until such time as she shall be cleared
from the charge. As stated In the dis
patches this will he a most difficult
matter owing to the sinking of the ves
sel in deep water and the burden ol
proof must rest largely upon the testi
mony of the passengers. It can hardly
he believed that Germany has beer
guilty of so flagrant a violation of hei
pledge especially as the hour hat
scarcely passed in which her solemr
assurances wore delivered. Germany
has been guilty of many faults but
that she would deliberately violate het
word almost in the hour of in which
it was given is most difficult to believe
unless we shall accept the view tha!
honor is to her nothing but an empty
term to be forgotten or overlooked
when ever the occasion or desire seems
to warrant.
The belief of some weeks ago that
the Balkan states wore preparing tc
enter the fray soems no nearer sub
stantiation although there has been a
vast deal of powwowing over conces
sions of this or that by one country’ or
the other. It commences to appear that
these dinky powers are up to a nice
little game characterized as “playing
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uoui ends against me middle." ournit,
tue negotiations ol tne allies witn I>ui
guria u> mnm e ner entrance into tut
Vial mat nation nag insisteu mat sin
be ceueu mat portion ot me Macedon
ian territory wiucb was awarueu u
del bia at tne close of me xlaman war
iSot content witn getting back wnai
sue ciauus is nets by rlgnt of conquest
■ne aiso ilistsgi inn a portion of tin
win wry widen wu* given so wqpecs u.
tue same way shall also ns handeii
over to her as a reward for her sup
posedly valuable services In genera
aspect the altitude of the nation great
ly resemblee a complete willinguuse It
trade the llesh and blodf of Its peoplt
tor some trilling concessions of terri
tory. in her all consuming greed ti
grab something in the way of a secun
recompense for casting ber lot with tin
allies she openly utters to trade tin
uves of her subjects.
'i bis Is about the most disgusting ex
hubltton of national greed that coulc
well be displayed. She makes no pre
tence of possessing a cause or a Justi
liable grievance and if her action ii
animated by am thing of such nuture 1
seemingly must be against her ststei
suites as She is upemy attempting ti
uicn some of their territory under tin
appearance ot making a legllimuti
l trade. liuigunu is not alone in thi:
, as practically the whole bunch an
dearly up to me same game. With tin
, possible exception of Ureece, every on<
ui mem are wilting to sacrifice the las
urup of their blood provided mat thej
are guaramed a sullicient price. Kou
mania has already put in her bid am
while bused upon sums appearance o
a justitlcable grievance against tin
teutonic nations, it is but little luss ai
excetHiingiy nasty bargain than the om
litiigana is seeking to eltecl. tioih art
plainly wining to swap human tlesl
, and bone fur what they can gain In v
, must mercenary trade.
—
i utaj'e is a natural tendency to con
trast tut splendid emciency ul me tier
utaii itoasi-auiocrauc system with tin
inuddleU manner in which me nearly
ueinocratic system m Great Britain has
ueen handling me war situation, in a
pessimistic mood, U. G. Wells, Uie En
glish writer, says:
Ir me proem government of Great
Britain and me United States are the
best sort of governments that demo
cracy can produce, than democracy is
bound, if not at this time then the nex.
time or the lime after, to be complete
ly overcome and superseded by sornt
form of authoritative stale organiza
tion."
Tlie trouble is not with the demo
cratic system, but is rather racial. Fo
example, republican France' has shown
a wonderful efficiency during the pres
ent war, although admittedly not hall
as well prepared for Us outbreak as was
Germany.
France has, in the Interval since
the war started, put every able-bodiec
man. who can bg profitably used, al
the front and under arms, and eacl
one of them has shown himself a singu
larly efficient soldier. It has marshal
led Us industrial assets and has in
creased its facilities for the manufac
ture of wur materials infinitely fastei
than has England, At the presen
stage of the war there are few pre
pared to state that France Is demon
strating any less efficiency than Is Ger
many.
For another example, and that o
nearly a pure democracy, turn to Swit
zerland. It Is the tine efficiency of the
military organization of Switzerlanc
which alone has preserved her neutral
ity and perhaps saved her from the fate
of Belgium. In proportion to popula
tion Switzerland has as many, as effi
cient and as well trained soldiers as
has any nation now actually engaged
in the war. For the purpose of de
fense her democratic army system
seems fully as efficient as the auto
cratic Prussian system.—P.-I.
STRANGE ALLIANCES.
A tabulation of European alliances
through the different wars of the past
200 years may surprise many readers,
and will surely show how unstable are
the friendships of nations. Here is the
, record:
1707-13—England, Austria, one Span
: ish faction ami some German slates
vs. France, llavaria and a rival Spanish
faction.
11 iita .6 Kngiauu itiiu n ussia vs
• .vuoiiia, i lance and uussia,
iioa-too- ialiglunu u. , lalice, topulu
„na ilia rajaiis ol East India.
1118-44 England vs. me aiuenouii
1 eoiomee, F runes, Spain »hu me rajsue
x i S3 -lgoi—isiiglanu, opain, Prussia,
Russia, Austria, Italy and Turkey vs.
France. ■
1405— England, uussia and Austila
1 vs. r ranee, spam, Uotimark and Prus
: siu.
1406— England, Russia and Prussia
\ s. France, Spain, lienmai k and Rhine
countries.
1409—England, Spain and Portugal
\ s. France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Hol
land and Belgium.
1412—England, Spain, Portugal and
1 Russia vs. France, Rhine states, Prus
sia, Austria, Holland, Belgium. Italy
and the United Suites.
> 1413-15—England, Spain, Portugal
I Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Swe
den, Holland and Belgium vs. Franca.,
> 145-31856 England, France, Italy and
■ Turkey vs. Russia,
1869—France and Italy vs. Austria.
1866—Prussia and Italy vs. Austria
and Bavaria.—Cincinnati Tlmes-Star.
W rt A I fclSULANU PAYS
1 FOR SHOOTING
tills is a war of artillery. Shells
1 ana snrapnei aie oeing used oil a scale
lur in excess ul the calculations of tnc
iiinsi far-seeing military experts of Eu
1 rope. mat is wny Kitchener and
: i i encu are asking for more sheila, auu
stm more snehs, tor a great proportion
' of the £24 a minute which tills wai
1 is costing is being blown away by uui
big guns.
io tiro a single shot from our biggesi
guns costs x i.uuu, ana some idea of
idle oxpenuiiuie of naval tiring can he
gathered from the fact that one famous
battleship could use up roughly £20,000
worth of ammunitli n per minute if she
worked all her guns at full blast, us
slie would do if necessary. And to this
nuge outlay must be added the cost
of the gun, remembering that tile larg
est weapon has a very short life, and
is soon worn oul. The most expensive
gun we use is the 15-inch, though othei
big guns run up heavy ammunition
bills. For instance £75 vanishes in j
lltune and smoke every time a 13.0
weapon is tired.
The guns which expend £1,000 wortli |
of ammunition every time they are Bred !
are really wonderful pieces of artillery
They can hurl a ton weight of explo
sive shell over a distance of thirty miles
with the certainty of hitting any spot
they aim at. The power and velocity
of the shot is such that on leaving the
gun it has force enough to go straight
I through 67% inches of wrought iron.
The 12-inch gun can eat up well over
i £100 worth of ammunition per minute
■ For a 9.2 inch it is approximately under
£30; for a 7 5 inch under £20, and fox
• a 6-inch about £12.—Tid- Bits.
' VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTION.
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Mining began in Alaska in 1880, and
since that time the territory has pro
duced mineral wealth to the value of
$268,000,000. Of this $244,000,00 has
1 been in gold, $19,800,000 in copper, $2,
251,000 in silver, $370,000 In coal, and
the rest in tin, lead, quicksilver, mar
ble, gypsum, petroleum, etc. Copper
mining began in Alaska in 1901, and
the total production is about 133,000,000
pounds.
It is estimated that the value of the
total mineral output of Alaska in 1914
is $19,248,000. compared with $19,416,
000 for 19133. The preliminary figures
on gold output for 1914 a value of $15,
900,000; in 1913 the value of $15,626,313.
Silver to the value of about $191,000
was produced in 1914, compared with
$218,988 in 1913. Though the low price
of copper since midsummer greatly
curtailed the output of that metal,
about 20,850,000 pounds valued at about
$2,872,000, was produced in 1914, against
21,659,958 pounds, valued at $3,357,293,
in 1913. The output of the other min
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lerals Including tin. marble, gypsum
quicksilver, coal and petroleum, in 1914
had a value of about $285,000, compared
' with $272,242 for 1913.
Had it not been for the depression in
the copper market, the value of Alas
ka's mineral product would have been
considerably greater in 1914 than in
1013. The gold mining industry of the
territory as a whole was prosperous
during ths year, as is mads directly
evident by the figures on output, but a
more important item of progress Is the
extensive dead work accomplished on
large plans that have not yet reached
a productive stage. No progress was
made in coal mining, there being In
| 1914 only one small productive mine in
the territory, and that in one of tKe
i lignite fields. It is expected that the
new law providing for leasing of coal
land in Alaska will lead to the ex
ploitation of the fields containing high
grade coal. The tin, gypsum, marble
ind petroleum mining industries of Al
aska hod a successful year.
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Steam Laundry will call and get y°ur
laundry.
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