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NOME. ALASKA, APRIL 11, 1917.
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The peace that was forthcoming on
the status of the war map with the
allies eager to embrace on Germany's I
terms did not materialize; the Russian
defection from France and Great Bri
tain nipped in the bud by the elimin
ation of the czar and his pro-German
camarilla; the persistent nibbling of!
the allies on the western front; the
serious internal condition of the cen
tral powers in regard to food supplies;
the very evident discontent of the new i
Fmpetor Karl of Austria at the con
dition of virtual vass’ilage to Ger
many, demonstrated by his having
replaced all the pro-German ministers
who had been in control since the
beginning of the war, and were re
sponsible for drafting the ultimatum
to Servia in July, 1914, with men of j
Czech learnings opposed to German
dominance; anil finally the knowledge
that ‘\ler tag'' on the western front
with Franco-British superority was
inevitably drawing near; these were
the factors that compelled Germany
to play her last card of “ruthless sub
marine warfare" and defy the world,
thinking that if by these means she
could seriously cripple England be
fore the United States resented the
affront that waks thus hurled in her
face by active participation, ano'her
peace proposition still favorable to
Germany might he considered. Dur
ing the whole of 1916 Germany was
on the defensive on her main fronts,
and the successful incursion into Wal
lachia did not materially alter the
position of affairs.
All efforts to break the deadlock
on the western front had proved fer
tile, and the Verdun recoup by the
French, had a very disheartening ef
fect on the morale of the troops that
had been promised an early victory,
•chile the small results gained from
the conquest of Roumania, which had
been exploited to the German people
.s the decisive factor In the war, both
economic and military, must have had
a very disheartening effect on the
civil population.
The success of the Somme drive
demonstrates that as in all other ul
timate calculations the German war
lords miscalculated. The submarine
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warfare neither delayed nor in any
way hampered the long promised
drive, and now with no prsopect of
victory, with the entrance of the Uni
ted States the interna’- condition of
the central empires is so had tha'
the whole hearted support of the peo
ple can no longer ho counted upon
How bad things arc, we have no
means of knowing, but reports from
1-liable sources indicate that a great
change for the worse has taken place
■ in the last two months.
Munich dispatches through neutral
I sources state that the substitution of
the bouse of W'itth shach—the Bavar
ian royal house—for that of Ilohen
zollern is advisable if German Integ
rity is to be maintained.
Can Germany promise her people
1 any gain on the eastern front? A
regenerated Russia, with troops know
ing that they are fighting not on’-y
against an enemy who has invaded
their soil but for a government which
has given them a new freedom, will
surely give an accounting worthy of
such a cause, for they must surely
know tht a German victory would
mean the restoration of the czar and
autocracy. No people ever had more
to tight for, and In all probability
the Russians will appreciate this and
demonstrate their wonderful national
capabilities. On the eastern front
tittle can be gained by Germany that
would have any bearing on the situa- I
tlon, while a Russian offensive, that I
may be looked for at an early date,
will, show her incapable of maintain
ing her assumed role of conqueror.
But Gormny is not beaten, and if
h- i war lords can continue to delude
the German people, she can fight with
her back to tlie wall for a long time,
thought the ultimate issue is Inevita
b’e and the longer the re-awakening
'of Teuton democracy from the torpor
of Prussian autocracy is delayed the
worse for this misguided nation ed
ucated to fanatic faith in militaristic
omnipotence.
ALASKA GOOD ROADS
Till great northern territory is be
ginning a campaign for tourists in its
own behalf. The Valdez chamber of
commerce has recent ly issued a book
let descriptive of the trip over the
Valdez-Fairbanks military road, now
improved to tin- extent that automo
biles are able to accomplish a more
than 300-tnile journey from the coast i
to the interior in two days.
The Alaska road commission has
constructed and maintains 990 miles
■ of wagon road, 629 miles of winter
sYd roads and 2,210 miles of trails.
Approximately $3,100,000 has been ex
oended on Alaska highways. The road
lie tween Valdez and Fairbanks is the
main . >!<ry of travel between the
roast and interior.
Setting 'forth the attractions for
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tourists, tlie Valdez Miner sajs:
"A largo number of tourists, going
inside by the river route, took advan
tage of the . into service last sum
mer to make 'be trip to the coast
overland, and without exception they
wot most enthusiaafic over the trip.
"In addition to its scenecy it
passes through a country where moose
si eep, goats, bears, ptarmigan and J
grouse are abundant; where the angler
inn \ lind trout streams the like of
which he never dreamed, and gray
ling fishing unsurpassed anywhere on
earth. As a pleasure trip, if the tour
ist brings his own onto, there is noth
ing in the world that can surpass
it. Inuring the summer and fail
months the climate is ideal. After
the coast range is passed there is
little or no rain, there are roadhouses
in plenty, and a camp may be mad?
almost anywhere. If tlie tourist does
not desire to bring a machine, one
t an be obtained with driver and guide
at reasonable prices. N'o better va
cation trip can be made, none afford
ing such a variety of pleasures, as
the ride from Valdez to the Tanana
metropofis, and the indications are
that next summer will see hundreds
of people taking advantage of the
opportunity to get a maximum of en
joyment at a minimum of expense."
The construction of the government
railway is inducing road build’ing for
feeders. The road commission is ask
ing a yearly appropriation from con
gross of $500,000 for the next few
years, which with appropriations from
the Alaska fund, will greatly aid in
getting business (for the rail line,
furnish attractive cross-country trips
to tourists, and facilitate local busi
ness. P.-T.
OUR AID TO BELGIUM.
The amount of pride which the peo
ple of this country take in the con
tributions which they have made for
the suffering Belgians is dispropor
tionately greater than the contrtbu- j
tions themselves.
Three fifths of all of the purchases
for the relief of the Belgians have
been made in the United States, and
the amount of money expended here
for the purchase of supplies for this
purpose has reached $150,000,000. It
is estimated that the profits to the
United States on these sales have
amo inted to $;t0,000/<Of while *f c
Hircunt of all of the American con
tributions for l be relief of Belgium
has been I ut $J,000,000. It is not a
record to I oist of, at least to the
ir that loasting has been done.
The largest contributions to be
credited to this country are the ser
vices of the men who have headed
the relief commission and who have
devoted extraordinary talents for or
ganization and administration to the
task of distributing the relief funds.
The work done by these men has
been a world’s wonder. Tho fact that
they were Americans has fixed in the
minds of the Belgians and largely in
‘.lie minds of Americans the idea that
it was the United States which was
doing the relief work, while the truth
Is that our contributions have been
infintiLly Smaller then those made
by Kngland or by the Belgian people
themselves, not to mention other
countries. The record in that respect
lies with New Zeland, where the Bel
gian contributions foot up to |1.9s j
per capita, as compared with 9 cents j
apiece for the peop’e of tho United I
States.—P. -I.
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