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NOME. ALASKA. APRIL 16. 1915
The oft concealed, thought ever pres
ent inclination of the larger powers to
grab anything in the line of desirable
territory that may he looseh or in
effectively guarded, was never better'
illustrated than in thu i asp of Japan I
and China which seriously threatens to I
break into an open rupture and pre
cipitate another conflict
It requires no more than a glance
at the Japanese demands to convince
one that behind the whole list, contain
ing in the neighborhood of a score or
more demands, which are designated by
the Japanese as "friendly concessions."
is simply a gigantic attempt to bull
doze the com part i vely defenseless Chi
nese Republic out of what she is unable
to guard from the grasping clutch of
her powerful neighbor
Included in the Japanese demands
are requests that China must employ
no foreigner except Japanese in tier
arsenals, that all other foreigners must
tie excluded from future railway, min
ing and dock building concessions, in
tiie Fukein province, and the same t >
apply to inner Mongolia. Also that
China must employ Japanese in high
position in the army, police and finan
cial departments. In addition Japan
demands the right to establish an arse
nal and also asks that at least half
the arms and ammunition used by the
Republic lie hereafter purchased from
her Railway concessions are demand
ed in the southeastern provinces which
when fully developed will practically
control the avenues of distribution in
the richest portion of the nation and
these under the terms of concession
must be under Japanese control. Joint
interests in the principle coal and iron
mines, the great Hanyang iron works
and the Fin Hsiang collieries are to be
granted with the further provision that
no competing concessions are to be
given to other foreigners.
In return Japan concedes nothing
save the beneficent influence- of her
presence while engages! in the task of
practically dominating the Republic
and its gobbling wealth in the task of
ium of the manifoid < on< essions If
there is one thing in the total series of
requests which may be construed as a
c onc ession, it is in the arctic le requiring
that China must call cm Japan alone
for the preservation of her integrity,
which Japan guarantees to maintain,
and which she will do, undoubtedly, as
protecting interests of China under
the proposed terms is in reality only
protecting her own interests All con
sidered, it is manifestly a case of grab
with a big G. and poor China can do
nothing to prevent the attempted steal
Her situation, the tenor of the Japanese i
requirements considered, is anything t
but pleasant. If she gives in to the t
Japanese demands she voluntarily f
places herself in a situation where she t
will be completely under Japanese I
domination and in the event of failure <
to meet the proposals Japan is all too 1
evidently anxious to assume a forcible
domination o' the unfortunate Republic
regardless of her likes or dislikes In the
matter
Whether England is in sympathy (
with the Inclinations of her oriental
ally or not Is not clear but it is a fair |
assumption that from the Japanese ^
point of view England has her hands ^
full at home and can ill afford to break ^
with a nation as powerful as that of the
Mikado, at least at the present time
The other nations also which, under
normal conditions, might attempt to
stay the grasping hand of Japan, are in
no better condition than Rritian to en
force demands and thus Japan reall\
dominates the situation Hapless
China apparently is at the merev of
her Island neighbor and must either
stand idly by and see herself robbed
out of her most valuable privileges
i hrough the cunning wiles of the little
brown men or falling (he possession of
[sufficient strength to protect herself
must ultimately find herself forced to
, i, hl even greater privileges through
i he compelling power of arms It is
tlie world old proposition of grab any
thing your neighbor has provided that
you can get away with it and after all i
Japan has ample precedent in the pres
it nt doings of the self sidled “cultured
Christian nations of the west who. de
spite their protestations that theirs is
ja battle for justice and the right ar< in
| reality only seeking to get awav with
[something belonging to some one else
| The only difference is that the latter
■ h;u tng been longer in contact with the
] slippery methods of civilization tluui
' has Japan have learned to go about the
11 task of purloining the other fellows
! goods with a trifle more of finesse and
* j delicacy.
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)' A SOLDIER ON “ATROCITIES"
> _
The professional militarists view of
j "atrocities” is shown in a remarkable
interview with an American army offi
cer onoted from the Boston Transcript,
it Is remarkable for its frank charac
terization of war "War." he says “is
always underhanded, cowardly and
mean. It is always cruel What can
y ito expec t when two armies of tnen go
forth to kill each other" If inv ad
■ i.iicto-ic avt you can rest assured it is
gonig to be preformed. If 10.000 men
can lie sent down on 1.000 and obliterate
them, that is war Many things are
done that tire unnecessary. Many are
brutal, but they are done under stress
and circumstances that are unusual,
i Many things are going to happen—
may Ice expected to happen that will
make your blood run cold. How are
y ou going tcc stop it '.' By making rules
that will he broken and denied as soon
as necessity seems to demand some
terrific advantage'.' if you are going
to have war you must expect to have
death and suffering. It is horrible to
think that innocent men. women and
children are dying, but it is not in
eonc eiveahli that such may be the case
when the armed hosts of one nation go
and shoot through the cornfields and
villages of another."
•Might is right in war. or considered
so Necessity, especially military ne
cessity. with life nr death the issue.
| knows no law War is essentially de
structive and deadly, uncivilized, brutal,
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inhuman. What r terrible travesty j |
u|Hin civilisation, justice and rtRht Is
the appeal to arms, this ordeal by brute I
force. Talk of atrocities The whole!
thinR is a colossal atrocity "under
handed, cowardly and mean The Rlory ;
of war.” As well speak of the Rlory of;
murder, of assassination, of massacre.
PERVERSITY
My foot is swollen with Ilie gout: if
it were pounded with the knout it
couldn't have more kinds of pain, and
remedies are all in vain. But I could
stand the torture well and bear my
grief and seldom yell if things did not
conspire an scheme to hurt that foot
nnd make me scream
Yes. things inanimate will plan to
put the kibosh on a man, and when
his mudhook makes him curse they set
to work to make it worse
! rise at night, with anguish hent. to
seek the Jim crow liniment supposed to
ease tin muscles torn, and which it j
eases in a horn I know Just where)
the bottle stands, and there I steer, i
with groping hands; and then my sore
foot goes, kerswat! against the center,
nf the int *'n one lame leg awhile 1:
stand and hold the other In my hand,
and quote the harhs of ancient Greece
and veil for firemen and police
The c ot. a thing of wire and steel, of
course, you'll s«v can't think of feel:
and yet it left its proper stall to spoil
that inoffensive toe and multiple niv
load of woe
Then, when the anguish quits a hit
ind I've recovered from my fit. 1 start \
again once inure intent on getting that j
blamed liniment 1 take three steps or
maybe four, and then a chair slides up
the floor, and so displaces its nether
limb that T shall kick the same with
vine I have ten toes, and 1 might kick
with nine of them a chair-—or brick
and not be much the worse for wear:
alas' the sore one hits that chair! The
1 one lone toe I'd fain protect gets in
1 collision and is wrecked'
I fold my poor foot to my breast and
rant around like all possessed, until
my wife leaves her repose and cools
me with the garden hose
That chair, at ordinary times would
not decent to sordid crimes. It is a .
meek and humble stool that follows up
the golden rule: it tries to make the
world more gay and scatters sunshine
da\ by day. But when it saw that
swollen scow, it had to take a fall. I
I
trow.
' And everything around ttie shack
will leave its place and jump the track
atuf so I sit here and repine.
Vou know thp truth of what I say.
that things inanimate will play the
most prmqrse. outrageous pranks on
one who’s shaky on his shanks; and if
you don't, just try the gout, and you
will blamed soon find it out.—Walt
Mason,
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UKKSL.Al' The liresluur Zeituny
demands the confiscation of the prin
cipality of Sagan. which stands in tin
name ..f i’rlnce Howard, of Sagan. son j
of Duke Heiie and the Duchess of I
Tallyrand. The Duchess was Anna '
Gould, of New York The confiscation |
is demanded as a reprisal against th. j
alleged confiscation "f German pro j
perty in France.
The principality of Sagan embraces j
the handsome castle of Sagan and -lj
estates, aggregating 60,000 acres. Duke|
Heiie renounced his title of Prince of
S igan in favor of his son at the time
of tiis father's death in 1010
BRITISH SHOOT TARGET N. Y.
NEW YORK The Swedish ‘learner,
j Purr which arrived here recently re
ported ihat it saw a P.ritisli cruiser eii
gaseil in target practice t went \-one]
miles southeast of the Ambrose chan
nel.
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FOURTH COUNT. APRIL 14. 1915.
Ruby .Martin.61,100
Rowena Lewis.49,526
Mrs. Perry Moore.24,890
Katie Bongard .25,055
.Mrs. .Johanna Hansen.24,135
Helen Allan .17.391
Mary Smith.17,375
Mrs. .7. P. Jones.17,210
Mary Fox .15,545
<’ irrie Stipek.9,995
Mrs. Denny O’Brien . 8,665
Norman Rawel . 6,680
Klondy Nelson.5,470
Katie Oinnivan.5,115
Mrs. Parlson.4,925
Mrs. P.artlett . 4.600
Mrs. n. B. Holden.2,260
Mrs. Goss .2,005
Inez Miller .1,565
Mrs. R. s. Horn . 1,125
Mrs. Ketterer . 1,025
Mrs. a. Nelson. 1.025
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