THE BRITISH VIEW
OF THE WAR SITUATION
During the present rush oT the
Teutons some timid people who
fail to count the reserve strength
and the capacity of the contest
ants for prolonged strain may be
come a little panicky. But it
must be remembered that in a life
and death struggle the fighter
which can hold on longest and
bring the greatest supply of new
strength imo action will play the
trump card in the end
In arriving at the real situa
tion, it is well to recall that the
British fleet, the deciding factor
against early Teuton victory and
the staying factor today, contin
ues to keep the Teutons encircled
from the Dardanelles to the Bal
tic. Their trade is restricted, and
their zone of action now about at
its maximum. Accepting this
fact, the allies have the Teutons
en-walled, and now the final bout
w ill follow- when the allies get
good and ready. General Fran
cis V. Greene, a noted West
Pointer, brother to James Greene
former Dawson business man, re
cently compiled statistics which
he gave out in an address in New
York which, on reading one can
see between the lines, that the
strength of the allies has not yet
been touched, and the balance of
power lies in their vast reserves.
General Greene shows that the
population of the entente powers
in Europe is 266,500,000 and of
the Teutonic powers and their
ally, Turkey, 122,200,000. The
entrance of Bulgaria increases
the Teutonic total somew-hat. But
the entente powers have popul
ous colonies so that they can
diaw on a total population of
759,000,000, while the total popu
lation of Germany, Austria-Hun
gary, Turkey and their colonies
is 155,000,000.
The number of killed on each
side has been about the same, ac
cording to General Green’s com
pilation. Tiie number of missing
on the side of the entente powers
is more than 200,000 greater,
which means that Germany and
her allies have taken more Rus
sian and other prisoners than
has the opposition. The number
of missing Russians is given at
900.000, which is less than Ger
many has claimed. It is surpris
ing to find that the number of
missing Austro-Hungarians is
given at 700,000. Gen Greene
calls the figures he gives as "in
telligent guesses,” which means
that he has drawn conclusions
from the limited information
available.
A comparison of the total num
ber of killed, wounded and miss
ing on each side shows 4,187,000
for the entente powers and 3.830,
ooo for the Teutonic allies and
Turkey. The difference is not
great, though the advantage for
the beginning is on the side of the
Teutonic allies, who have had
the advantage of central or pivo
tal position and preparedness.
1 he following table sums up
Gen. Greene's figures:
Entente. Teutons.
Killed .i,o36,ooo 1,030,000
Wounded ...1,846,000 1,780,000
Missing ....1,285,000 1,020,000
Totals .. .4,167,000 3,830,000
More than 2,000,000 killed,
more than 2,000,000 missing, al
most 4,000,000 wounded, and yet
it appears that the angry nations,
especially the entente powers,
have just reached the stage of
efficient warfare. Now that the
entente powers are daily becom
ing better equipped and the Tue
tons are more cut off and circum
scribed by the Mediterranean and
other blockades, and great sup
plies are being rushed from Am
erica, Japan and other nations to
Russia, France an Bdritain, the
wealth of resource may soon turn
the scale with the allies.
I11 round numbers the war has
so far killed 2,000,000 men, and
wounded 4,000,000 and made
more than 2,000,000 prisoners,
and the end is not in sight. Gen.
Greene regards these aS conser
vative figures
The sot of the war is estima
ted at from $40,000,000 to $50,
000,000 a day, and the total cost
by January I, 1916, will be $25,
ooo.txxi.ooo, of which probably 80
per cent will have been borrowed.
Already about $ 20,000,000,000
Ins been borrowed.
This seems to be an enormous
strain on credit and resources,
yet Gen. Greene observes that
“the debts at present are consid
erably less in the percentage of
accumulated wealth than was the
American debt 50 years ago or
the European debts a hundred
vears ago" resulting from the Na
poleonic wars. lie finds that
wealth has increased far more
rapidly tlnn population in the
last hundred years and that all
or nearly all the belligerents have
still vast sources of credit un
touched.
The armed strength of the en
tente powers is given at 7,940,000
men, and of the Teutonic allies,
not including Bulgaria, 5,260,000.
I he difference in population is
much greater, however, than that
in armed strength. '1 he entente
powers, because of their larger
population, should be able to in
crease and keep up their armed
strength longer than tlieir oppon
ents. The vast resources of Bri
tain in Canada, Australia, India,
Egypt, New Zealand and Africa
are available for her sustenance,
and France has large resources
in Africa. Russia has the tre-!
mendous stretches of her own
country and Siberia—another |
Canada- Access to the sea gives
these nations the world for a I
storehouse. The central powers,
on the other hand, are circum
scribed and limited to their own
resources, which already are im
poverished. In the test of en
durance and material wealth and
grand aggregate of population
there can be no doubt who will
win.—Dawson News.
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ALASKA lintAfEST
TbRRITORy
As an evidence of the value to
the nation U>f its great unde
veloped territory, the statement
of Alaska’s resources and grow
ng commerce made by the Alas
ka bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce should be am
>ly sufficient to warrant liberal
treatment in the way of congres
ional appropriations for future
development.
\ district, still in its wild state,
.hat lias produced a quarter of a
illion in gold should have some
claim to liberal treatment. A pop
ulation <>: less than 40,000 people
that produce.! a £63,675,000 com-!
merce in 1914 and a $73,000,000
commerce in 1915 cannot be ig
nored in their claims for national
t in further development.
A territory that has enriched the'
United States in excess of $500,
000.000 over and above all cost
of our government should not be
required to beg for encourage
ment to fui tlier progress that only j
the federal government may gfve.j
1 he present needs of Alaska 1
total approximately $10,500,000.
The government railway con
struction requirements will con
sume more than .tS,ooo,ooo of this!
total, while roads, fisheries, min
eral survey s and public land sur
veys makes up the remainder. It
.s a small sum when the possibili
ties of the great territory are con
sidered, and it is an investment
mat will return its value many
.oiu to tlie people ot tile United
States.
i tattle is doing its best to ac
quaint tne count*y with Alaska
i*eeus, feenng tnat a statement oi
cue Uigtncy oi tlie situation, tlie
...ate*iai ia^is, stiouiu De sumcient
.u Ming tlie relief desired. Ap
peals aie going lurwa.u to con
g.essmen and Seattle merchants
a.e writing to tiieir business con
nections in tne east, urging sup
port.
1 he Alaska bureau of the chain- j
oer of commence nas asxea that
citizens generally appeal tor sup
t>o*t to uiuuent.al mentis in tne
east, ll these duties are adequate
ly met, ana Seattle s spirit will
.>uieiy see to tins there snould be
ho doubt of hnaf success and oi
the beginning of a new era in Al
aska s greatest development.
THE EVIL OF THE KNOCK.
Satan never invented a more
hellish postime than that of hu
man beings knocking each other
behind their backs. The worst of
this evil is that it works its ill
three ways.
It injuries the one talked about,
the one talking and the one talk
ed to. A reputation is smirched
every time we pass on an unneces
sary criticism of a fellow-being.
Our own character anj self-con
tro. are weakened with every
such word. And the mind of the
listener is poisoned; he who ought
to be helped to see and think
about the best in others has been
degraded, part way at least, to
ward the unworthiness of our
own low level. Once in a while
an almost knock-out blow is giv
en to this unworth) and unfair
kind of fighting by someone’s
quietly mentioning a good qual
ity in the absent person who is
being criticised. Tibs will almost
invariably bring gossip to an ab
rupt close. We shall do well to
;nd others’ gossip bv this mem
and we shall do still better to end
our own before it begins.—Kail
as City Labor Herald.
While on the Eagle trail, en
-oute to Upper Fortymile, a
'reight rig driven by a man nam
ed Davis overturned. The team
ter went to get help, and while
he was away the two carbon
heaters he was using for foot
varmers started a fire and the
whole load was consumed. This
hicluded the trousseaux of two
rides, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. F.
Herbster. The clothes and wed
ling gifts were valued at fifteen
hundred dollars.
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Continued from Page i
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'’ell & Hatupjn . S 134 2 15
Bnvey ft Davslnn, 9 to 13 In
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'ell a Hatupin, 1 to 4 In
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Fell * Hatupin, 1 to 12 In
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Fell ft Hatupin, lots 9 to
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. ell, Sarah, lo's 1, 2. 3 and 4 145 8 S'
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Munson, Oscar, cabin on
Arthur placer . l.On'
Bmin^ard. Jne. hmise, Ar
thur p'acer claim . 2.00
fhc. Andrew, 2 cabins Ar
thur placer claim .. 1.00
Lot. Blk. Atnt.
Larapnt, Fred, house Ar
thur claim . 2.08
Carlson, II. It., 2 beading*
Arthur clni,,, . 2.1.3
deism, Paul, cabin, vrthur
claim . .S3
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thur claim . .7?
Pare. Fred, cabin . I.f,1
Broun, Chas.. cabins Ar
thur claim . 2.00
Orailon, Gus. cabin Arthur
claim . .01
Alaska Mer. Co., Improve
ments on .88 39 87 30.00
Alaska Mer. Co. Improve
ments on .41 87 10.00
brown. cab'n on .21 G7 .63
Johnson, Olaf, cabin . 3 24 2.00
Pice, Robert, cabin on n.
1-2 . 6 56 1.01
Sworn, John, cabin on s. 1-2 8 66 1/3
Smith, John. (st. cabin.... 6 14 4.03
GnfT'iey. J. C. buildings on 85 19 6.00
Precnbprg, building on .... 36 19 40.00
Reed, Chas. cabin on .... 6 60 1.00
Theis. Stephen, cabin s, 1-2
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AfeT.eo, cabin . 7 64 2.00
Watson. Chas, cabin . 7 63 1.00
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