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Entered a3 second class matter Feb
26, 1907, at the post office at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1878.
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NOME, ALASKA, JAN. 5, 1917.
A sack of coal during the cold spell
has lasted about as long as the pro
verbial snow ball, it is too bad that
thp heat and cold, along with the
wealth, can't be apportioned a little
more evenly.
The crazy sporting editor says there
are some things imposible to stop—
golfing at n.ght, indoor yachting,
winter baseball, 3ummer sleighing and
telegraphic fighting .
Almost any thing is liable to happen
either in the tvay of peace efforts, or
a more relentless warfare, or in the
extension of the field of the war. It
is easy to pooh, pooh the views of
others and to declare th..t this, that,
or the other will, or will not happen
but the men who are’ near the storm
center, who are in the thick of it,
are free to confess that they do not
know what is going to happen next.
President Wilson who ought to know
as much about world politics as any
man alive in speaking of the possi
bility of America being drawn into
the world struggle said recently "I
cannot tell twenty four hours at a
time whether there is going to be
trouble or not.”
A little later the president said,
"And whether there is to be trouble
or not does not depend on what I do
or what I say or upon what any man
in the United States does or says. It
depends upon ’what foreign govern
ments do; what the commanders of
ships at sea do; what those in charge
of submarines do; upon the judg
ment of a score of men, big and lit
tle, hang the vital issues of peace or
war for the United States.”
In other words, Germany'3 subma
rine policy may Involve us In war.
Or England's further encroachments
upon our right to carry* goods to
neutrals and our right to a mail ser
vice that is not tampered with may
plunge us Into the struggle. That
•.he president has considered this lat
ter contingency is shown by this
significant statement, “If the flame of
a world on fire creeps In on us It
may creep from both coasts. And
here we are without enough ships to
patrol them." Here he clearly recog
nizes that a fight with England and
France would also Include Japan. And
he say3 we have not enough ships
to patrol both coasts. He goes fur
ther and speaks of our national hu
miliation In the Mexican affair. "I
haven't had enough men to preveni
Mexican bandits from raiding across
the bolder of the United States, ll
has been u very mortifying situation
Indeed”
Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Dr. A. F. lieimlich
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Reaidenoe.
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Ofltea heuret 1-8 and M p. m,
- tk»n« its;
The United States is not In fact
prepared to fight anybody. We nave
only about 126,000 men of whom onlv
40,000 are avilable mobile troops on
the main land. The general staff telU
us that Great Britain could deliver
on our coasts 170,000 men in fifteen
days. Germany, If her hands were
frc?* and she had buck her merchant
marine, could land 827,000 In forty
•Ut days. Japan 238,000 In alxty-thrao
uu>s. Before the war, two of these
nations were our masters In a way
on the Ath ntic and the other on the
Pacific. And yet some American In
a blind, foolish way brag of the
enormous resources of America. They
certainly arc great and they seem to
lie open for whichever of our throe
rivals wants to come and take them.
It is quite true that no tlotilln of
transports would ever dare approach
i ilher coast while our navy wa3 still
Intact. But how long would It sta;
intact? How does It compare In
strength with the others? A row
years ago it was second only to Eng
land's., Today It is fourth, Germany
and Japan standing in second and
third places. We are just now under
the pressure of fear and possibly be
cause of an cnlighti ned public opin
ion taking occasion to greatly
strengthen our sea forces but so is
Japan . What Germany is doing is not
known, but surely unless she lose3
her fleet in a great naval engage
ment she will ocme out of the pres
sent war with a stronger navy than
we have. And In this connection, her
professors and representatives are
even now telling the people of South
America that Germany will no longer
submit to the Monroe doctrine. Be
this as it may, our newest ships only
carry 14 inch guns while Great Bri
tain’s newest ships carry 15 Inch
guns and are much faster besides.
We have no battle cruisers, a lyoe of
ship that has played a leading role
in the war. Nor have Vo officers and
men enough. Admiral Dewey says
we need 11,000 more officers and men
and at once It takes four years to
make a naval seaman and seven to
make an officer. Nor have we any
scrut cruisers worthy the name. De
wey says that six should be built at
once. Other authorities want twelve.
So it appears that our navy while
good, so far as It goes, 13 not ade
quate for defence against a strong
foe
Put should an enemy make a land
ing on our shores and should our
entire forec of regulars and militia
be opposed to them what artillery
could we bring up to help repel them?
Almost none. One Bussian armv In
one battle in the Japanese war had
50 per cent more field guns than we
own or are building. And a modern
canon cannot be built in a day.
We are buih’ing the flne3t types of
aeroplanes for European armies and
navies but we own ouly a few. For
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elgn nations have thousands to our i
scores. We have ordered about 30()
recently but these are barely enough i
to train a few men. In case of war
we should have thousands of planes
with plenty of experienced air men.
Some of the South American na
tions are better equipped than we for
self-defence. Belgium with S60.QG0
men was wiped off the map a9 was
Servia with 600,000 and Roumanla
with 1,200,000. In the clash of the j
world struggle of mighty powers the'
position of the United States does not
sei m to be particularly secure. It Is
quite probable that President Wilson
has been wise in making language
cover our weakness and shield Uo i
from impact with any thoroughly pro- j
paied nation.
.And at that we are not wise in
bring so poorly prepared to detenu
ourselves. If war with a first class
power should come the cost in men
and treasure would be incalculable.
We are worth $IS8,000,000,000 and u
yedrly expediture of a half of one per
cent of this sum would soon put us
iun a position where we need fear no
one. On the other hand we would lie
feared and our influence on the side
of right would amount to something.
Justice and peace among men can be
maintained only when the preponder- •
ance of military power has been i
gathered into the hands of the pacific
peoples; and until such a transfer of
the balance of military power has
been effected the safely of no nation
is assured.
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COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days designated. The minus
■\gn before a number means below
zero.
U. 8. Weather Bureau.
me 191.
Jan. 1. —1* - 20
Jan. 2. •• ,*••••••«•• —26 "28
Jan. 3 . —18 —2S
Jan. 4.• ••• •*•*.«. —17 “ 84
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