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NOME, ALA9KA, MARCH 18. 1913
A WELCOME ASSURANCE.
The assurance of the Secretary of
the Navy that the war fleet of the
United States was never In better shape
to tight than at present will be wel
come news to those a ho realize that
our national destiny is in a great meas
ure dependant on the navy. And, com
ing at the present lime when the world
is filled with strife, when doubt of the
present and fear of the future, till the
minds of men and each day is pregnant
with possibilities of further interna
tional discord, it Is douhly welcome.
Each day of the oontlnuence of the war
makes more apparent the the necessity
of keeping this primary bulwark of our
national defense in a state of the high
est efficiency as it is clear that despite
our most sincere wishes to maintain
a strict neutrality we are in hourly
danger that some untoward act of the
belligerents may draw us from out
present state of peace and comparative
security into the whirling torrent oi
strife. Discord stands just without nui
doors and it is admittedly a task re
quiring caution and careful judgment
to avoid the possibility of its entranoi
into our midst
The repeated statements uttered bj
i hose who were in a position to know
ihe facts to tho effect that the nav;
was in anything hut a state of efficien
cy, have been most disquieting and th<
knowledge that in many case* the
statements have come from naval otfi
eers of high rank has not served ti
relieve them of ominous *portent. I
is, therefore, to be hoped that this as
surance is based upon certainties am
is not merely a hasty reply to th
stinging criticism which lias beei
heaped upon the Navy Department
much of which is no doubt undeserved
Every confidence is felt that Secretary
Daniels really has the best interest o
the navy at heart and will ultimately
if it has not been done already, plac
the navy in such a state that it wil
not only be our national pride but als<
have our confidence as the mainsta;
of our national security.
TRADE WITH GERMANY.
The first result of the present wai
was the complete destruction of thi
trade of tho United States with Oer
many. For the first few months thi
trade with Germany completely van
ished. This was the most serious re
suit which the war brought home t<
us. aside from the, temporary financia
dislocation. Now it appears by cue
toms statistics that so far from a com
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plete loss of German trade it is back
almost to Its old proportions The one
difference is now that our trade with
Germany is not direct, but is being car
ried on largely through neutral coun
tries.
Imports from Germany through the
port of New York In November exceed
ed $9,000,000 and were more than half
a million dollars greater than the im
l>orts for the same month last year
Exports to Germany direct were negli
gible. although in November. 1913. the\
exceeded $7,000,000, But the exports!
to Denmark Jumped from about $500.
000 in November. 1913, to over $7,000,
000 in November of this year. Sweden
and and Norway are buying through
New York more than five times ns
much as they did last year
It Is practically certain that the in
creased Imports of the Scandinavian
countries are almost entirely on Ger
man account. There is nothing to in
terfere with their trade with Germany
through Baltic ports, for the English
fleet Is not on the Baltic and the Rus
sian fleet is kept In port On the show
ing we are actually buying ns much
! from Germany as we ever did and are
j selling a very much larger amount of
| giwls than before the war broke out.
1 This is evidenced further In the quota -
1 tions for exchunge on Germans which
are far lower than they were before
| the war.
The increase in German imports
brings the import trade of the country
back to the normal. The loss of re
venues from customs collections, mads
the ground for the imposition of the
now "war taxes." is on the showing
attributable not to any decrease In the
value of imports but entireh to tie
decreased duties under the Democratic
tariff law It is the tariff law. not the
war. which is responsible for the de
creased revenue and the war taxes.—
Seattle P. I.
I OUR DILETTANTE ‘KRIEOS HERR
In 111# paragraph of his message deni
in# with the navy the President un
consciously illustrated his dilettanti
.attitude toward the problems of na
| tiotuil defense "Who shall tell us now
'what sort of navy 10 huild'’" lie asked
Again: "When will the experts tell in
what kind (of ships) we should con
struct—and when will they be right
for ten years together, if the relativi
ettii ienc\ of craft of different kind)
and uses continues to change as wi
have seen it change under our ver;
That detached, purely sperulnth
point of view might be reasonably is
sumed by a close critic of naval con
at ruction Rut it is an impractical on.
jfor an official charged with creating :
fleet or keeping it in being a navy':
value lies in its readiness for immedlnt.
use. and it must be maintained fron
year to year, even though its unit
rapidly become obsolete
If Presidents and Secretaries of ih
navy laid tiiiked in the past .is Presi
dent Wilson talks now we would havi
no modem navy The early battle
ships have been dismantled, and evoi
the battleships of ten years ago ar.
out of date. Was it doubtful policy
therefore, to build them, instead of go
ing on using wooden and unarinorec
steel ships until some absolute stand
ard of efficiency in armored craft
should tie established
"W ho shall tell us now what sor
of navy to build?" Who told Gro.i
Britian and Germany how to built
their navies. The way to build is b
build according to the best existinj
knowledge. Those in charge of a navy
must be willing to face responsibility
and do their duty according to the
light they have. Least of all should
they try to dodge responsibility on the
plea that we may know more about
the possibilities of naval construction
tomorrow or the day after tomorrow -
New York Tribune.
WAR
BULLETINS
Torpedo Boats Collide; Disasterous
ROME, March 17.—Austrian toriwdo
boats collide with allied mine planters
in straits of Otranto resulting, accord
ing to reports, in the destruction of
one torpedo boat and three mine^planf
ers with their entire crews. ^
Doatroyer Fleet Driven Off.''
VIENNA. March 17. The Anglo
French fleet was foiled in an attempt
to establish a naval base along islands
off Dalmatian roast when Austrian
torpedo boats attacked them, driving
them off and serinnslv damaging three
ships
Preparing Another Zeppelin Raid.
AMSTERDAM. March 17 R.-Milan
information received from Rretncili.t
von states (Hermans preparing for an
other great Zeppelin raid against its
enemies Fount von Zeppelin person
ally directing the factories of I’.remeti
and Fnxhaven where three fffore air
monsters will shortly be read' f -r ac
tive war service.
Kitchner Deprecates Zeppelin Raids.
LONDON. March 17. Kitchner dep
recates further Zeppelin invasion ot
England, pointing to the fact that It
has been proven that while occasion,a!
Zeppelins may reach England, the ln.t
jority are unable to withstand heavy
weather always encountered over Un
English Channel.
British Government Withholding Factr
NEW YORK. March 17 Passenger*
»...!« inrr fim.i I Tt • \;I Ilil dCiT.Mie l’> I i I i s t
government is wit nriokijng . ,
able facts that many German submar
ines are operating off both Irish and
, Scotch coasts under tin* very nose of
the admiraltv’s great fleets.
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Conditions in Mexico a Disgrace.
1 NEW ORLEANS. March 17 S. rf
Tux pa n arriving from Mexican ports!
j carries sere priests .• 11<I sisters from <
' j Mexican points who report conditions!
i there imiesorible and a disgrace to the
’(civilization nf rhosrv nations bordering
on Mexico.
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c. j. Sullivan, a young son of lii lnml
who is now employed in the Aluska
Iimenii mine, near Juneau, says that he
|h„s invented a submarine destroyer,
and that he has offered his seeret
L, the I’nited States government
Tlie matter was recently taken
up bv the Secretary of the Navy. The
discovery was only recently perfected
he says, although lie has been working
on it for the past three months. \c
eordlng to the inventor, the mechanism
operates from n central point and will
protect an entire fleet from the ravages
,,f tla- terrible submarines, it can also
Iused for harbor defense purposes
one peculiar feature about the imen
tin,, is that It does not harm Hie sub
marine it simply kills Hie crew and
makes the submarine helpless temper
ui-tly, and Hie vessel can afterward he
(located and recovered. No explosives
’.ire used in operating ttie destroyer
.md no ships are built for it to operate
with. It is constructed and operated
t small cost Voting Sullivan was twin
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is enthusiastic oyer ids discovery H<
first came to Alaska about six month!
ago, being at that time a member o'
tlie Koval Stock Company, which cairn
on a tour of Alaska Tlie company dis
banded and lie stayed with the country
For some time he worked at ciectrica
mechanics, and has a fancy for tha
line of work. He is tmw working on f
mechanism that will not only wart
vessels - f an approaching snbmarlni
1,,11 also give the location of the tor
ill.in scourges of the sea.—Ft.
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