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NOME, ALASKA, SEPT. 20, 1915. |
\)ne cannot but wonder bow much ot
actual iruiti reposes in lb© recent state
ment ot Lafayette Young, the famous
Iowa editor, concerning the patriotic
spirit of the citizens of the union.
•There are fifty-six kinds of Ameri
cans in tlie United States,’ says Young
"the larger portion of which are re
serving their loyalty for some foreign
country. There Is less true patriotism
in the country today than at any time
since the assassination of Lincoln.”
Considered in the light of present day
revelations mad© manifest by the war
the statement assumes a most startling
significance and one which is in no de
gree abated by the disclosures concern
ing the attitude and acta of a larg.
portion of our population in the present
international crisis. Bvidences that the
true and undivided loyalty necessary to
sustain the nation in the hour of trial
tire indeed lacking if we must accept
as true Indications of the inner spirit
the expressions one hears on every side
It is plain to even the unobservant that
there is a large l>ody of our citizen:
who care far less for the welfare of the
land of their adoption than for the suc
cess of other nations in the present
international struggle.
Also, evidences are not wanting that
there are in our midst ostensibly good
citizens who are engaged in fomenting
strife and promoting discord in the in
terest of foreign powers and there are
also not a few' who are engaged in
openly deriding the efforts of the gov
ernment to bring tho nations to a Just
and proper view of the rights of hu
manity and the obligations sanctioned
by years. All these are significant in
dications; straws which show which
way the wind is blowing. And, of espe
cial significance Is the fact that such
manifestations are not confined solely
to that portion of our citizen body
designated as “hyphenated.” They ex
tend to even ttie third generation of thf
native born; those whom wo would un
Muestionably designate as dyed-in-the
wool Americans and to whom wo would
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the welfare of the nation in the hout
of trouble. These facts seem to show
conclusive evidence of the truth of tin
declaration voiced by Young that that
true patriotism is rapidly declining, at
least among the foreign born element
|In the face of the Issues raised by the
(great great European struggle. This
condition is, of course. not properly
designated as one of disaffection. Those
who are. as Young puts it. "reserving
their loyalty for foreign countries.” are
not dissatisfied with either the condi
tions not the principles of this coun
try. This is proven by the fact that
they are clearly content to remain here
With few exceptional are willing to
partake of the benefits thls^country be
stows in preference to those of theli
native land and few tndeed have any
thought of returning to their formei
homes to reside. They are apparentl'
“good citizens” In every way and vet
tn the hour when the Issue lies between
the land of their birth and the home of
their adoption, their hearts turn first
of all to the former. We cannot blame
man for loving the soil whereon be
was born and which autured his early
being. The land which gives us birth
is. and should be. sacred: should be
revered as holy ground until the end
of our period of existence and to it
we should give the best that in us lief
as long as we remain a citizen. This ii
natural and right. But when we re
nounce that land and turn our back
upon it for the benefits or another thit
natural feeling does not Justify out
turning away from the land of out
adoption when the issue lies between
the two.
Such action obtains no justification Ir
in the sight of either gods nor men. And
yet this is exactly the attitude of a
largo portion of our citizens. They art
Willing to take of what the nation hat
to give while espousing the cause of thf
land of their former allegiance. The
question In so far as it affects our
selves is: Are these really “good citi
zens?" and “Does the existence ol
such attitude constitute a menace tr
the nation?" W'hat the answer is ont
would scarcely venture to say becaust
of a great and overwhelming doubt
yy nlch cannot be relieved until the fina
i Isis shall arise. It Is in the hou.
of trial that the test must come; Ii
tlip final moment when the parting ot
the ways lies clear before and men musl
choose and make their final decision
What would he the fate of the TTnltei
States under certain conditions, which
are not beyond the realm of probabil
ity. with a large portion of the citizen
body of this doubtful state of mind, on*
cannot even surmise with any degree ol
exactitude. Whether the nation would
be sacrificed to this spirit of undeviat
lng allegiance to a foreign power, re
gardless of oaths and obligations, one
cannot tell. Does It constitute a men
ace or not?
For centuries the British pound ster
ling was the stable standard of value al.
over the world. An English bank note
or London exchange was like fine gold
in any quarter of the earth. It is so
no longer—the Dollar of Uncle Sam
has taken its place.
Some idea of this can be gained
from the unheard-of low prices of for
eign exchange in New York. Ex
change on London was sold recently ns
low as 4.64 and closed at 4.67%- That
means that the once-invulnerable
British credit Is worth only about 05
cents on the dollar. French credit is
worth only about S4 cents on the dol
lar.
England has been trying to round up
all the American securities held abroad
to sell them in this country—that is
'have America pay all the debts it owes
in that country—but has had little suc
cess. The reason, ns explained by a
London exchange leader, is that Ameri
ca has been buying these securities—
paying off the debts—at the rate ol
$20,000,000 a wefek for some time, and
its total purchases have reached $500,
000,000. Now London is proposing an
Issue of high-interest,’short-term bonds
to sell in New York.
Could anything more strikingly illus
trate how Europe hns impoverished It
self by war, or how rapidly America is
gaining the financial supremacy of the
world? What the outcome of anothei
year of war may he we can only con
jecture. Baltimore Sun. >
DOUBT STORY
OE GOLD SALVAGE
Doubt is expressed in Juneau as to
the truth of tlie story telegraphed from
S< iltle recently that the sehoonei
W.nona had succeeded in recovering
$100,000 In gold dust from the wreck
of ttie islander, which sunk off the
southern point of Dougi.isa Island, on
August 16, 1901. Special Deputy Col
lector of Customs C. D. Garfield and
Deputy Collector M. S. Whltter express
doubt as to the truth of the story The
customs nouse records show only one
Winona operating in Pacific waters
and she :s not a schooner, but a 25-tor
bout, says tlie Umpire. "Had the
expedition been at work at the islander
wreck we certainly would have beer
officially notified of it." said Mr. Gar
field. Seafaring men, fishermen and
local launch men say they have seen
no boats working on the spot where
the Islander is known to have gone
down, and the last expedition known
to have searched for her gold was in
1908. This search was unsuccessful
The Islander struck an iceburg early
on the morning of August 15, 1901
eight miles from Juneau, and foundered
a quarter of a mile off shore, with s
fearful loss of life. The passengers
were for the most part Dawson miners
going outside with full pokes of gold
.There also was $100,000 In gold dust
and bullion in the ship's safe. The ves
sel lies in thirty fathoms of water, mak
Ing it impossible for divers to rearfi
her. Fifty of the Islander’s victims arc
buried in the Juneau cemetery-.
ARRESTED AFTER CHASE OF
MORE THAN 100 MILSS
"
After giving chase for more than a
hundred miles. Deputy Marshal Jack
MacCormack arrested Peter DeCuypei
near Miller's roadhouse on a charge ot
grand larceny. The man arrested ans
wers the description of De Cuyper. and
sever of the articles alleged to have
been stolen from Cyril de Wilde, the
complainant, were found in his pos
session.
Deputy Marshal MacCormack started
back to Fa.t hanks Immediately aftei
taking his man into custody.
The Rlleged robbery is supposed tr
have taken place at Chatanika some
time ago. Do Cuyper left town, going
over the trail, and shortly afterward
the deputy marshal started In pursuit
The accused made fast time, consider
ing the fact that he was traveling
afoot, and the deputy marshal had dlf
ificulty in overtaking him.
ANCHORAGE LOT SALES
AGGREGATE $133,000.00
According to a Seward dispatch, a
report on the sales of lots in the town
site of Anchorage, Cook inlet headquar
ters for the Alaska engineering com
mission, shows that 450 lots were dis
posed of, at a total of $133,000. The
sales for the first day, Including a
night session, totalled $58,470, which
breaks all department records for one
sale. Commissioners Frederick Mears
and W. C. Edes, with Anderw Christ
ensen, head of the Alaska division of
the United States land office, recently
visited Matanuska Junction, the point
from which the branch line to the Mat
anuska coal fields will leave the main
line of the railway. They have de
cided that no townsite survey will be
made there this year, owinp to their
inability to select the best location
until the road is farther along. The
commission has driven piles to deep
water at Anchorage, on which a drill
will be mounted for the purpose of de
termining the nature of the bottom
before commencing dredging for a coal
dock slip.
LIFE.
Life is a mixture of Kindness and sad
ness,
A mixture of laughter and tears;
Life is a blendlness of goodness and
badness,
And down through the lane of out
years.
Our feet must go tripping ar.d now and
then slipping,
We must pay for follies with pain:
We must sulTer for sinning, but make a
beginning.
Each morning to conquer again.
T.lfe Isn't goodness and life Isn't bad
ness
And life Isn't laughter or tears,
Heaven's doors ere not won by the
things we’ve not done
But by the record of all of our years
We've known sin and sorrow, shal
know them tomorrow.
Shall fall In our duty and mourn,
But the chart that God reads Is the
sum of our deeds,
Which shall show Just how well w(
have borne.
T.lfe Isn’t praying, and life Isn’t play
ing.
And life isn't barring the doors,
\nd remaining within, shut away frorr
all sin
And claiming each virtue as yours.
But life Is In living. In taking and giv
ing.
Tr not being afraid of a sin.
Tn in- Ftering vices and paying thelt
prices
And rising above them to win.
—Detroit Free Press
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
CORPORATION FORMED
The Arctic Brotherhood Building
Corporation has filed articles of Incor
poration with Territorial Secretary
Davidson at Juneau. The capita,
stock of the company Is placed at $60.
000. and the limit of Indebtedness at
$500,000, The object of the corporation
is to build club and lodge rooms for
the Juneau camp of the order, and after
they have been paid for, to turn them
over to the camp The time of the cor
poration is to be placed at twenty-five
years, and the business Is to be handled
by a board of seven trustees. The In
corporators are J. F. A, Strong, Grover
C. Winn, Tom Radonlch. John B. Mar
shall and F. E. Bradley.
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