UNITED STATES A BELGIUM
IF THE WAR COMES
Alexander Powell, a member of The
Chicago Tribune staff of Ruropean war
correspondents arrived in Chicago re
cently. The first personal accounts of
the invasion of 'Relgium by the Ger
mans to be published in Chicago, were
supplied hv Powell, with pictures taken
hv Donald Thompson, the Kansas pho
tographer.
"This war should be a great lesson
to the United States,” said Mr. Powell
when seen at the University club. “Ry
it we ought to be able to realize our
own pitiful weaknesses. It is to be
hoped this realization will bring the
much needed increase of national de
fenses.
"No country in Ihe world—at least
no nation that can he called a power
Is so criminally guilty of unprepared
ness as our own. It was the unpre
paredness of Relgium that resulted in
the comparatively quick advance of
the Germans.
"And yet the standing army of Rel
gium was greater than our standing
army 1ms heen in years. Relgium had
120.000 troops in the field. 't here has I
been no greater display of bravery and I
courage in any of the wars in hlstor
than that shown by the plucky Relgla* |
fighters.
“Rut they were marked for defeat.
The contest was the same as a fight
between a 200 pound professional pugi
list in the pink of condition and a 120
pound office clerk.
"Germany has the greatest fighting
.machine of the world. Every soldier
i
is a trained fighting unit, a cog that
fits in and moves with the whole.
Against such a machine the untrained
volunteer, no matter how patriotic and
fearless, is an easy victim. The war
so far has proved this to the complete
satisfaction of the citizenry, as well as
tlie militarists, who have known it all
i along.
“If Rclgium had had an army like
Switzerland it is not probable Ger
many would now control the country.
[Switzerland has a trained citizen sol
fdiery that, when mobilized, will number
600.000 men. All have had military
training and field service. Discipline
has been Inbred In them. The prlnci
pies of machine fighting have been de
veloped to great efficiency by the
Swiss.
‘‘There has been no violation of Swiss
neutralit'-.
“In the I’nlted States, under the
conditions Belgium faced, our men
w'ould tight with the same bravery.
K.i’.v and untrained, they would fling
themselves against any enemy that Is
experienced. What would be the re
sult?
"Citizens of the United States don’t
seem to realize the futility of the vol
unteer soldier. England has. Kltehn°r
is training his mer six months now
before they are sent to the front It is
laughable wl en our statesmen say that
ip case of war the United States con d
pui 1,000.000 men under arms between
sunrise and sunset.
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HOBSON SAYS
BETTER GO SLOW
WASHINGTON, May 14. Referring
to Colonel Roosevelt’s recent angry
outburst at the sinking of the Lusi
tania, Congressman Hobson the fam
ous Merrimac hero, stated that he
agreed with Roosevelt but advised the
government not to follow the course
outlined by the fiery Colonel lest Ger-I
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I man\ call our bluff. Hobson added
that while a defiant attitude was all
light he would like to know where we
w ere to get the arint and navy to'
hack up our demand*
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FINDS THE RUSSIANS
POOR SOLDIERS
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NEW YORK.—Capt. E. I!. Nelson,
TT. H. A., on leua’e. and for more Ilian
two months attached to Field Marshal
von Ifindenburg's army in Poland as
an unofficial observer, returned aboard
the 1 lolland-American line stemship
Nicuw Amsterdam with first hand in
formation about the progress of the
German campaign in Russian terirtory
and some informing comparisons be
tween the German and Russian fight
ing man.
"The two are not in the same class,”
he said. "The Russian soldier, as r
saw him after his capture or desertion,
was invariably a poor, half-starved
creature who was glad to be in the
hands of the enemy, where he could
get something to eat and clothes for
his hack.
“These stories from Petrograd about
brilliant Russian bayonet charges and
the breaking down of the German of
fensive are pure fiction. I witnessed
the Russians in action and they simply
would not stand up under Herman
charges.
“The Germans in the trenches have
the habit of tossing notes, tied to
stones, over into the. Russian trenches,
inviting them to come across and get
some cigarettes and hot food. And ttie
invitation never passes unheeded; at
night tiic Russians come in squads of
tens and dozens and bog to tie made
prisoners.
"The Germans marveled at the accu
racy and effectiveness of the Russian
artillery lire until they discovered that
a large number of French artillerists
had gone over to the Russian forces
and were handling many of tlu ir guns.
“I predict the absolute defeat of Rus
sia by Germany, nor do 1 think il will
he long delayed. The Germans at pre
sent tire counting only on holding their
lines in the west until they bring Rus
sia to terms."
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CONFUSION OF TONGUES!!
IN THE ALLIES LINES
The British Tommy Atkins is hard
put to it these days to know which are
friends and which are foes. Time was
when he classed them all as "dirty for
eigners.” hut times have changed and
a certain allied courtesy is demanded.
It is told of one brave corporal who met
a new kind of foreigner on French soil
and demanded his nationality.
"Hungarian," came the answer.
" 'Ungarian, are yer? Well, I’m I
WEATHER REPORT.
Nome, Alaska, May 15, 1915
Temperature—Max. 56, Min. 37.
Barometer—3011 inches.
Weather—Partly Cloudy.
Wind—Northeast 2 miles per hour
average 5 miles per hour.
Precipitation—None.
Nome, Alaska, May 16, 1915
Temperature—Max. 56. Min, 36.
Barometer—3014 inches.
Weather—Clea r.
Wind—Northeast 2 miles per hour
average 2 miles per hour.
Precipitation—None.
blowed if I know whether ter 'ug yer
to mo hussom or knock yer bally block
off,” remarked the pcrjdexed defender
of the Union .Tack.
Many are the stories of the embar
assing confusion of tongues among the
allies—French, Flemish, Russian, Ser-,
bian, Indian (three brands) and several
species of English. For it is rare that
a Ronderner can understand the Scotch
dialect in its unalloyed purity, or the
Cornish brogue, while Wales offers
many complexities. Canadian slang,
too, and the queer mixture of Maori
that intrudes itself into Australian En
glish, or of Boer Dutch that sickles
o'er the Africander's dialect make of
so-called English a dozen different
languages,
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mous Atherton Bourbon whiskeys, Die
tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond
and reduced to 90 per cent, by U. 8.
government by the bottle or gallon.
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CHINESE DENOUNCE
YUAN’S SURRENDER
—
PEKIN. May H. Th# lower classes
j (>r Chinese are plainly exhibiting their
disapproval of Tuan's unconditional
surrender to the outrageous demands
Inf tlie bullying Japanese. Numerous
, meetings have been held in the larger
! cities and the government has been
strongly denounced. The attempts of
11 lie police to disburse tiie meetings
have resulted tn numerous riots in
which hundreds have been wounded.
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE.
Public notice is hereby given, that
under and by virtue of a Writ of Exe
riition issued out of tlie Clerk’s Office
of tiie District Court fur tlie District
of Alaska, Second Division, upon a
certain Judgment therein rendered on
tlie sth day of May, 1915, and entered
in favor of R. S. Norris, plaintiff, and
against Nome Gold Gravel Company, a
corporation, defendant, for the sum of
eleven thousand one hundred and sixty
six and in-inn ($11,166.10) dollars, with
interest in said amount from tlie date]
of said Judgment at tlie rate of eight
per cent (8 per cent) per annum, to
gether with the cost taxed at forty
six ($10.00) dollars, 1 will on I lie sth
day of .Tune. 1915. at twelve o’clock
noon of said day, at tlie front door of
the T'nited States Court House at
Nome. Alaska, as commanded in said
Writ of Execution, offer for sale and
sell lo tlie highest bidder for cash all
of Die right, title, and interest which
tlie defendant had on tiie nth day of
March, 1915, or at any time since in
and lo certain placer mining claim
known ns ‘‘Creosus" situated on Crip
ple River, about six miles from tlie
Moutli, in tiie Cape Nome Recording
Precinct, District of Alaska. Second
Division.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, tills lOtli day
of May, 1915.
E. R. JORDAN,
T'nited States Marshal, Second Divis
ion, District of Alaska.
May 10. 17. 24 St, June 7, 1915.
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