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NOME, ALASKA, NOV. 24, 1915.
Whatever may be the faults of the
administration with respect to the con
duct of internal affairs, it must be ad
mitted that the foreign situation has
been hanmed in a most masterly man
ner both in Mexico and Kurope. Never
before in our history has the nation
been brought to face such a series of
trying situations, so many possibili
ties of discord and strife, as have
marked the interval since that mem
orable first of August of the year 1914
wiiicfi witnessed the first act in the
melancholy drama now being enacted
in Kurope.
Throughout the entire period of
struggle the nation lias been the cen
ter of a vortex of disturbing influences
emanating from one or tiie other of
the warring nations and time and
again it has been confronted with sit
uations of tiie most alarming nature,
any one of which required but a single
hasty word or action to turn into a
catastrophe. Tremendous influences
have been brought to bear by ane or
another of the warring belligerents,
each with some selfish aim or purpose
in view and, in two or three instances,
it has been brought to the very thresh
old of war’s dark portal by some overt
act of the combatants. Ours has been
a position of immense delicacy and we
have again and again been forced to
face the most intricate problems of
thought and action.
Probably never before in modern
times lias a nation been confronted
with so many difficultly so many dis
turbing issues, as has the United
States since the sudden overturning of
lioihnal conditions following the
initial action in the present great
world disaster. At times we have
been carried almost to the verge of
canflict and have repeatedly found
ourselves in situations from which
there seemed no relief save through
the arbitratement of force. At all
times we have been compelled to ex
ercise the most cautious moderation
in order to avoid precipitating still
further difficulties. Yet, thanks to the
cnreftl management of our adminis
trative heads, we have come through
the most trying period of the ordeal
unscathed and with a world prestige
almost unparalelled in the history of
nations. This result has been achieved
only through the exercise of a most
wise discretion, through temperateness,
• moderation and the most superlative
wisdom and foresight la all our deal
ings with the disturbing conditions,
regardless of their complexities.
Had President Wilson yielded one
inch to the terrific political pressure
of Germany, or granted one concession
to the carefully planned diplomatic
plots of Britain we would probably have
found ouceelvea enmeshed in the same
inextricable tangle of discord and
strife in which those nations are them
selves involved. Had we not clung with
i-ruptible fidelity to the irre
proachable line of conduct outlined by
the executive at the outset of the
struggle; had we deviated but a hair’s
breadth from the straight line of na
tional rectitude in our foreign policies;
had we forgotten for a moment the
lofty idealism of that immortal phrase
of the great Lincoln—"Charity for all
and malice toward none.” we would
doubtless today be defending our na
tional existence with the sword as
re those misguided nations which have
chosen the Mery course of war. Con
ceive for a moment what would have
been the state of these United States
today had the directors of our national
destiny made one ill advised move when
confronted by the baffling evasions of
Germany or the arbitrary actions of
Britain. Thank of what might have
followed some hasty action In any of
| the several cases In which our rights
: were ruthlessly overriden by the belli*
j gerent powers. View In your minds
eye the awful consequences had our
leaders been less able to stand the
supreme test of wisdom and statesman
ship with which they were confronted.
.VIi that one can imagine, and worse,
would probably have been our portion
today had there been less careful gui
dance, less moderation and less good
humor on the part of those who really
hold the fate of the nation in the hol
\ low of their hand.
That we are not, today being torn
and crushed between the grinding
millstones of destruction is due solely
io the wisdom, foresight and super
,alive patriotism the president and
Ids advisers. Regardless of how we
may view them In the light of politi
al belief, we cannot in Justice fail to
accord them the full need of praise
which Is their due for guiding the na
ion safely through one of the most
hazardous periods of its career.
A late report from Shushanna shows
that the output for the season will be
about *100,000.
Word has been received from Se
attle that Capt. A. J. Btorrs, formerly
master of the Admiral Dewey, has been
made superintendent of the Admiral
.mo boats.—'Alaska Post.
Melven Dempsey, who was to meet
Arthur McNear of Seward at Slate
reek, on the Valdez trail, has disap
peared and may have lost his life. A
.earch is being made or him now by
ignal corps men.
Owing to the failure of Charles
johnston and Isaac Mitchell to report
.t Fairbanks, or along the trail, friends
-ear that they met with some mishap
corning down the Tanan river. The
.wo men left Chisana for Fairbanks
more than a month ago and were pass
ed on the river during the early part
■f last month.
Fairbanks.—Returning from the Cir
cle country, where he has been for
.he past few months, Jack McPhail
eporfs that the Berry dredge had a
most successful summer. Although he
did not learn the amount of the output,
,e was informed upon reliable infor
mation that the big gold digger paid
for itself ddurlng the first three months
of operation.
Valdez.—Charles Johnson, a miner,
employed by the Rutherford-Ramsey,
'ompany, is in the Red Cross hospital,
suffering from a gunshot wound. The
gun was accidentally discharged while
.t was being cleaned by Louis Peter
son The concussion tore Johnson's
iieek to shreds and seriously damaged
nis eye, but the flesh was not pene
.rated by any of the shot.
fcikagway Alaskan—Mel Clark arriv
I ed from Kluane recently with Big Rake
| Jim, an Indian, who was severely in
jured from a gunshot wound a week !
oe/ore. Jim and another Indian were
Hunting moose when the latter fired,
the bullet passing through a moose
and striking Jim in the groin. The
Indian was in bad shape when brought
to the hospital and his recovery is
doubtful.
The British Empire Club of Dawson
held an enthusiastic mass meeting re
cently, presided over by Governor
Black, at which was discussed a tenta
tive scheme fur organizing a Yukon
corps for regular drills and which would
volunteer for war service if desired.
Governor Black will proceed to Ot
tawa, where he will discuss issues af
fecting the territory with the govern
ment.
Fairbanks.—To give the new fire
truck an official tryout, ail the mem
bers of the city council were out Joy
riding recently with Volney Richmond,
superintendent of the Northern Com
mercial Company That the truck does
not measure up to expectations was
t. ted by one of the members of the
council, and It is not likely that the
machine will be accepted.
Early in the summer, the city coun
cil decided to purchase a fire truck,
and after a thorough Investigation, de
cided to purchase a Jeffery quad, with (
a maximum speed of 25 miles an hour.
The order was placed through the
Northern Commercial Company, but
in some way, the Jeffery people did
not send the machine ordered, but sub
stituted a machine that Is registered to
go only 14 miles an hour.
Boston -Banker Hayden, a multi
millionaire of Boston, who holds vast
mining interests in all p.^ts of the
world, states that more money than
.. er will be put into development
work in Alaska this coming summer
and that the northern country would |
receive attention from mining inves
tors. The certainty that after the pres
ent war the demand for metals will be
neavy and will continue for many
yeurs is so certain that bunkers and
mining men are planning to make
neavy tn\ estments in mines.
A Juueuu dispatch says that that
city is now employing every means at
its command to induce the residents of
its suburbs to consent to be incorpor
ated within the city limits. At its
aist meeting the city council voted to
refuse the rights of the school to chil
dren living without the city limits un
less they (laid the sum of $7.50 per
month tuition fee. The action of the
city council in placing the amount of
the tuition so high has resuited in
considerable opposition, it is therefore
expected that the amount of the tui
tion will ho reduced, although the
measure will he pushed to a certain
extent.
Grant Huffman, who owns valuable
mining property adjoining the rich sil
ver claims at Mayo, which were re
cently sold by McWhorter to Thomas
Auken, said to be representing the
Guggenhelros, was here the latter part
of last week on his way to Moose
ueurt. 111.j, where he will 'leave his
ihree little motherless chilihum to be
cared for in that great hoile for or
phans. The mother of the children,
who was a native woman, died a few
years ago. The oldest child is but six
years of age. There are two girls
and one boy. Huffman expects to re
,„rn to Yukon to look after his prop
ci ty.—bkagway Alaskun.
AVERAGE VOTER IS COMING OF
AGE.
(Century Magazine.)
We are turning out millions of grad
uates from our public schools and hun
dreds of thousands from our univer
sities, and though the vote is open to
many illiterates, the average intelli
gence of the elector increases. We
are slowly emerging from the old glad
handing, baby-kissing type of candi
date. and while we have political re
aipscs, we have also political recover
.es. The retreat is never as far as the
advance. And there is another con
sideration. Politically we are all going
to school. Our school examinations
are important, but our gradual educa
tion is more important still. The aver
age voter is slowly coming of age.—
i Walter Wely.
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