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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1914.
A WEAPON AGAINST SUBMA
RINES. |
Anybody who has ever seen the
trouble that can be made for a
steamship when a rope, even though
not very long or very large, gets
tangled in its propeller, will won
der what happened to the submarine,
presumably German, that was report
ed in recent dispatches as having
run foul of a fishnet off the Dutch
court.
No craft, probably, has a “margin
of safety” quite as small as does the
submarine, and hardly anything can
happen to it that does not produce
consequences serious or fatal. Now,
the nets used in deep-sea fishing are
large, strong and heavy, but they do
not cost much, as war expenditures
go, and the little incident described
all too briefly in the cable news
seemingly suggests a convenient and
effective means of reducing these
much-dreaded little assassins to help
lessness.
With a net once around her or
gan of propulsion, a submarine would
either remain permanently under wa
ter, which would be bad for her crew,
or she would have to rise to the
surface and remain there for a con
siderable time, within sight of hostile
marksmen, and that, too, would be
attended with most positive incon
veniences.—Ex.
NOT YET IN THE FRAY.
It is announced from apparently
authentic sources that there are 1,
500,000 men under arms in Great
Britain, being whipped into shape by
Kitchener for service in the war
against Germany. These troops have
been described as “the finest body ev
er assembled under arms,” a large
number being men of outdoor and
athletic pursuits. They are the ter
ritorials and the volunteers, recruited
from the cream of England’s man
nood, and they are being prepared
for battle by a supreme organizer.
In these 1,500,000 men may be the
re-making of the map of Europe.
The question has been heard from
time to time as to why England was
keeping all these men at home. Why
she did not send a couple of hundred
thousand to the succor of the Bel
gians in Antwerp? Why, in the long
battle of the Aisne, were they not
rushed to flank von Kluck? Why,
now, with the last small corner of
Belgium and the channel ports at
stake, are they not sent to hurl back
the Germans in the desperate assault
along the coast? The answer for
each question appears to be that
Kitchener feels the time has not
come. He is planning for a long war,
in which the fate of Antwerp, of
rseigiums last, corner, or von mucus
flank, and even of the channel ports,
is comparatively insignificant. The
war, with Kitchener, will hardly have
begun before spring. He expects the
allied troops in France to hold their
own during the winter, while Russia,
whose enormous reinforcements have
scarcely begun to roll up, becomes an
ever increasing menace to Germany
on the east front.
Then, with the German army weak
ened, as it must be by the terrible
lighting that has gone on, perhaps a
million fresh men wiH be launched
upon it in France. What will happen
then, only developments will show,
but the English have implicit trust
in Kitchener.
It is quite probable that the great
British soldier thinks too much of the
German machine to pit against it men
of hasty training. He Intends that
the territorials and the volunteers
shall be regulars in fact before they
go to France. A striking example of
this was his sending of the Canadian
troops, which had gone through a
considerable seasoning at home, into
the camps with the other volunteers
in England instead of rushing them
to the firing line. Even the veteran
Hindu soldiers were kept inactive in
southern France for weeks after they
landed, to make certain that they had
become acclimated and were in the
best possible condition after their
long Journey by transport.
These circumstances indicate that
Kitchener is looking far ahead, rath
er than to the immediate happenings
of the war. It may be that the al
lies have all the men on the front
that can be effective there, as long
as they have determined not to em
ploy the massed tactics of the Ger
mans with the resultant terrible loss
es. Whatever the plan, however,
these 1,500,000 men being held in re
serve in England will become of in
creasing importance and their num
ber will take on a more formidable
look as the war advances. They
must be reckoned with.—Ex.
POLAND BATTLES
JMPECTED
(Continued from page 1.)
Servians and have defeated them in
battle after battle until the fight
ing force commanded by King Peter
has been crushed, broken and scatter
ed. The Austrians are laying waste
the country in punishment to the Ser
vians for having brought about the
war.
Persian Tribesmen Join Turks.
It is also reported here that the
Persian tribesmen have joined with
the Turks in attacks upon the Rus
sian invading army and the British
garrisons.
500,000 Germans Idle.
j BERNE, Nov. 2H—Figure^ mad'p
public by the German trae unions
place the number of unemployed in
Germany at 500,000. The same au
thority says that the average num
ber of applicants for every 100 places
open is from 200 to 300 in Berlin,
Breslau, Hanover, Frankfort, Dussel
dorf, and Strassburg; 350 in Bremen
and Hamburg, 492 in Leipsic, 629 in
Dresden, while in nine other import
ant cities the average number of ap
plicants for every 100 jobs ranges
from 160 to 200.
Belfort First; Then Calais.
PARIS, Nov. 21.—The Paris news
papers agree in the opinion that the
fighting between Nieuport and La
Bassee is the most furious in the
world’s history. They assert that
Germany is making a last effort, and
hold that if the allies prevaji the vic
tory is likely to be decisive,%)ecause,
in their view, the German semi-raw
troops cannot stand the strain of a
retreat like von Kluck’s from the
Marne. The Temps'quotes the Ger
man press to demonstrate their lack
of confidence. This it contrasts with
the Intransigeant’s statement:
"We wait confidently the result
of this latest test, which is certainly
not the severest we have undergone.”
The Temps mentions some new
German plans, which its correspond
ent received from an eminent mili
tary personage in Berlin, “who spoke
freely, owing to the supposed nation
ality of the interlocutor.”
According to this man, they in
tend to take Belfort and occupy Ca
lais, the former in order to invade
France from a new point or to com
pel the French, “by the effect of this
capture on public opinion,” to make
a separate peace.
The latter would then be useful as
a point d’appui against England,
whom Germany regards as her most
dangerous enemy, despising Russia.
For England terrible surprises are in
store.
The Temps comments briefly:
“Perhaps surprises are due for the
Germans also, even should they take
Calais or Belfort.
“Certainly France will never desert
her ally, whom the Germans attempt
ed at the outset of the war to cajole
with equally transparent absurdi
ties.”
rai is iv vitvuny i-iiiaiwus.
PARIS, Nov. 21.—Paris has lived
through another tense day and no
decisive news has come of the battle
upon which the safety of the capital,
and perhaps of France, Is believed
to depend. Anxiety has been Increas
ing all the week.
The shops of Paris, which have
been doing considerable business
since the first of the month, are near
ly empty again. The crowds have
thickened around the newspaper of
fices discussing in low tones the frag
ments of newB posted on the bulletin
boards. Every word of the official
communication is studied in an en
deavor to determine what has hap
pened.
The crowd is greatest at the head
quarters of the military governor of
Paris, in the Boulevard des lavalid
es, where the official announcements
are issued. The people gather also
at the Villemette gate, through which
runs the main highway toward the
north, to fee the dispatch bearers
arriving in motor cars or on motor
cycles.
Fighting Is proceeding within one
hourfe ride of Paris by swift mo
tor. f||| the iee«g
persons say that when the wind is
right cannonading can be heard in
the northern suburbs of the city.
Convoys of automobile ambulances
from all the Paris hospitals have
gone to the front to convey the
wounded to hospitals near the firing
line. Great precautions are being
taken against any wheeled vehicle,
including bicycles, from leaving the
limits of the intrenched camp of Par
is, which includes the departments
of Seine and Seine et Oise. Even
pedestrians are examined along the
roads near Paris, and French officers
are frequently obliged to show their
papers, under new instructions, owing
to the use of French uniforms by
spies.
The minister of war will not grant
any permit to approach within 20
miles of the fighting lines unless it
is countersigned by General Joffre.
Besides the critical contest in the
north, other important operations are
going on at other points. One is be
tween the frontier of the east and
the Argonnes. This has for its pur
pose the control of the vicinity of
Verdun and the formation there of a
base for an offensive movement. The
arrival of a French force at Brabant
sur-Meuse, near Consevoye, at the
heights of Montfaucon, where the
Crown Prince is intrenched, is a new
element added to the chain of the
allies’ strength in this district.
SHUSH WIRELESS
AMERICAN YACHT
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—The feder
al customs authorities today smash
ed the wireless apparatus on the
steam yacht Winchester. No expla
nation of the act was made by the
authorities. The owners of the boat
threaten to sue the government for
the cost of the wireless equipment
and for damages. It is generally be
lieved the boat has been in commun
ication with warships outside the har
bor sending information of the sail
ings of steamers.
ADMIRAL EVANS
IN THE MORNING
The steamer Admiral Evans, of the
Admiral Line, is expected to reach
Cordova at 7:30 this evening. The
Evans should arrive in Valdez early
tomorrow morning.
ALAMEDA DUE
LATE TONIGHT
The steamer Alameda, of the Alas
ka Steamship Company, reached Cor
dova at 1:30 this afternoon and is
expected to arrive in Valdez some
time late this evening. The ^time
of sailing from Cordova had not been
announced at the time of going to
press. «
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Taxes Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1914 are now due and pay
able at my office, in the Valdez Elec
tric Company office, in the Copper
block. Taxes will be delinquent on
Monday, December 7, 1914, at 6 o’clock
p. m. and unless paid prior thereto,
a penalty of 10 per cent, will be add
ed to the amount and interest at the
rate of 12 per cent, per annum.
No interest will be allowed on town
warrants in payment of taxes after
November 1, 1914.
Office hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m„ except Sun
days. Dated this 4th day of Novem
ber, 1914.
E. O. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
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