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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913.
THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS.
The war correspondent’s glory has
departed. No longer is he the equal
of field marshals and major generals,
the hero of journalism and the ad
miration of the public. Instead of be
ing welcomed on the firing line, he is
clapped into jail. Instead of military
strategists asking his advice, they
treat him as a spy, and belligerent
governments kill his work with bru
tal censorship.
And yet the correspondents in this
great war have acquitted themse’ves
in a way that sheds honor on their
profession. They have refused to die
off. Suffering bigger handicaps than
they or their brethren have ever be
fore exper’enced, they have shown
courage and resourcefulness rare in
any other department of human work.
They have gone to the front
against orders, with passports or with
out them. They have defied autho”;
ity, endured arrest over and over
again, returning to the firing line as
soon as liberated. They have risked
execution for disobedience to order; ,
they have risked being shot as spies,
they have gathered news in the
trenches and in besieged cities under
a rain of bullets and shells, with the
coolness and stoicism of veteran sol
diers. They have gone sleepless fo>'
days at a stretch. They have suffer
ed cold and hunger and all manner
of hardship And for what? To let
the public know the truth about a
many-sided war.
It isn’t a very appreciative public,
either. It is a public whose attitude
puzzles the correspondents. With the
strict censorship that prevails, and
the deliberate suppression and doc
toring of the news by every belliger
ent government, it is impossible for
the American reader to get the facts
except as they come from trust
worthy representatives of American
newspapers And yet, for some rea
son or other, the newspaper reader
seems to take a maevolent delight in
learning that the correspondent has
failed in his efforts.
The whole difficulty arises from a
misconception of the functions of a
war correspondent. The reader some
how or other has got the notion that
the correspondent is a busybody, butt
ing in where he has no right, and in
terfering with the proper conduct of
the war. The military gentlemen who
run the campaigns are largely imbu
ed with the same erior. Hence, the
correspondent, trying to serve the
reader at home and perhaps also the
nation whose army he accompanies,
and actuated above all by a desire
to perform a service of humanity by
telling the whole truth about past
events, is hampered in action and his
message is mutilated and underval
ued.
It snould be understood that, m
general, the war correspondents are
the pick of the country’s active and
efficient newspaper men, that they
are not only trained observers and
competent writers, but are pre-emi
nently trustworthy.
An American correspondent was
thrown Into jail by a French officer
for informing him that the corres
--'ndent’s word was as good as that
of any general in the French army.
The correspondent told the blunt
truth. He would break through a
cordon of red tape or a ring of bayo
nets to get to the front; having ar
rived there, he could be depended on
absolutely to write or utter nothing
prejudicial to the interests of France.
It is 1|ie inability of soldiers to ap
preciate this high honor and intelli
gence of the correspondents that
leads to stupidity in handling them.
As a matter of fact, the correspon
dents are much better judges of what
is advisable to print than are the
military men. In England, where the
censorship has been especially blun
dering, the authorities are slowly
coming to realize this.
There are issues involved far big
ger than any consideration of the
success of this or that writer or news
paper or news service. This is a war
in which, above all other wars, the
world has a right and a duty to learn
the facts. No nation at war will of
its own accord permit the publication
of the full, only way for
the lmpa^tpl.- *$0iTd to aee the con
flict in its proper dimensions and true
colors is for the correspondents of
neutral countries to observe freely
and write their impressions unhamp
ered.
The war correspondents do not
want to give away military secrets,
to divulge plans or reveal informa
tion of strategic value to the enemy.
What they do want is to be able to
tell the truth about things after they
have happened—to write newly made
history for the information and guid
ance of mankind in forming its opin
ions of this war and preparing to
prevent such wars in the future—Ex.
From reading the official reports:
Our pet statistician estimates that all
the soldiers fighting in Europe have
been captured seven times over.
STRIKING MINERS
10 BE EVICTED
Coal Mine Owners At Stubenville Give
Laborers Until January 15th
To Pay Rent.
STUBENVILLE, O., Dec. 30.—The
coal companies ^owning the small
houses used by the miners have noti
fied 2,000 families of striking coal
miners that unless they pay the rent
on January 15 they must vacate the
buildings.
The miners will fight the evictions.
Few of them have the money to pay
the rent, much less to pay the cost
of moving. The unions may provide
tents for those evicted but will re
fuse to aid any miner paying the
rent to the companies.
Wl D
(Continued from page 1.)
Denmark for Germany or to Italy
when for Austria and also copper has
been shipped as iron or as manufac
tured goods in an effort to conceal
it from the patrol.
Admits Contraband Peril.
LONDON, Dec. 30.—The Daily Mail
says editorially:
“With the best will in the world,
the contraband problem is bound
from time to time to lead to awkward
incidents that may trouble the sur
face, though not the depths, of Anglo
American relations. There is no de
sire in Great Britain to hamper any
American trade unless it is clearly
a course of sustenance to the enemyh
fighting power. There is no desire,
we believe, in the United States to
curtail in any way the military ef
fectiveness of the Allies.
“But within this general agreement
there is room for much diversity of
opinion in regard to particular in
stances. Discretion and consideration
on the part of our naval officers, pa
tience on the part of American trad
ers and officers, and as much frank
ness and publicity as is possible, both
in London and in Washington, are
needed to prevent a temporary and
superficial conflict of interests from
developing into the breach which
Herr Ballin so ingeniously seeks to
effect.”
Advice From the President.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—President
Wilson issued a statement today urg
ing the shippers not to mix contra
band goods with general cargo and
as far as possible to refuse to accept
for shipment any goods on the list
of contraband. Great Britain would
be called upon to pay a big indemnity
for thb detention of American ships
and cargoes, said the president.
LONDON, Dec. 30.—The British
cabinet is holding a special session
today to consider the note from Pres
ident Wilson, which was delivered to
Foreign Secretary Grey and which
may result in serious consequences
to both Great Britain and the United
States.
The government may ask the Unit
ed States to guarantee the consign
ment bills as containing the goods
listed in the cargoes, but which the
British have found after contained
contraband of war, although billed as
other than war supplies. ft
Few here believe that the two
countries will come to war over the
searching of American vessels for
contraband. The note from President
Wilson came as a thunderbolt out of
a clear sky. The admiralty has made
every effort to release ships after the
contraband has been discharged and
have paid for all goods taken.
AUSTRIAN DEFEAT
^ADMITTED
(Continued from page 1.)
on positions held by the French in
the Vosges mountain districts have
been repulsed. The battle was short,
the Germans retiring when they found
that the French had been strongly
posted and had received large rein
forcements. In the Nieuport district
the Allies made slight gains.
Germans Bombard Allies’ Positions.
In the Aisne district and all
through the Champagne country the
Germans continued a terrific bom
bardment. The guns from the Meuse
river to Lille were booming all of
last night and continued the bom
bardment today. In the Argonne sec
tion, where the new British army has
been massed, the Germans concen
trated many jiew batteries, which,
however, were unable to reach the
positions held by the reserve army.
Germans Lost Heavily In Southern
Poland.
PETROGRAI), Dec. 30.—The Ger
mans have lost heavily in Southern
Poland. The battle of the Nida and
Pilica rivers has resulted in no gain
to the kaiser’s* army. The Germans
repeated attacks upon the Russian
lines have stopped as they are now
convinced that Warsaw cannot be
reached by a frontal assault and must
be flanked if taken at all.
Berlin Admits Austrian Defeat.
BERLIN, Dec. 30.—The situation in
Northern Poland is unchanged. The
Germans are holding all they have
gained and have made a slight gam
at several points. The defeat of the
Austrians in Galicia has not effected
the German line and the campaign
to take Warsaw will be pushed with
great vigor.
Austrians Admit Defeat.
VIENNA, Dec. 30.—The war office
admits that the Austrian army in
Western Galicia has been defeated
and is retiring towards the Carpath
ians. The official bulletin, however,
says that the Austrians have reform
ed and are holding the Russians back.
The announcement is also made that
the Montenegrins have been defeated
in Bosnia
Says Germans Can’t Advance.
PARIS, Dec. 30.—Paul Erco of the
Journal, one of the most trustworthy
of French correspondents at. the
front, says in a message from Furnes
today:
"It looks as if the Germans were
out of ammunition. Yesterday we
spotted several of their batteries
along tltp Yser and as soon as the
French and Belgian guns opened lire
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they withdrew in a hurry, declining
combat.
“I asked one of Gen. Joffre’s ablest
lieutenants if he thought the enemy
meant to give up the Yser andYper
lee line. His reply was:
“ ‘For obvious reasons I can’t tell
you what I think on that point, but
I will say that even if the Germans
resume the struggle on our left wing,
they cannot break through. From the
Lys to the sea they have a solid wall
in front of them, which cannot be
broken down and before which they
will shatter themselves if they try
it.’”
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Who’s Who In Europe’s War
KING VICTOR EMANUEL, of Italy, upon whom the European nations
at war are exerting influence to secure his/support. Italy is in the Triple
Alliance and as such is bound to help Germany and Austria, but has re
mained neutral. He is married to the daughter of the King of Monte
negro, the first country to go to the aid of Servia.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdes?, Alaska, Dec.' 30, 1914.
STATION Above Below Snow, In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Paxson’s . 11 16 Cloudy, windy, trail good.
Hogan . 7 12 Cloudy, windy, trail open.
Gulkana . 5 12 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center _ 0 11 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 6 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Telkhell . 6 18 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam . 8 20 Cloudy, calm, trail Bood.
Summit . 19 35 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Wort man’s . 23 19 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
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