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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914.
BISMARCK WORDS RECALLED.
The events of the last two months,
says the St. Louis Republic, are an
interesting commentary upon some
utterances of Prince Bismarck in a
conversation at Friedrichsruhe 22
years ago—May 31, 1892, to be pre
cise—with Dr. Hans Kleser, editor of
the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zei
tung. He said:
"I do not understand why a Rus
sia holding Constantinople should be
more dangerous to us than the pres
ent one with Petersburg, Warsaw
and Odessa. From Germany’s point
of view, I should not have put any
difficulties in the way of Russia if
she had wanted to take Constanti
nople. From an egotistic point of
view, I should even consider a Rus
sia in possession of Constantinople,
i. e., which has made one step from
Odessa across the Black Sea, to be
less dangerous to us than the present
one. So far as Pan-Slavism is con
cerned, I consider that official Rus
sia, nay, even the real Russians, are
not at all Pan-Slavonic. The Pan
Slavonic articles in the Rusisan pa
pers, wmcn nn tne western Euro
peans with such fears, are not writ
ten by Russians at all, but chiefly by
Poles, whose aim is to incite Slav and
Teuton against each other in the hope
of creating a new Polish kingdom at
their expense, no matter which side
be victorious.”
In view of the promises which the
czar is reported to have made already
to the Russian Poles, how marvelous
appears the foresight which dictated
those last two sentences!
In the same conversation Bismarck
discussed the possibility of war with
Prance. He said:
"In my reichstag speech (delivered
in 1887) I gave my reasons why I was
against a so-called preventive war
with France. My personal conviction,
gained from a study of history, is that
it is unwarrantable to enter upon a
war with a weaker opponent at an
apparently suitable date merely be
cause the opponent at that time
threatens to attack you as soon as
he is strong enough to do so. Some
of the French who threatened us five
years ago are already dead today, and
in all probability hardly one of them
will be alive at the time when France
may see her chance of attacking us.
But I will go still further, and main
tain that if Germany retains only
semicapable statesmen France will
never have such an opportunity.”
Apropos of the war for Schleswig
Holstein by which Prussia gained ter
ritory of immense strategic import
ance, he said:
“Austria had to be made to under
stand that she would forfeit all sym
pathy if she did not go along with us.
The gratitude of Russia for the ser
vice which we had rendered her when
Austria wished to mobilize Germany,
had to be reawakened; and England
had to be isolated, so that she might
restrict herself to threats, as she al
ways does when no one will pull the
chestnuts out of the Are for her.
Each single act was a trifle, but the
difficulty lay in getting them all to
fit in together.”
Modern German statesmen have felt
that war was a purely military affair.
Bismarck knew that successful war is
as much a matter of diplomatic as of
military preparedness.
.One quotation more, to show the
great chancellor’s keen sense of the,
moral values in war. Von Moltke de
sired to fight France when a pretext
presented itself in 1867. Said Bis
marck:
"I still rebelled against recogniz
ing tbe unconditional necessity of this
war, which must make so many thou
sand widows and orphans and create
such unspeakable misery. We had
only just witnessed 1866 (the war
with Austria) and in comparison with
that which awaited the world 1866
would dwindle to a pale shadow. Na
poleon’s throne creaked in every joint;
incalculable events might happen. *
* * The decision was not an easy
one, for something else had to be
considered; the question of right! I
did not want a war which would en
able others, later on, to reproach us,
with having entered upon It wickedly.
Justice had to be on our side beyond
every doubt, so that no factory-made
falsification of history could take it
from us.”
NORTHWESTERN
SAILS SOUTH
The steamer Northwestern reached
Valdez at 1:30 today and sailed at
2:30 for Seattle.. The following pas
sengers were on the boat:
Mrs. F. Phillips, Mrs. C. Pitcher,
W. H. Hastings, A. E. Pflaumon,
'Sydney Lawrence, A. N. Swallow, V.
L. Gray, W. L. Smith, Col. W. P.
Richardson, Wm. Hunter, and seven
second-class.
For Cordova—W. E. Dunkle, G. J.
Busch, W. A. Steel. ,
MARIPOSA DUE
ITJJOIIGHT
The steamer Mariposa is expected
to each Valdez at 9 o’clock this even
ing. The Mariposa reached Cordova
at 9 this morning.
GERMANS CAPTURE
M CANAL
(Continued from page 1.)
a traveler, returned from Berlin, “if
this war brings the German army and
the German people into very violent
opposition. The nation may split in
to two camps—the army and the peo
ple.”
They ask for the truth, and they
receive only a formal tale of daily
victories from the bureau, say my in
formants, and there is a growing spir
it of doubt, and in their heart of hearts
they are sick of the war.
Hold 100,000 Austrian Prisoners.
LONDON, Nov. 13.—A Petrograd
dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram Com
pany says the number of Austrian
prisoners brought into Kiev since the
commencement of the war has reach
ed a total of 100,000.
Russians Shoot German Girl Spy.
The Petrograd correspondent of the
Morning Post wires that a German
girl spy was caught a few miles out
side of Petrograd. She has been court
martialed and shot. Her clothes were
lined with admirably executed plans
of Kronstadt and other military sta
tions.
Getting Rumanian Oil.
PARIS, Nov. 13.—The attention of
the Rumanian government is to be
called to the matter in which petrol
is being openly exported to Germany
in violation of the rules of neutrality.
Some thousands of tons have found
their way into Germany and Austria
and the railway lines are positively
blocked in parts by the enormous
number of tank cars conveying oil to
the belligerents. Communications
from Holland published here demon
strate that despite the difficulties that
the government is doing its utmost to
preserve neutrality. One writer says
that the Dutch regiments on the fron
tier have to be changed constantly
because they get so worked up by
the sights they see that it is almost
impossible to restrain them from at
tacking the Germans.
Call German Gain Trivial.
PARIS, Nov. 13.—The news that
the Germans had crossed the Yserhas
occasioned the French press little
anxiety. The Intransigeant com
ments:
“It has cost the Germans enormous
losses to penetrate the allied line,
but It Is doubtful whether they will
gain thereby, since the country at
that point is intersected with a mul
titude of canals, which with the near
ness to the sea greatly limit the area
of the battlefield, forcing them to
frontal attacks and advancing over
their own dead. Such tactics was
possible for the highly trained and
fresh troops at Namur, but is beyond
the power of the second line levies
which Germans are now reduced to
employing against us."
The Temps remarks :
“It is only a local success that
their violence has obtained which is
far from compensating fSt the losses
in other parts of the fighting arear.”
To Move On Boulogne?
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Heavy rein
forcements are reported to be on the
way to strengthen the forces of the
Duke of Wurttemberg, who Is In com
mand on the Belgian front. These
reinforcements are said to be coming
up In a southwesterly direction from
Bruges.
The Intention of the Germans ap
pears now to be not to attempt to
advance along the coast to Dunkirk
and Calais, but to throw all their
weight on theD ixmunde and Ypres
part of the front. The Duke’s or
ders that the army under his com
mandm ust hack its way through to
the Straits of Dover at all costs still
stands, but the objective has been
somewhat changed. The Germans
have discovered that they have in
front of them on the coast routes a
stretch of country every inch of which
they would have to carry by assault.
About ten days ago I saw the great
er part of the coast country over
which the northern part of the bat
tle has been raging. It did not re
quire a skilled eye to see that it
was impregnable, apart from the help
of the guns of the fleet. The Ger
mans now know that, and their plans
to force their way across it to two
very strongly fortified cities have ap
parently been abandoned.
The proposed line of advance is
now further to the south and south
west, between the River Yser and
the Ypres-Hazebroucks-St. Omer Road
and the first objective is Boulogne,
an open, undefended town. It is said
that the Germans are preparing to
throw 350,000 men on the Dixmunde
Ypres front, and it is certain that
when the attack starts a concerted
movement in support of it will be
made from the Lille district. It was
at Boulogne that Napoleon waited for
an opportunity, which never came, to
invade England, and the taking of
that town is a feat which naturally
appeals to the imagination of the kai
ser.
Affrighted Animals Flee.
" GENEVA," Nov7 13—Wild animals of
all kinds are fleeing from Germany
and parts of Austria, frightened by
canon and rifle shots, and are en
tering the Swiss forests and the Alps.
They include wild boars, deer of sev
eral kinds, and wild goats, as well
as wild fowl, while in the Lower En
gadine even bears have entered the
Swiss national park. The Swiss lakes
and rivers are crowded with feather
ed invaders-, but shooting is prohibit
ed by the authorities, and the birds
will have a rest before
their southward flight
climes. A large numb
boars from the Black forest have en
tered the Jura Alps, passing through
the fighting armies without being no
ticed.
Nubone Corsets.
Try Mrs. St. Marie’s for one of
those Nubone corsets. tf
REDUCE
-THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Heating is one of the serious problems which
confronts every family in Valdez. An econ
omical heater will help reduce your expenses.
The Cole’s Hot Blast Heater
TAKES THE EEAST FUEE GIVES THE MOST HEAT
Retains fire longer than any other stove.
Burns Wood or Coal. If you need a stove
Buy a Cole’s Hot Blast. We are Sole Agents.
Wood! Wood! Wood!
Sawed alder wood, $3.75 per rick;
two ricks, $7.50; 14 or 16-inch lengths,
delivered at your back door. See
Jesse Crawford. Phone 117. tf
Get a Skate On.
Go to the Valdez Rink; five-piece
orchestra every Sunday, Tuesday and
Friday. tf
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
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photo by American Presa Association.
As Viewed From the Iron Duke
Tbe English navy was taken Into consideration when the great powers of
Europe became Involved. The navy never was In Oner condition than Just
now. The above picture was taken from tbe Iron Duke, which Is now In the
North sea.
8ummons for Publication.
In Justice’s Court for Valdez Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Frances Wilson, plaintiff, vs. Anna
Guenther, defendant.—Summons for
Publication.
To the defendant, Anna Guenther:
Take notice that you have been sued
in the above-named court by the
above-named plaintiff upon an ac
count for goods sold and delivered,
in the sum of $58.50; that personal
property belonging to you has been
attached to satisfy said claim; and
unless you appear and plead to plain
tiff’s complaint within thirty days af
ter completion of publication of this
summons, to-wlt, within thirty days
after December 21, 1914, plaintiff will
take judgment for the sale of said
attached property to satisfy her claim
against you.
This publication is made pursuant
to an order of the court dated No
vember 9, 1914.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
Commissioner and Ex Officio Justice
jof the Peace.
First publication November 9,1914.
Last publication December 14,1914.
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. G. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
8west Baths.
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sage parlors at room 6, Montana, tt
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