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AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
At the outbreak of the European war President Wilson was prompt
in declaring lire ner.t: aiity of inis country, and has ever since endeav
ored to maintain that position. He has gone even further, and has
asked the people io ovoid even the appearance of favoring any one
of lire bdlig.-vcr.t nation? as again;', the other. He has urged particu
larly that heated discussions in public places be abstained from. There ;
is good reason for this. live population of this country, made up as j
it is, largely of people from the countries now at war, might readily
be inflamed to such an extent that an actual breach of neutrality would
resuit, with the consequence that the United States might be, if not •
actually drawn into the conflict, at least placed upon a hostile basis:
toward one or more of the contending nations. It is the part of patriot- j
ism to follow the President’s advice, and it is to the credit of the people
that thi; advice has been followed. True, all of the warring nations;
have their partisans, and many newspapers and periodicals display!
more or less bias; but on the whole they give tire news impartially
and ia.iriy and heed the President’s admonition.
H tore teacb.es that the animosities developed during war times are
not easy to eradicate. The sting of the attitude of a certain class of
the English people during the civil w r in America still rankles in the
hearts of Americans. The efforts of Henry Ward Beecher and other
prominent Americans did much to change the attitude of the English
iate in that war’s progress, but did not eliminate the feeling of resent
ment in this country toward England. Likewise, the open sympathy
expressed lor the Boers during their struggle with Great Britain, and
the materia! aid given by private citizens here, m violation of neutral
ity laws, was not calculated to be looked upon indifferently by the
British nation. Bearing these things m mind, the President is to be
greatly commended for endeavoring to avoid anything which might
give offense. Our relations with the rest of the world demand that we
above all others should remain strictly neutral m word and act.
It is fortunate, therefore, that there are not more Americans actu
ated by the spirit displayed by the “American committee in Munich,”
whoever they may be. These presumable American residents of Ger
many are reported m the news dispatches to have issued a statement
setting forth that “England is responsible for the war; that she is to
day the sole obstacle to peace; voicing their indignation at the falsi
fication of facts m England, and protesting against the participation of
the Japanese in the war.”
It is to be expected that American residents abroad will be more or
less influenced by their environment, but that any body of unnamed
American citizens should be so presumptuous as to determine off-hand
the merits of a controversy of such proportions is unbelievable. Let us
Lope that there are few such “committees” abroad, and if we have
any at home that they be promptly muzzled.
A POSSIBILITY OF THE WAR
From time to time since eariv m the present European war hints
have been allowed to reach the outside world of mysterious doings m
the German navy, whose fleets, owing to inferior number of vessels,
have been bottled up by the British in the neighborhood of the Kiel \
canal since the outbreak of hostilities. A Copenhagen dispatch of
October 26 hints at a big surprise, and states that the Kiel canal has
been closed to neutral sh'ps. A New York dispatch of October 27
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gives an interview with an engineer in which he intimates that the
Germans will soon be equipped with guns of a caliber which had been
thought impracticable, and which, if successful, might determine the
outcome of the war at an early date.
The ease with which the supposedly impregnable fortifications at
Liege, Namur and Antwerp were demolished by the heavy guns of the
Germans was a surprise to the world, and the military men of France
and Great Britain seem to have been equally as astonished as the lay
men. The possibility of moving guns ol such immense size from place
io place as needed appears not to have suggested itself to anyone but
the Germans themselves. Should it prove true that the Krupps have
succeeded in building guns of the caliber mentioned ( 19.50 and 21.45
inches), untold possibilities are opened up to the German arms, which
may mean an early termination of the struggle unless the allies are
able to evolve similar guns.
No armament now extant could resist the fire of such guns as are
spoken of as accomplished facts, and with such weapons mounted on
the Belgian or French coasts, Germany could defy the sea power of
England and make possible an invasion of the British isles. With
higher power guns mounted on her battleships, as is hinted, Germany s
navy, though inferior to the English m numbers, could sweep the seas
of Britain’s pride and dictate peace terms.
The war, as was expected at the outset, has developed many sur
prises, and many more may be expected. The genius and mechanical
| skill of the world’s scientists and artisans are at present engaged on
the problem of the most expeditious method of killing men by whole
sale. Ail the wonderful machinery devised by man for peaceful as
well as warlike enterprise is at the command of the belligerents, and
the world need not be surprised at the perfection of guns which may
again revolutionize warfare, just as Erickson’s genius during the
American civil war revolutionized marine armament and made obso
lete the navies ci the world.
IDEALIZING WAR
With a world saturated with the nrrery of the great European war.
with countries and peoples devastated and trampled in its path, and
humanity staggered at the tremendous cost and waste of human energy
and human life, it is startling, to say the least, to find a writer with the
1 temerity to uphold war as the great instrument of idealism and culture,
and to declare that the efforts for universal peace are not only fooiish
! but “absolutely immoral, and unworthy of tire human race. ’ Such,
however, are declared to be the sentiments expressed in a book entitled
“Germany and the Next War.” which is being widely read at the present
; time. Its author is General Von Bernhnrdi. The book is reviewed at
j seme length in the Literary Digest, and from that source it is learned
| that the text is largely directed against this country, which is warned
that her peace poiicj' may prove fatal to her “moral development.”
It is a most barbarous conception of the mission of governments if
! no better means of furthering the ends of culture and progress can be
j suggested than the indiscriminate slaughter of the peoples of those
I countries suspected of standing m the way of their material advance
ment. To those who believe in an all-w.se and omnipotent Providence
, which directs the destinies of the world it must seem sacrehgious that
1 man’s fullest enjoyment of life and happiness must be governed by his
: ability to kill his fellow-men.
War as a protest against oppression and injustice can be defended
j and even applauded, but to glorify war as a means of accomplishing
i man’s mission or. earth and the world’s betterment is the work of a
perverted intellect.
Little sympathy will be expressed for those returning Americans
| who were hissed on their arrival in New York recently, where they had
come for refuge from the discomforts of war. Many of them no doubt
belonged to that class, increasingly prominent in recent years, which
l had acquired the habit of sneering at the people and customs of then
native land, and aping the manners and accent of the aristocrats with
whom they were allowed to mingle only by reason of their wealth. It
; is said that many of them wept on sighting the Liberty statue in New
York harbor: and well they might. Perhaps a realization will come
: home to them that, with all the seeming crudeness at which they turn
1 up their supercilious noses, American is still “the very best country on
i earth,” governed by men whose mission it is to make it still better, not
: for the glorification of privileged classes, but for all humanity.
“It's a long, long way to Tipperary,” a topical song, has been taken
up as a marching tune by the British troops, just as “There’ll be a hot
1 time in the old town tonight” was adopted by the American soldiers
in the Spanish war. It is said that many Cubans and Filipinos still be
lieve that to be the American national anthem, and no doubt in years
to come continental Europeans may have a rather confused idea of
“Rule, Britannia.” The chorus of “Tipperary" is given as follows:
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go;
It’.- a 1; :ig way to Tipperary,
To the sweetest girl I know.
Good-bye. Piccadilly,
Farewell, Leicester square;
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
But my heart is th.ro.
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“THE OLD COUNTRY”
(Seattle Sun)
To a boy his native land is like his first
weet heart; and through the changes: and i
chances that follow he will remember her
thus - -with a feeline: of regret, maybe. For
there are other girls and other countries,
•'luolescence has brought him something to :
fee us his dreams upon. To the west is an
other country—a country with greater op- ,
portu-nities. He will emigrate.
As the steamer leaves the dock, friends 1
and relatives wave their hands to him: aj
sob hurts his throat, and he looks oack •
upon the odd country vowing he will al- j
ways love her—will return as soon as he has j
made his pile—that she will always be
first in his thoughts.
The years have passed. The man has a J
family and a growing business in the coun
try of his adoption. He thinks of that old j
land with tenderness, and—he dreams.
In his dream he has gone back; and
among strangers he seeks for the friendly
faces he used to know. Men and women
pass and jostle him on the altered streets.
The once quiet village is now a hustling
town. The shade trees have gone, and cars
run where once horses struggled through
the mud. lie feels that he is a stranger in
a strange land. He cannot find the friends
of youth, unless, perhaps, he walks out to
the cemetery, or seeks among those who
do not walk upon the street. He wakes
from the dream, and looks upon the fairest
city in the world—tastes the breeze from
the Sound- sees the snow upon the Olym
pics and finds that it is very good. Here
he i • content even anxious—to stay till
the end.
Then a war breaks out, and the oid
country is involved in it. He watches with
interest, and, just as if he were watching
two men light, he wants the one he likes
best to win and he, naturally, likes his na
tive land better than the Bother country.
Mark the word, he “likes” her now. She
is the edd sweetheart, and he has found
a wife. The war goes on, and, living in
peace and prosperity, he begins to abhor
the horror of it all. What are they killing
each other for? The news comes of a gain
for his oid land. At the sight of the head
bne he feels a thrill. Then, a sadness.
What arc they fighting about? He looks
upon smiling and peaceful America, and
loves her. But he feels sorry for the old
country. He hates to see his old love in
trouble. He hopes she will pull out all
rie;ht. But what are they fighting about
He remembers the old graveyard, and he
wonders at the thoughtlessness of it all
over there.
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general theory upon which this treatment
is based is that ail functions and organs of
the body are controlled by certain nerves or
nerve centers, located principally in the
spinal cord. And if these centers arc
reached and treated with proper massages
and electric vibration, restoration to nor
mal action may be expected to take place.
THE CROSBY MASSAGE AND BATH
PARLORS
BRIEF WAR COMMENT
The cause? Half a dozen expanding em
pires and only one planet.- Philadelphia
Ledger.
Germany's big gun is called “Bertha.”
Must be the female of the species.-- Toledo
Blade.
The German emperor, who is personally
directing his armies, is now able to reach
the battle front in almost any direction.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The reasons why the war must end soon
are almost as convincing as the recent rea
sons why there could not be such a war.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Indian troops have taken their pray
ing-rugs with them. We hope they won’t
be so foolish as to spread them in any
cathedral.- Boston Transcript.
A dispatch from Berlin states that Dr.
Bode, director of the Berlin Royal Museum,
.'-ays that Germany will not keep works of
art broughi into Germany during the war.
This assertion may turn out to be per
fectly true. - New York Evening Sun.
When kings fall out peasant fall in.
New York American.
Russia may win pronounced successes;
but we can’t pronounce ’em. Salt Lake
Tribune.
Why not stop the war and let the Ger
man and English authors fight it out '
Salt Lake Tribune.
“Russians capture kaiser’s pedigreed cat
tie.” But his goat still evades them. Bos
ton Herald.
Which way will American sympathies
swing when the ruins in the photographs j
are German? Philadelphia Ledger.
Austria is said now to be drafting the
! .-hort: iglFod who have hitherto been ex
empt. The Austro-Hungarian cabinet
du.uld furnish some recruits.-- Springfield j
Republican.
Belgium is beginning to feel the way the
New Haven r ulroad must have felt when
.Mr. Morgan, Mr. Mellon and their asso
ciates finished with it. Kansas City Star.
THE APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS
—
(Kansas City Times)
The most popular new war song in Eng
land is called “Fall In.” One of its verses is;
. How will ;; fare, sonny, how wi
fare
In Pie far-ofT winter night.
When you sit by the lire in the old man’s
■ Vh:ur
\nd your neighbors talk of the light?
Will vdu slink away, as it were from a
blow.
Your i-lil bead shamed and bent?
or sav. “I wa- not with the llrsf to go,
Put ! w* id. thank God, 1 went” ?
That verse, with its sturdy swing, is good
enough to be acknowledged as the lineal .
descendant of these swelling lines from '
‘King Henry V." ;
He tlia! oiiliives tins day and eonm .-ai'e ,
h‘ -me
Will stand a-1ipt» «• when this day is named, j
Ai -I n n-e him at lb- name «d‘ bnspian.
!!•• that shall live ibis day and see old age ■
Will yarly • n the vigii I'ea-i Ins neighbor.-. j
v i , . ‘‘Tomorrow is - lint « ri-pi in.”
Then wu'l In* strip bis .-1.• *• v • • and .-bow bis
\':.I -.".v, “These w. urn's I bad on bris
j'l-iY.- dry."
v: d gentlemen in bogland now al> d
- ii.iil biink ihem'i-iv, s areursed 11.• ■ \ were
not tlien*.
Ami bold their manbood cheap whiles any
speaks
That fought with u~' upon Faint (.rispian s
day.
GOVERNMENT STAMP TAX
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. No time was
1 ,'f by the government today in preparing
to collect the taxes imposed under the war
revenue law. Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Osborne sent tonight the following
tcletrram to all collectors:
“Beginning today, taxes accrue on all
wine sold; 2 cents a quart on still wines; j
20 cents a quart on champagne, other spark
ling and artificially carbonated wines; 6
cents a quart on liquors, cordials and si mi- j
l;:r compounds, and proportionate rates for
other quantities.
“Until stamps are furnished, require deal
< rs who sell to consumers to keep account
of sales on and after today.”
WHERE !S ST LOCATED?
OTTAWA, Ont., Oct. 23.—Advices of a
cold strike of the greatest proportions ever
known in Alaska have come to the Cana
dian government here. In an uncovered
field the strike has become general and the
ore leads are widespread. It is said that
samples which have been taken out are rich
m free-milling gold. It is anticipated that
another rush exceeding ever, that of the
Klondike will take place early in the spring.
DENIES ALLEGATIONS
GF CRUELTY TO GERMANS
BERLIN. Oct. 23. While most of the j
German papers continue to publish allega
tions of outrages by the troops of the
allies, the Yorwarts declares it has investi
gated a number of specific instances of al
leaed cruelties practiced on German civilians
end soldiers and has found no basis of
truth in the allegations.
OTTER CREEK DREDGE
SHUT DOWN FOR SEASON
The Riley & Marston dredge, on Otter |
ocek, which has been closed down for
some weeks on account of on acculent to
the machinery, was started up again last
Sunday, but was immediately closed down
again on account of further accidents, and
the dredge has been put out of commission
for the winter.
This closes the mining season for the Idit
arod district, which, starting out with the
promise of being one of the best in its
history, [woved to be but little better, from
the standpoint of production, than last year.
This was largely due to the fact that the
dredge of the Yukon Gold Company was
closed down several weeks earlier than last
year, and the accidents to the Riley & Mar
ston dredge considerably curtailed its out
put.
MR. WALES SURPRISED
Ivan Wales was the host at a pleasant
surprise party Monday evening last at Plat
City. Music was furnished by Mr. and
Mrs. Lowrie and Mead Maynard, and all en
joyed a nice lunch furnished by the ladies.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
McGrath, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dixon, Mr. and
Mrs. Gerhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Lowrie, Mr.
and Mrs. James, Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Koland,
Messrs. Grant Murdock, Malcolm McDonald,
Mead Maynard. Frank Hudson, John Ehr
lanri, Jimmy Kay, Christ Hanson, Robert
Hart and others v,hose names were not ob- :
tainable. All enjoyed a pleasant evening. 1
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DEPLORABLE CONDITION i
OF BELGIAN PEOPLE'
LONDON, Oct. 20. The editor of the In
dependence Beige of Brussels is now in
Li ,iflon. His paper has been published suc
cessively in Gheirf and Ostend, and it will
shortly appear in the British capital.
Speaking of the Belgian exodus, the edi
tor said:
“There are perhaps today 2.000.000 Bel
gians outside the borders of their country.
It is doubtful which are the better off
those outside or those inside. Millions mote
would have gone had they not been too
poor or too optimistic. It is useless to
urge them to return and live under Ger
man rule. They will remain away until
the war is over, no matter what happens.
I came out with my family of four per
sons. All our baggage was in two hand
bags, and we had little money. I have a
city home in Brussels and a country home
outside. I don’t care to see them while
the Germans are there."
Countless suggestions for the care of the
refugees have been made. These include
cc Ionization in Ireland and the establish
ment of lace factories and similar indus
tries. The fact that British unemployment
has been increased by the war accentuates
the problem. One London newspaper has
collected more than $133,000 for the ref
ugees.
This same paper has published an inter- j
view with King Albert, who expresses his
gratitude for what has been done on beh ah
of “poor Belgium, now merely the edge of
a nation.”
The king urges that the Belgians be |
given work, and not supported by charity.
Lord Gladstone said today:
“We still want acceptable homes, warm
winter clothing and shoes. Many of these |
refugees arrive in families and they dislike .
to be separated. The principal problem is !
to get work for them. Glasgow alone has
taken 3.000. and one sm ill Welsh village
has taken 300. The embassies are now ne 1
gotiating concerning the shipment of food
supplies to Brussels.”
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