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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917
T. R. ON PREPAREDNESS
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“A million men between sunrise
and sunset,” was America’s foremost
pacifist’s argument for unprepared
ness when he was in the high office of
Secretary of State. What a mockery
of fact! That the American people ev
en tolerated such a doctrine—now
that it realizes the bitter truth—is
one of the wonders of 1917.
Think where we should be today
if, with the world at peace, we should
have clashed alone with the military
might of Germany. As it is, our
shores are defended and our hearth
stones guarded, not so much by our
splendid fleet, but by England’s; for
ours is only a little more than half
the size of the kaiser’s while the Brit
ish fleet in itself outmatches the Ger
man by equal or greater ratio. We
have prided ourselves that we were
invincible, that we could "lick all
tarnation” with shot guns and pitch
forks, and now we know better.
As usual It remains for Col. Roose
velt to paint a clear picture of our
national condition, and no man is
more entitled to criticise our unpre
paredness, for he has been the arch
apostle of adequate preparation for
war.
In an address a few days ago the
colonel summoned up what America
had accomplished since the declara
tion of war by saying the United
States did not have a single airplane
tit to send across the German lines
and that months must pass before one
can be manufactured; that America
has no heavy artillery and that Persh
ing and his soldiers will have to trust
to French and English guns. Our
submarine chasers abroad, he assert
ed, constitute only a tiny fraction of
the British force, and he added that
it would be a year after the declara
tion of war before America could
have a fair number of cargo ships.
“We are fighting for humanity,”
said the ex-president, “but we are al
so, and primarily, fighting for our
own vital Interests. Our army in
France will fight for France and Bel
gium; but most of all it will fight
for America. Until we make the world
safe for America (and incidentally
until we make democracy safe for
America) it is empty rhetoric to talk
of making the world safe for democ
racy.”
The colonel incidentally laced into
those who ar/ responsible for our
lack of preparedness.
“There was soifie excuse, although
no real justification, for our unpre
paredness prior to the breaking out
of the world war*three years ago,”
he said. “But when once the giant
letters were written in flame and
blood across the whole horizon it
seems literally Incredible that we
should have behaved with such utter
fatuity as to say that there was no
need of preparedness and the war did
not concern us, and that no issue af
fecting our interest or our conscience
was at stake. For two years and a
half we followed the clamor of the
professional pacifist who shrieked
that unpreparedness would keep us
out of war.' ”—and the colonel add
ed that if we had begun to prepare
even after the Lusitania was sunk we
would have been able to put 2,000,
000 men in France three months ago,
but he expressed the opinion that pre
paredness itself would have kept us
cut of war.
All this led up to the assertion
that relatively to the other great na
tions of the world we have "exhibit
ed ourselves a miracle of inefficiency"
and that we shall be inefficient dur
ing the first vital months of any war
until we learn to prepare in advance.
The colonel deplored the fact that no
permanent policy of preparedness
has been adopted but that the gov
ernment is now working on a make
shift system, intended only for the
present emergency.
A SISTER of the late Lord Hitch
THE EMPRESS
THURSDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
Introductory Picture
The Zuyder Zee
THE EMPRESS CIRCUIT PRESENTS
HENRY WOODRUFF and TSURU AOKI in
“The Beckoning Flame”
A FIVE PART TRIANGLE KAY BEE FEATURE
COMEDY
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VALDEZ ALASKA
ener has announced her belief that
the former leader of the British army
is not dead, thus reviving the rumor
of a year ago that be is a prisoner <n
a German camp. She gives no evi
dence in substantiation of her-'state
ment. Undoubtedly the world believes
that Lord Kitchener was lost at sea
when the cruiser on which be was
bound for Russia was submarined.
A number of canards have featured
the war and the faith with which
they were accepted shows how rapid
ly rumor spreads. Great Britain an
nounced officially that Kitchener was
lost and it is entitled to more credi
bility than vague gossip.
THE German press in- this coun
try has made much of the claim that
British mouey was attempting to in
fluence public opinion in the United
States. The fact is, however, that the
Germans are past masters in the
science of courting public opinion in
every nation. Tons of literature of a
seditious character, printed In many
languages and Intended for circula
tion in neutral countries, have just
been seized and condemned in Lon
don as a part of the gigantic pro-Ger
man propaganda. More than 1,500
bags containing thousands of pam
phlets, were taken from three steam
ers recently. The German system is
thorough and omnipresent. Even to
day the pro-German propaganda is
being spread in this country.
BUY your courtplasters from res
ponsible persons of Arms, is the gist
of the advice given out by authority
of the government from Washington
as a result of the discovery that
courtplaster sold in various parts of
the country contains tetanus bacilli.
The diabolical plot to poison Ameri
cans by this ingenius method is
charged to certain Germans in the
United States and the department of
justice is on their trail. Short work
should be made of them if they are
caught and convicted.
M. J. Callaghan returned yesterday
from a trip to down-sound points.
Try that New Roof Paint that just
arrived at Rudolph’s. tf
The Moose Band will practice to
morrow night.
A new line of brass picture hooks,
drawer pulls & hinges at Rudolph’s.tf
....The Order of Alaska Moos* will
hold their regular weekly meeting to
night.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE.
Haad of Engliah Mlaaion
Now Hard at Work.
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Lord Northcltffe, bead of the British
mission in the United States, came to
this country on business—big, grim
business. He had been here scarcely
thirty hours when he was in the midst
of his tremendous task. He established
hir headquarters at the Hotel Gotham,
New York, and will maintain them
there while he la engaged In the task
of co-ordinating the work of the Brit
ts and American war movements.
The Arch Preserver
Something new in the way of a woman’s
shoe: a built in arch of just the right
thickness and curve to give the needed
support for relief to tired and weak arches.
Many of the foot troubles are caused by
the arch giving and this shoe is designed to
relieve the strain and keep the bones of
foot in position. Made up in black soap
kid, welt sole, bal lace with medium round
ing toe and good heel—a shoe that is dressy
as well as comfortable. Priced at $8.00.
S. BLUM & COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
The local Signal Corps bulletin re
ports clear and calm from Fairbanks
to the Summit; Wortman reports
cloudy and calm.
Shampooing makes your hair more
beautiful when curled by the perman
ent wave. Demonstration at the Van
itie Shop. tr
The local weather observer gives
yesterday’s temperature as 56 maxi
mum and 50 minimum, with a mean
temperature of 53.
Scientific hair dyeing leaves the
hair soft and glossy, does not fade
or wash off, guaranteed harmless, at
the Vanitie Shop. tf
Many large strings of fine trout are
being brought in by fishermen from
the streams around this place.
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