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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1915.
PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS AND
“HONOR.”
Now it is the Germans who are say
ing of the British victory down by
the Falkland Islands that, as it was
won by a fleet greatly superior in
numbers and weight to its antago
nists, the glory is all for the con
quered, and that the victors ought
to be, if anything, rather ashamed
of themselves for winning the fight
unfairly. A few days ago the Brit
ish were making, with hardly less of
naivete, the same sort of comment
on their own disaster off the other
coast.
Both are quite right, viewing these
episodes as decently civilized indi
viduals view their own private quar
rels and the settlement thereof, but,
just as “business is business,” so
"war is war,” and it ill becomes
any participant in it to complain when
an advantage is gained over him by
resort to any form of what, in any
other human activity, would be con
sidered desp'cable, cowardly, and
treacherous.
a i-iis is lAitr mure uunuus uecuusu
all through the ages the professional
soldier has talked more about “hon
or” than anybody else. He has, in
deed, come near to claiming, as
against civilians, a practical monop
oly of that quality or virtue, as least
so far as concerned proceedings of
a sort directly or indirectly martial.
Yet never through the ages has the
professional soldier been any more
careful to "fight fairly” than is the
most vicious gangster. He has never
shown the slightest compunction
about attacking few with many, about
stealing on a foe at midnight, and
murdering him as he sleeps, about
shooting him from ambush—which in
anybody else would be called assassi
nation—or about doing every one of
the things that have made the name
of “spy” despicable throughout the
world since the beginning of record
ed history and probably much before
that.
The fact is that “honor,” though so
often in the warrior’s mouth, appears
only in vestiges and traces as a char
acteristic of war—that in war it is
“anything to win.” Even misuse of
the white flag and ether signs of sur
render, though vehemently condemn
ed in theory, has been charged by
practically every army against prac
tically every other, and usually the
accusations were true.
Navies, for some reason or other,
have shown a little more regard for
“honor” in its ordinary meaning than
have land forces. Now and then, very,
very rarely, somebody, like Lawrence
in the Chesapeake, has acted “like a
gentleman” toward his foe—yes, and
like Lawrence has been sevez-ely cz'it
icised and posthumously punished for
doing it.—Ex.
AN OLD SUGGESTION.
Former President Taft reverts to
a familiar topic when, as in a recent
address, he declares that congress
should assume authority for the na
tional government to see that it can
not be dragged into international dif
ficulties “by that wanton, reckless,
wicked willingness on the part of a
narrow section of the country to grat
ify racial prejudice and class hatred
by flagrant breach of treaty rights in
the form of state law or by lawless
violence.”
As president, Mr. Taft wrestled
with the problem Theodore Roose
velt knew it even in acuter form. I(
threatens to disturb the present ad
ministration. President Benjamin
Harrison addressed congress on the
same subject.
In his third annual message to the
legislature, twenty-three years ago,
Harrison said, discussing the lynch
ing of Italian subjects at New Or
leans: "It would, I believe, be en
tirely competent for congress to make
offenses against treaty rights of for
eigners domiciled In the United
States cognizable in the federal
courts."
As an abstract proposition, the su
periority of an International treaty
representing the will of the nation,
over state legislation is not challeng
ed. Yet, In practice, various states
have violated the theory of such su
periority. They have flaunted their
own local opinions in the face of for
eign nations, defying the United
States government to call them to
account, i
As Harrison said nearly a quarter
of a century ago and Taft says now,
congress might well take steps to
correct a dangerous situation. Tne
topic is timely while the public is
discussing measures for the preven
tion of war.—Ex.
TUIIIS SUFFER
CRUSHING DEFEAT
(Continued from page 1.)
until the German commander dared
not push his line further south. The
Germans still hold the new line. The
French losses were heavy.
Rumania To Aid Russia.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 6.—Rumania is
soon to join Russia in the fight
against Germany and Austria. The
arrangements for the Rumanians to
invade Trannsyl vania have been
■made. In this province of Austria the
majority of the people are Rumanians
and are expected to join with King
Ferdinand in the fight for the prov
ince.
Not Russian Mines.
STOCKHOLM, »an. 6—The Swed
ish minister of foreign affairs today
gave out a statement with regard to
the recent sinking of three Swedish
steamers as the result of striking
mines in the Gulf of Bothnia.
“The Germans,” the foreign min
ister says, “declare that the mines
were Russian, as no German mine
laying had been done up to the time
of the disaster. Official investiga
tions made by Finland disclose that
several groups of anchored mines
were German and not Russian, and
that they had been laid during the
war in the Gulf of Bothnia. No float
ing mines, it was stated, had been
found."
Swedish Steamer Sinks.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 6.—
Another Swedish steamer has been
sunk in the North Sea as the result
of striking floating mines. Thirty
passengers and members of the crew
were drowned, the balance being
picked up by fishing boats which were
near the steamer when the accident
happened.
Exchange Wounded Prisoners.
BERLIN, Jan. 6.—The first ex
change of wounded prisoners will be
made at Geneva, Switzerland, the lat
ter part of this month. The French
and British wounded will be sent
to Geneva, while the Allies will also
send the wounded to Geneva and the
trains which take the Allies’ men to
Geneva will be used to bring back the
German wounded.
Falkenhayn Youngest Chief.
LONDON, Jan. 6.—A writer in .the
Daily Mail gives the following ap
preciation of the new German chief
of-staff:
"Gen. von Falkenhayn, who has
been Prussian minister of war since
the autumn of 1914, is the younges*
general staff chief Germany has ever
had. He is only 53 years, the junior
of the kaiser himself, and he super
sedes von Moltke, who is 63. Gen.
■von Falkenhayn is a fine type of
■Prussian officer of the higher grade.
He became war minister only a few
weeks before the notorious Zabem
crisis which shook military Germany
to the foundations. He won his lau
rels as the defender of ‘the divine
right of colonels’ in almost his maid
en speech in the Reichstag. „
"Neither political foes nor disinter
ested observers will ever forget the
unflinching figure he cut amid the
Reichstag’s roaring indignation on
that occasion. He stood his ground
like a real soldier, refusing utterly
to be cowed by the storm which
raged around him. He developed
genuine parliamentary talents, and
his unterrifled espousal of the mili
tary caste’s vested privileges did
much to bolster up the arjn’s position
after the Reichstag had taken a vote
bf mistrust against von Bethmann
Hollweg.
"Von Falkenhayn is a trim, active
man of medium build, with close
cropped iron gray mustache and hair.
He was for three years German mili
tary instructor in China and was at
tached to Field Marshal von Walder
see’s general staff during the Allies’
Operations in China in 1900."
Percin Alive and Denying.
* PARIS, Jan. ,6f-—Something of a
sensation was caused after the bat
tle of Charleroi by the rumor that
Gen. Percin, commanding at LlUe, had
(wrecked Joffre’s plana and almost
involved the British contingent in
ruin by failure to obey an order to
reinforce the allied left. It was even
alleged that he had been publicly dis
graced by Gen. Pau; some reports
said he had been shot. Defenses at
tempted by friendly newspapers were
censored, and the Liberte in an arti
cle about Charleroi, published Dec.
4, said that the general failed to sup
port the third army. The Liberte to
day publishes a letter from Gen. Far
cin, denying the charge and saying:
“It is true that I commanded the
Lille army, but I received no order
to reinforce the troops engaged at
Charleroi.”
Although Percin thus disposes of
the specific charge, it is freely stated
here that Gen. Joffre, who did not
hesitate to dismiss five important
generals after the last manoeuvres,
has been equally severe since hostili
ties began toward all incompetents,
regardless of their rank or previous
reputation.
More Germans To Front.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 6—Many trains
have arrived at Liege with marines
and infantry going to the front in
northern Prance and the Yser reg
ion. On one day about fifty trains
passed, each filled with 200 men. In
many places along the Rhine, includ
ing Cologne and Dusseldorf, torcn
lights are being used during the
w'hole night.
Suggest New Belgian King.
PARIS, Jan. 6.—The Germans are
doing their utmost to force upon the
Belgians the conviction that their
country is definitely conquered and
will become a German state after the
fashion of Bavaria and Saxony. They
even hint that the future Belgian rul
er will be Prince Otto of Windisch
Gratz, who married Princess Eliza
beth, daughter of the late Archhduke
Rudolf and Stephanie, now Countess
de Lonyay, daughter of the late King
Leopold.
ALAMEDA DUE
LAJEJONIGHT
The steamer Alameda of the Alas
ka Steamship Line left Juneau at 5
o’clock yesterday morning and is due
in Cordova this afternoon and should
arrive in Valdez tonight or early in
the morning. The cable between Val
dez and Cordova is down and the ex
act time the vessel leaves the rail
road town will not be known.
Brighton Arrives From Port Wells.
The launch Brighton arrived this
morning from Port Wells with mail
and the fo’lowing passengers: Jack
Reilly and partner from Piggott bay,
W. C. Roland and Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Raymond, from Golden.
Rev. and Mrs. Molony will hold a
reception this evening at the rectory
for parishioners and friends. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all to
attend. Rev. Molony celebrated holy
communion at the Church of the
Epiphany this morning, this being the
Festival of the Epiphany.
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LOCAL brevities.
The Prospector office for job work.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Benediction at the chapel of the
Ursuline Convent this evening.
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
A. Wilcox, the mining engineer
who has cahrge of the Big Pour Min
ing Company operations, will leave
on the steamer Alameda for Sewarl
and will return to Valdez on the Mar
iposa, after which he will go to Cali
fornia to consult with his principals.
The second dance of the Fort Li3
eum Social Club will be given- on
Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Fort Liseum.
Ladies will be admitted free, gentle
men 50 cents. All the people of Val
dez are invited excepting such as are
not permitted to attend the Valdez
dances. Fine music by the ReinKe
orchestra. k7
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Who’s Who In Europe’s War
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Photo by American Preee Association,
CZAR NICHOLAS II. of Russia shares with the German emperor the eem
ter of the stage In the great strife In Europe. Russia Is backing Berrla.
Germany Is behind Austria. A war between Austria and Berrla Is com
paratively Insignificant Not so a clash between Russia end Gasman? with all
that that Implies.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 6, 1915.
STATION Above Below Snow. In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 5 2 Clear, calm, no trail.
McCallum . 20 18 Clear, calm, trail good.
Hogan . 3 12 Cloudy, calm, trail open.
Gulkana .......... 10 12 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center .... 2 20 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina .... 0 20 Cloudy, calm, trail ^ooi
Teikhell . 5 18 Cloudy, calk trail fair.
Beaver 10 26 Snowing, calm, trail good.
Summit . 12 40 Cloudy, wink, trail drifted.
wortman'a . 24 25 Cloudy, storing, trail drifted.