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MonBAV, (H’TOBEB l, 1917
“IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN”
Lord Robert Cecil minister of the
blockade, declared in London the ex
istence of proof that Germany medi
ated an attack on the United States af
ter having diposed of France and En
gland. The same charge has been
made by James W. Gerard, former
ambassador from this country to the
kaiser’s court. At Washington it is
said evidence which supports the as
sertion “is in the hands of the ad
ministration.”
No doubt the charge is warranted
in fact. Probably the evidence has
been in the hands of the government
officials for many months. When it
was decided to make war on Germany
plenty of evidence of German perfidy
was adduced and it was said only a
part of it had been made public. Our
own diplomats and secret service men
have not been asleep—as witness the
expost of the German plot to embroil
the United States with Mexico and
Japan—and besides the allies have
always been ready to turn over to our
government any evidence of unfriend
liness on Germany’s part toward this
country.
That the government knew last
fall that Germany was plotting
againstus by sending spies and dyna
miters among us is not questioned.
It must have known that war with
Germany was inescapable. Yet at that
time the country was fed up on the
‘‘keep us out of war” slogan and noth
ing was done to put the nation on a
fighting basis for the conflict that
must come.
The results of this neglect—which
did not escape the press of the coun
try—are beginning to appear. Work
on the cantonments, which are being
built at a huge cost, has been delay
ed, and the task of equipping the sol
diers for service has necessarily been
slow. j\t advanced prices we are striv
ing to build ships to construct air
planes, to secure artillery and shells,
to lay in a supply of things which war
needs and which we might have pro
vided long ago, and at a saving of
millions, if those in authority had
been honest with themselves and with
the country. The cry for prepared
ness before the war came, was not
heeded and now we are paying for
our Fabian policy with compound in
terest.
Of course, we shall furnish a vast
array, if one is needed, and provide
the other sinews of warfare which
will insure victory for the allies. That
is our chief business now and it is
better late than never. It is unfortun
ate, however, that we have not been
as forehanded as the demands of the
times require.
JAPAN’S PART IN THE WAR
In an address before tbe United
States senate recently Viscount Ishii,,
bead bf a commission sent by the mi
kado’s government' to this country
with a message of good will and amity
with the instructions to ascertain in
what way Japan can best co-operate
with America in the prosecution of
the war, reiterated Japan's purpose
to remain in the struggle until Ger
many is defeated.
Taken as an answer to Germany’s
attempt to array Mexico and Japan
against the United States—a plot
hatched before we entered the war—
this message must have a mocking
sound to the ear of Zimmerman, au
thor of the conspiracy.
“We of Japan took up arms against
Germany because a solemn treaty was
not to us a 'scrap of paper, said
the Mikado’s envoy.“We did not en
ter this war because we had any sel
fish interest to promote or any ill
conceived ambition to gratify. We are
in the war, insist on being in it, and
we shall stay in it because earnestly,
as a nation and as individuals we be
lieve in the righteousness of the
cause for which we stand, because
we believe that only by a complete
victory for that cause can there be
made a righteous, honorable and per
manent peace.”
Critics of Japan are disposed to
wonder why that power is not tak
ing a more active part in the war.
Since the taking of the German isl
ands in the South Seas and the cap
ture of Kiao-Chau, Nippon has done
comparatively little and this fact is
a source of mystery to many obser
ververs of the war.
The reason for this situation is a
diplomatic secret, but the reasonable
assumption is that Japan has not sent
men to the European trenches because
she has not been invited to do so—
and with America in the contest is
not likely to be invited. Germany is
watching the concentration of a force
of brown men in Manchuria and
seems to think that the transfer of
Japanese soldiers to the Russian front
is not an improbable development of
the future. No doubt this will depend
upon the developments in Russia.
The Muscovite army is sufficient in
numbers but lack discipline, organ
ization and equipment. If they rally
Japanese will never be sent to any
European front; if they do not—
But Japan is active at sea and has
a force of destroyers in the Mediter
ranean if not in northern Europe in
search of U-boats. The part her navy
is playing in the anti-submarine cam
paign is something of an unknown
quantity, but two of three official an
nouncefnents have come from Eu
ropean capitals regarding the partici
pation of European squadrons, obvi
ously as showing that the Oriental
ally is not entirely out of the war.
Japan is ready no doubt to accept
any suggestion of the entente for a
more vigorous participation, and we
do not believe any blame should at
tach to the Tokio governments—as
has been insinuated in this country
—for the minor role it has enacted.
It is better to have a passive ally than
an open enemy, particularly if that
ally stands ready to co-operate, as
Japan apparently is willing to do.
(’. E. Flye, general freight and pas
senger agent of the Admiral Line, is
reported to be a pasenger on the
steamer Admiral Watson.
Augustus E. Kelly was a passen
ger to Valdez from Seattle on the
steamship Admiral Watson.
PACKING HOUSE STRIKE
AT OMAHA IS SETTLED
OMAHA, Oct. 1.—The most exten
sive strike in the histoi-y of South
Omaha was settled satisfactorily late
today through the efforts of Freder
ick L. Feick, government mediator,
and the men will all return to work
tomorrow morning.
CONGRESSMAN WOULD
BAR DRINKS TO TROOPS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 1.—
Acting upon repreentations from Her
bert K. Caskey, executive secretary
of the board of foreign missions of
the Presbyterian- church, Represen
tative Cooper, of Ohio, today com
plained to Secretary Baker that re
strictions on the sale of intoxicating
liquors at American army canteens
in France are very lax; that the state
ment has been made in the British
house of commons that the American
canteens are to be run on the Brit
ish model, which permits the sale
of liquor, and that French officers
are not making any strong efforts to
keep liquor away from the American
forces.
8TRAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VAl.DfiZ1 im. vj-.’“tiI,.ii
PAYING THE DOCTOR.
theuld It Curing You or For
Hooping Yo«i Wolir
Wo haven't, yet learned to take ad
vantage of tbe resource* of civilization
t* anything like the extent we might
For Instance, we wait until we get
•Ick, and then we pay the doctor to
help us get well. . It would lie much
more sensible to pay him to help us
keep from getting sick.
Fantnstic Idea, you say. Not at all
it already Is working lu a large num
ber of college communities, right here
in the state universities of Missouri
and Kansas, fi r Instance, in both In
stituti<ui8 tbe pupil Is charged a fee
which is applied to safeguarding his
health. Ill tbe University of Missouri
the plan is still further developed so
that the fee covers medical and sur
gical attendance. Tbe health work hi
both schools Is so Interesting, not only
for what it is doing for the pupils, but
for the example It Is setting other Com
munition, that it is only right and .
proper to call attention to it.
The Important point Is that these uni
versities and other schools are proving
that health can be made much more of
a community matter than bad been
supposed and that the wise thing to do
Is for groups to pay medical men to
keep them well.—Kansas City Star.
.
A WATER SOAKED TOWN.
Whtn Nearly a Foot of Rain Falla
Evary Weak in tha Yaar.
"It Is a remarkable fact that in In ;
61a, one of the most arid countries In |
the world, there is one s|*ot that has j
the record rainfall of the whole earth.*' |
said I)r. William Roberts, British agrl j
cultural ex]>ert lu India, to a cor re i
spondent of the Washington Foat
‘This place la ('herapunjl, In Assam.
It is In the path of the monsoon and
In a valley, and there la almoat con
stant rainfall.
“The average rainfall Is 600 Inches s
year, or fifty feet, which Is nearly a
foot a week. This seems almost be
yond comprehension when It la consid
ered that the rainfall of the United
States, for Instance, ranges from six
teen to thirty five inches. In some
places there have been as blgb aa six
ty-flve Inches of water In a year, bu<
this (s the exception.
“During the rainy season In C'he.-u
punjl the waterfall Is heaviest, but
there la rain throughout the year. Not
withstanding this terrific moisture, tin
inhabitants of the district raise vege
tables and grain. They do this bj
building terraces which carry tbs wa
ter off.”
I
Jam Started aa Medicine.
Jam In its early days seems to have
been regarded as possessing medtcinsl
properties. Halt In “Annals of the
Parish’’ notes “a new luxury that got
In among the commonalty about 1700.
By our young men that were Bailor*
going to Jamaica and the West Indie*
heai>s of sugar and coffee beans were
brought home, while many, among thi
cabbages in their yards, bad planted
berry bushes, which two things bap
pening together the fashions of trak
lng Jam and jelly came to be Introduc
ed into the village. It was found tlml
Jelly was au excellent medicine for a
sore throat and Jam a remedy as good
as Tendon candy for a cough or a cold
or a shortness of breath.” Did It ever
occur to you that “Jam” was abbre
viated from Jamaica?—London Spec
tator.
Whan Hubby Foelad Hsr.
Mrs. Scatterbrain was constantly be
moaning her lot. Her husband, who
was entitled to place half the letters of
the alphabet after hla name, had the
moat treacherous memory in the world
He could remember nothing Us wife
told him. In spite of bits of string
arouud hla finger and knots In bis hand
kerchief. Only once did Mr. Scatter
brain remember to do hla wife’s bid
ding.
Said a friend to Mrs. Scatterbrain:
“I think you are getting sa bad as
your hubby. 1 got a note from you yes
terday dated a whole week ahead.”
“Heaven*!” gasi>ed Mrs. Scatter
brain, trembling with the shock. “My
husband must have posted It the very
day I gave it to him!”—Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Cold Rioo.
Cold rice should never be thrown
away—even tbe smallest quantity can
be used. It can be added to any soup.
A good omelet can be made from a
mixture of minced meat and rice added
to tbe eggs. It can be used In a dessert
In tbe form of a plain rice pudding or
a rice custard. 1-eft over meat eaa be
chopped and mixed with cold rice, than
moistened with gravy and put in a
baking dish. Cover with breadcrumbs
and bake.
Beyond Rapair.
“What bap;>ened to you down the
road?”
“I ruined a tire on a nonrefillable
bottle.”
“One of those bottles wltb a patent
stopiter?”
“No; Just tbe ordinary kind, broken
into about fifty pieces.”—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
A Long Rsaeh.
“I thought I put that vase out of
baby’s reach.”
“Well, he yelled for it” explained
dad. “What bis arms won't reach his
lungs will.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Time Killer.
“I’ve got an hour or two to kill. 1
wish I knew what to do.”
“Just go over and ask Brown how
tbe new baby is getting along."
\t. .......
•j Hurt not others with that which
pains yourself.
Something New-Japanese
Potteiy & China Novelties
A direct importation, consisting of many useful and
ornamental little novelties in Japanese pottery and
chinaware, appropriate for any occasion and much ap
preciated as gifts.
Japanese Pottery
Cleverly moulded and designed, this new addition to
artistic pottery is patterned alter the old bronzes,
the dull brown greens are in keeping and will har
monize with any furnishings. Many useful peices are
to be had in this selection such as odd vases, bowls,
book ends, cigar and tobacco jars, ash receivers
and candle sticks.
Blue Butterfly China
Dainty Japanese china, decorated with the new Blue
Butterfly Design now so much in demand; Cups and
saucers, cracker and cheese dishes, salad plates, cel
ery trays, nut trays, mayonaise bowls, cake plates,
sugar and creamers, etc.
S. Blum & Company
GOOD GOODS
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
EUamar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
nay ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
A Through Ticket
Via
Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. PauljRy.
Saves Money
Insures Comfort
By buying a through ticket
you save from $10 to $15 as
against buying to Seattle
and rebuying there.
By buying over the C. M. &
St. P. Ry., you are assured
of the comfort that comes
from riding behind an elec
tric locomotive—the most
powerful in all the world—
and that personal attention
which is a feature of “Mil
waukee” service.
For tickets, berth reservations
and other particulars consult
your nearest Steamship Agent.
A. P. CHAPMAN, JR.
Asst. Gen’l Passenger Agent
Seattle, Wash.
J. P. BAHIj
City Ticket Agent
Second and Cherry
Seattle, Wash.
Furnished rooms st Mrs Osland’a
Prices reasonable. *
Notice of Sale
Special sale on jewelry at the Val
dez Drug. Everything half price. tf
Ice Ice Ice
Delivered to all parts of the town,
lc. per pound. Love-Whitley Co. tf
Just received a new fall and win
ter line of ladies coats, at E. Win
ter’s. tf
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Tomorrow will be the highest tide
of the year.
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
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