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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914.
THE FATAL ALLIANCES.
If there is today high probability
of a war involving all the great pow
ers of Europe, we are not left in ig
norance of the chief cause. The war
will not be, if it comes, one to up
hold a dynasty. NO vital national in
terest of Germany, Russia, France,
England, or Italy is directly threat
ened. Yet they are all on the verge
of war. Why? Not because they ap
prove or disapprove of Austria’s high
handed attack upon Servia. That, by
itself, would not drag the others in.
It might, indeed, be a "localized” war,
but for one thing. This is the Al
liances, offensive and defensive, into
which the leading European powers
are grouped. These treaties have
been held up to us for years as the
brilliant conception of statesmen to
safeguard peace. But at this mo
ment they reveal themselves as the
fatal cause of war.
The Triple Alliance, with its an
swering Dual Alliance and its com
plementary Triple Entente, came as
the successor to an older theory.
This was the Balance of Power. It
was what Kinglake described as the
great Usage of Europe. If one pow
erful nation undertook aggressive ac
tion against a weaker, it was expect
ed of the others that they should
come forward unitedly in protest and
resistance. Hence the banded forces
against Napoleon. Hence the Cri
mean war. But that earlier formula
wore out. The Balance of Power was
broken down by Bismarck. Yet he
found it necessary to put something
in its place. And what he chose, and
how he came to choose it, he .set
forth with great frankness in his
“Gedanken und Errinerungen.”
In that work, the chapter on the
Triple Alliance is as full a revelation
of the great German Chancellor’s
mind and methods, in international
affairs, as one will anywhere find.
He sat down as to a chess-board.
What were the right moves to make
after the war with France and the
consolidation of Germany? What
steps should be taken to insure not
only against attack abroad but
against agitation at home? Bis
marck’s first plan, put into operation
for a time, was the Dreikaiserbund.
Austria, Russia and Germany should
present a united front. Together they
could face a frowning world, and by
strengthening their dynasties at
home could make head against the
Social Democratic movement. Bis
marck never concealed his preference
for an alliance with Russia. It seem
ed to him the natural and the strong
est bond for Germany. But when,
about 1875, Gortchakoff became cold
to/the idea, and when France attract
ed Russia into something like an al
liance—it soon became one definitely
—Bismarck promptly turned to me
Triple Alliance between Germany,
Austria and Italy, which has ever
since existed. There was never any
illusion about this in the mind of
the great German political realist.
He looked at it all in a cold and al
most brutal way. It was solely a
question of German policy—wholly a
matter of pitting power against pow
er. He was not deceived abbut Aus
tria. He probably smiled cynically
as he thought of drawing Italy into
an alliance with her hereditary op
pressor. The Triple Alliance was
simply Bismarck’s device for giving
Germany space to breathe and time
to grow, and for neutralizing the
Dual Alliance. That either would per
sist to the present time, he would
not have predicted. In his thought,
the Triple Alliance was merely a con
venient arrangement which might
have to be replaced by another. Bis
marck was fertile in new European
combinations and in secret treaties.
Taxpayers and armies were but as
ptwns in the game; and he was cap
TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT
The Eagle’s Dance
-AT
Eagle Hall
Five Piece Orchestra All the Latest
DANCING AT 9 O’CLOCK SHARP
The Big Place
Is Still the Attraction.
Ws wish to announce to the public that we now have in stock
VALDEZ GLACIER GOLD BEER
A product of Valdez and a new brew of superior excellence.
7 pts Valdez Glacier Gold Beer $1.00
5 qts Valdez Glacier Gold Beer $1.00
Patronize home industry and keep the money in Valdez.—The public will
find this beer on an equal with any outside beers—being an entirely new brew
Phone 69—Free delivelf to all parts of the city.
THE BIG PLACE
VALDEZ SKATING RINK
NOW OPEN
Umisslon-6eritleinen 50c; Ladies and Children 25c
Good, Healthful Exercise - - Groat Pleasure
An “Old Line" Company with “New Line" Ideas.
NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
LIFE OLICY
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ACCIDENT JRDTEOTION
Premiums Paid for Yd ;• Insurance
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able of speaking of ’.he Triple Al- i
liai.ee as only a magn’fieent way of ]
saying "check” to France and Rus- |
sia.
Time, however, has much stiffened j
the lines of the Alliances, and made
"them more hard and fast. They are
today the great menace to peace. But
for the obligations which they have
laid upon the contracting nations, no
one would think it possible that the
ignoble war upon Servia could
plunge all Europe into strife. But
Germany must stand by her ally,
Austria. And Italy, pitifully, without
one real interest at stake, with no
heart in the war, with all her natur
al and inherited instincts anti-Aus
trian rather than pro-Austrian, must
mobilize her army, too, all because
Bismarck and Crispi once agreed that
it should be done. What advantage
will it be to France to place her
.army at the disposal of Russia? Ah.
France, it is said, must do it under
the terms of the Russian Alliance.
Talk about the Dead Hand! The two
Alliances, with their subsidiary En
tentes, are laying a hand of death
upon all Europe today; compelling
rulers to do what they shrink from;
launching navies and setting armies
on the march: leaving the masses
dazed as to what it is all about; and
openihg a prospect of ruin and woe
fit to stagger humanity. They have
been called, these Alliances, the safe
ty of Europe. Now we see them as
they are, a peril and a curse.—
New York Post.
Belgians Hold
Germans Back
(Continued from page 1.)
vasion by a foreign power. The en
tire Norwegian and Swedish army
has been mobilized at the southern
ports ready to cross into Denmark.
It is believed here that Great Britain
has agreed that no Russian aggres
sion will follow- tne weakening of the
forces on the northern border of
Sweden.
Seattle Prices Go Up.
SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—The price of
sugar in this city has gone up to $8.00
a sack retail and is now almost dou
ble what it was at the outbreak of
the European war. All other staple
groceries have also gone up inabottiN
the same ratio.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
N. B. Solner, cashier of the Union
Savings & Trust Co., of Seattle, pass
ed through Valdez on the Admiral
Sampson to look over his mining in
terests near Hope.
J. D. Thees and Charles S. King,
two New York sportsmen, passed
through on the steamer Sampson for
Kenai, where they will spend two
months hunting big game.
Man and wife desire position as
cook and waitress; camp preferred.
Address Mrs. Prudence Reed, Pana
ma Hotel, Valdez. k
Chairman Charles Herron was a
through passenger on the steamer
Sampson to Seward with a complete
hydraulic plant for his mining prop
erty in the Cook’s inlet country.
Newest models in girdle top, long
hipped Bon Ton corsets just received
at Harvey's Toggery; also fine line
fall and winter coats and suits. tf
John J. Underwood, the Seattle
newspaperman, is making, the trip on
the steamer Sampson. Mr. Under
wood is the author of “Alaska, An
Empire in the Making,” and is se
curing matter for a new book. Mr.
M. J. Burns, an artist formerly with
the London Graphic, accompanies
him.
Bids for Tonsina Mail.
Bids for the mail service between
Valdez and Tonsina for the winter
months, commencing October 1, will
close at Cordova on the 15th of Aug
ust. No bond will be required with
the bid. but the bidder must furnish
evidence of his responsibility. The
Victoria, leaving Valdez at 8 tonight,
will be the last chance to submit
bids. Bids should be addressed to
the Chief Clerk Railway Mail Ser
vice, Cordova, Alaska. Particulars
can be ob alned from the postmaster
a* Valdefc.
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Launch for Hire.
Will take fls' ing, hunting or p’cn c
parties on excursions on the com
modious launch G. M. P. No. 2. En
quire Alaska Hand Laundry. tf
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Black Diamond Gold Mining Com
pany (as adjourned) is called to meet
at the office of the company in Val
dez, Alaska, on September 15th, 1914,
At 8 o’clock p. m., at which meeting
• a board of directors will be elected
for tne ensuing year and other busi
ness of importance will 6ome before
the meeting.
By order of the president,
k Sept. 1 GEO. J. LOVE, Secretary.
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None Better In the World.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
a-™ DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdez Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over O'll Drug store. Office hours
3 a. m.. to ts p. m.. 7 i». ui., tod p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. next Prospector office
Valdez, Alaska.
New Company’s Phone No. 69
HOURS—9 to 12 a.'m.l.to 6 »nd 7 to 9p. m.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the osteopath
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS-9 to 12 a.. 1 to 5 p. a., or hr
sppoiataeot.
TREATMENT 92.60
Office and Residence'Court St. PHONE 293
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWY E K
phone:™: Valdez, Alaska
C E. BUNNELL
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W
Offices Well Street
Phone 3i VALDEZ
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdex, Alaaka.
A. C BALDWIN
‘til ft I • «. •
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land
and Mineral Surveyor.
Formerly Surveyor Alaaka Boundary Survey®
Valdes, Alaaka. P. 0. BOX 274
Steam Heat Electric Light*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Tijr niirrrT G ° °d
Goods | fit Dun LI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
(Native and ¥ ¥ TJV/IDI7D and Building
Puget Sound Ju L/lVll31Zs£v Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
MILK—MILK—MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
STANTON STAGE LINE
Carrying U. S. Mail, Pas
sengers, Freight, Express
from Valdez to Gulkana.
Leave* Valdez 1st and 15tb o! each month
For rate* see Valdez Transfer Co. Phone 60
“OLYMPIAN”
The Train of Luxury
TO
Butte, Miles City, Sioux, City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
All Points East, via the
“MILWAUKEE”
Leaves Seattle Daily at 10.15 A.M.
“A TOUR DE LUXE” is an expression supremely fitting in con
nection with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel transconti
nental train. It xombines the enjoyment of rare scenic beauties
with the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease and comfort.
No Extra Fare on This Train
For furthei information regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., call on or address
C. H. Kramer, General Afent. AUttke Stenmihlp Co. and Aluki Conn S. S. Co.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
City Ticket Office* Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul Railway, 441 Hatting* St. Wett
VANCOUVER. B. C.
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