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GERMANY’S “SUP2RIGR” CULTURE
The attempt by the prolific German writers to prove that German cul
ture and civilization are in some measure superior to that of the rest of
the world is not taken kindly to bv the press and forum of tms country,
and the following from the Tacoma Ledger is a fair sample of the
reioris being brought out:
Grander .Matthews, > - >r a! pnvmure :. « niuiiin mimT-np lat.r- a iao m uh.u
he considers an assumption by Gentian write- that German culture is of a. superioi sort
•ind that civilization would be a ver\ heavy 1 i.-er if ticrmau> should be u. baited in the
present war. While he coneed.es there are great merits in German civilization, he mnin
taim that y respects tl Geri arts havt t ttaine 1 to the !aiulards of the English
and French. Genainiy. Pro lessor Matthews tiiinks. Carman literature has net equated that
of the Em i:sh or the Ereiich.
Germany has had philosophers and historians of high rank, yet in pure literature
what used to he (.did “o. lie- i.-ttn-" Ma’thews contends that Germany has been lack
ing. From the death of Goethe in is.52 to the advent of the younger generation
, 1 dratiuu:.-;-. including Sudrnnann and li vupunaun. in the final decade of the nine
teenth century for a period of about sixty year- only one (barman author, in Professor
M h pini . succeeded in winning a worid wide celebrity, and that was Heine, who
died in Paris out of f. %or with his e untrymen. American wri.ms like Cooper, Poe and
Wall Whitman, he *d international fame, which other German writers than
Heine did not.
In the fine arts France is placed first, and in pure science that position is given to
the English. In invention, in the practical application of science. Professor Matthews
places France, England and the Ended State:- all ahead of Germany, tie says the Gcr
mans contributed little or nothing to the dove! pment of the railroad, the steamboat, tin1
automobile, the aeroplane, the telegraph, tin tel; phone, the phonograph, the photograph,
the moving picture, the electric light, the -cumg machine ir the reaper and binder.
Vet he conccd.es that Germany has made many important contributions to the arts
cm! science- He admits Germany's leading place in music and in chemistry. But, sur
veying the field of -c: nee and art. he concludes then- is no good ground for any claim
l.v Germany to e, enmity in endure to eith t i-ranee or England.
A earn.us indictment he brings against the Germans is that they have retained a.
‘ : .r:imedic. ..i alphabet, while the rest of Western Europe has adopted the More
iM-- : more e. aeeful Ionian letter: ami d 1- not unimportant that German prose
s: • i • . .... brmi.- .m.. on. nth.* From the-* ;hmgs he concltmes that German cul:.nre
j> a litii lacking in the social in-;ineT. the d. *.p* :o hi k • thing- easy an', pleasant f( r
«-tilers. He goes mi to my ihat. it is the social in-line t which is the dominating influence
France, and which ha.- given the French civilization its “incomparable vroanity and
amenity."
Ir i< an inability or unv. do imnes- to under-* md other . the p.rofe •< r assert- that has
caused the f lm. • .* G- :;m.n diph mnry. “win h. has let: h-r wit).Got a f iend in
tin* h"ur of tie*. . 1! • a. id- that sueee.-s it: mpimaacy i: one of tin supreme tc of
* iv iliz.Mi’ n. _ .
GOVERNMENT IN ALASKA
Under the caption, “Alaska Disc acec!,’ the Seward Gateway be
comes “all bet up" o\er a statement attributed to Delegate Wickersham
to the effect that “at the next session of congress a bill will be passed
placing Alaska under the government of a federal commission.”
“Placing Alaska under such a government,” says the Seward news
paper, “would be the most frightful political disaster that could befall
the people of the territory, but it must be regrettfully admitted that
m a iarge measure the people of Alaska themselves will be responsible
if such an insult is delivered.”
There is little probability that the delegate ever made the statement
attributed to him, and it is possible that the Gateway has misinterpreted
a statement m regard to the proposal of Secretary Lane for a develop
ment board to Lave control of all federal interests m the territory, with
a view to facilitating the development of Alaska’s resources. Secretary
Lane’s plan has nothing whatever to do with local government, but is
intended to bring about more direct contact between the government
and the people of the territory, abolish red tape methods and consoli
date the government’s business m one board, The Seward newspaper
is not alone m misunderstanding thus measure, and it has been delayed
in its passage through congress largely because it is so little understood
by Alaskans.
ihe Gateway takes advantage of the occasion to utter some stric
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tures on legislators past and present which may or may not be deserved,
but which are interesting, to say the least, they are as follows:
The proposal to establish such a commission undoubtedly is due to the fact that we
have elected as legislators many men who were absolutely unfitted for the position. Not
only did we elect incompetent and unworthy members to the last legislature, but w<(
have done probably worse this tune. We seem to he incapable of electing anyone except
some wire-pulling ginoramus who depends for votes on attaching himself like a tail to
the rump of Wickersham. Many of the men elected would be unfit to sit as members
of a village council, and unfortunately we have enough Socialists and malcontents* gen
erally in the territory to enable these Wicktails to pose as representative citizens, bless,
the mark! r
Whatever one might think of Wickersham personally or as a representative, it cannot
be hidden that he owes his present election to the support of the Socialists and to the
unspeakable 1. W. W.'s, who, it is made evident by their rag and organization at Nome,
are affiliated with them.
There is no blame to Wickersham because he got these votes. It shows him to be
all the better politician; but when we find his tails without the courage of declaring
themselves to lie Socialists sneaking and wagging behind him to foist themselves on the
people in spite of their incompetence and ignorance, it almost makes a man wish that
we were governed by carpet-baggers.
The last legislature and this can b. i-t of having squaw-men and blind piggers, or at
least one of each, as members. It h • i: i to mention these facts, but it is better now
to draw attention to them than to h-t <ur terri; y continue to be despised at Washington
and threatened by a commission b > m ; * government. \\ • are not to blame, but some
(.f our people are so easily led by the false tongues of the wire-pullers that a lesson is
needed.
These so-called pi liticians call themselves Demifrafs when a Democratic adminis
tration is in power, but they tight against the regular Democratic candidate who had
the indorsement of the great and good President of the United States himself. If they
called themselves what they wore no one could object, but a man cannot be a Democrat
or a Republican and vote against his party without -tabbing that party in the back.
And so we come to be legislated for by men who by their very duplicity prove them
selves to be unworthy of trust. Many of the members of the legislature are go al men
and many of them have come out straight for their principles, but Alaskans must get
cured of the habit of electing worthless nincompoops who will adopt any tactics to gat
e. few dollars from the government to make up for their failure to make a living by work
for which they are better fitted._
Congressman Frank 0. Smith of Maryland, the man who introduced
in congress a resolution to have the United States cede Southeastern
Alaska to Canada, seems to be some sort of a harmless crank. He said
he introduced the resolution to “please some friends of mine, the Inter
national Peace Society of Philadelphia,” and research among the na
tional peace societies at Washington by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
correspondent developed the fact that the chief proponents of peace
had never heard of the International Peace Society of Phtladlphia. His
resolution has been reintroduced with a new pi ramble wb'ch deady
shows it to be the product o' an eobdanced mind, in it h" vecnes the
fact of the present war and the desirabihiy of American mediation
and says that such mediation will be a mere formality unless the golden !
rule be applied, and suggests as the best means of setting before the
eyes of the world a shining example this model concession to Canada, j
winch will prove the sincerity and earnestness of our mediation and be !
a source of immortal honor to our country.
Fohow’ng the course of the aotor.oas judge Hanford o; Seattle and
other federal jurists, who resigned m tin face of impeachment charges. I
Justice D. i. Wright of the supreme court of the District of Columbia
has retired from the bench rather than str d tr •. ' exore the house
judiciary committee. For years the trades unions pointed out that th s !
man was using his high office for purposes of persecution, but their
efforts to have him remoxed were Iru tless. When, however, he ran
counter to the financiers, his doom was sealed. The charges upon
which impeachment proceedings were brought were persona! and offi
cial tsistonduct, and were filed by a Washington banker.
A war correspondent who happened to fall m with the headquarters i
of the allies thought he was in luck until he tried to find out what was '
going on. He found he was practically a prisoner. He says: ‘‘Stum-j
bling onto the front is no fun. \ou see nothing and yet the officers tell j
you they are afraid you will run away and tel! the Germans what you :
have seen, i have.been assured a military movement was on. I can
see troops moving. But if 1 did get hold of a German who would listen I
tc me, the onlv information 1 could give him would be that I had seen
some soldiers—and I’m sure the Germans already know by this time
that there are French and British soldiers about. ’
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The “official” announcement from Berlin of the bombardment or
the summer resorts on the east coast o? England, in which about one
hundred and fifty men, women and children are said to have lost their
lives, is as follows: “Parts of our high seas fleet made an attack upon
the east coast of England early on the morning oi the 16th, bombard
ing both the fortified and coast places at Scarborough and Hartlepool.
Regarding their further course of action, no information can as yet be
given.”
A writer uses some beautiful language in an endeavor to convince
his readers that “life is best after 50.” It may be so, and it will be
hoped that this idealist is correct in his views. But it will be a hard I
proposition to convince the average old codger of 50 that he can view
life through the same roseate perspective as when he was 21.
The Germans have proved beyond the shadow of doubt that the
British desired and prepared for the opening of hostilities. It is gravely
pointed out that the British ambassador to Berlin discharged his Ger
man cook five days prior to the declaration of war. Could anything
be more convincing of the duplicity of “perfidious Albion”?
The funeral of T. J. Lynch last Wednesday was the occasion
of a remarkable demonstration. The spirit which prompted
upwards of 150 persons to “nr|V_h” from eight to ten miles on an
Alaska winter day to pay respect' to a departed ledge brother is typ
ically Northern.
ON SABBATH OBSERVANCE
Editor Iditarod Pioneer:
I was more than interested in your edi
torial on “Sabbath Observance,” and the
article by the Rev. Mr. Newman on the
modern Sabbath. After the history of cre
ation as we have it from the only source,
the next announcement is a day of rest.
The day was blessed and set apart as a
holy day—not a holiday.
It was repeated in the law from Sinai,
and explicit directions given as to its ol L
servance, with blessings to those who
served it and punishment for those who did
not. It was the one distinct difference be
tween Israel and the idolatrous world. The
law of Sinai has not been abrogated, and
manded to keep it. It did not apply to the
all believers in the Almighty God are corn
heathen. No sin except idolatry is threat
ened with greater penalty than Sabbath
breaking. The law was not to make a man
religious—that is not possible or to com
pel church observance; but to give him rest
which he needs if he obeys the other law j
and works six clays. The worker of six
days is not objecting to a day of rest. Most
of them are in favor of it. It is the man
who does nothing or worse six days and ob
jects to the restrictions of the seventh day.
The people who want to serve God are
not causing the trouble—but those who do j
not want to serve Him at all.
The Jew was stoned to death, not he- j
cause he did not worship God, but for work- i
ing on the Sabbath day. Along with the
early spirit of liberty of our people was
coupled the spirit of Sabbath observance.
And who will say they did not lay a good
foundation on which to raise a great nation?
The blue laws may have been extreme in
places, i. e., a man was not permitted to
kiss his wife on the Sabbath; but no great
harm resulted from that. It is not liberty
that the present generation demands, but
license to do as they please. Then we will
have no law.
Most of the world of Europe, as quoted
from Rev. Mr. Newman, ha? the kind of a
Sabbath they want. Are they enjoying the
fruits of it today? Who will dare say that
this war is not their punishment? And
many of our people are clamoring for a
European Sabbath. This is the sort of black
record which history writes when a nation
loses religion it loses morality, and moral
decline carries loss of national power and
prosperity.
Robert Peel, the great statesman, said:
“I never knew a man to escape failure in
either body or mind who worked seven days
in ji week.” The Great Teacher said the
Sabbath was made for man, and gave di
rections for its observance.
A READER.
Iditarod, Jan. 19, 1915.
A PROSPECTIVE VISITOR
(Seward Gateway)
Frank Cotter will leave during the winter
for a trip to the Iditarod. <
Wonderful Invention of Juneau Man
C. J. Sullivan, u young son of Ireland,
who is now employed in the Alaska Juneau
mine, near Juneau, says that he has in
vented a submarine destroyer, and that he
has offered his secret to the United States
government. Only last week the matter
was taken up by the secretary of the navy.
The discovery was only recently perfected,
he says, although he has been working on
it for the past three months. According to
the inventor, the mechanism operates from
a central point and will protect an entire
Meet from the ravages of the terrible sub
marines. It can also be used for harbor
defense purposes. One peculiar feature
about the invention is that it does not
harm the submarine; it simply kills the
crew and makes the submarine helpless tem
porarily. and the vc.‘> 1 can afterward he
located and recovered. No explosives are
used in operating the destroyer, and no
.-hip- are built for it to operate with. It is
constructed and operated at small cost.
Young Sullivan was born in Dublin, Ire
land. L’M veals ago. and is enthusiastic ov-r
Us bbr '..tv. He first came to Alaska
about w,'.\ months ago, bring at that time
a member of the Royal Stuck Company,
which came on a tour of Alaska. The
company disbanded and he stayed with the
country. Kor some time he worked at elec
trical mechanics, and has a fancy fur that
line of work.. He is now working on a
mechanism that will not only warn ves
sels of an approaching submarine but also
give the location of the terrible scourges
of the sea. Juneau Empire.
Only Two Storms Yearly at Sitka
The equinoctial storm came on time.
Sitka has its two a year, and they seem to
last about six months, says the Verstovian,
published at the Sheldon Jackson school.
Mysterious Shooting
Is it a ease of murder." is the question
nov/ asked concerning the shooting of Chief
Tom Stepan by “Indian Jim.’’ as he is
known here, ‘-ays the Knik News. About a
week ago this Indian came to the office of
th ' commissioner and stated that In* had
had trouble with Stepan and that he had
shot him. Tim ta,mini -doner immediately
took steps to investigate the case. Stepan
l;vr I a day or two after the shooting, and
was not .‘Opposed to be as serious a case
a- i; now b-oks. Slenun died and his body
is bed.it brough* to Knik. where an inquest
will t - held and an effort made to establish
the facts.
Faubaanks as a Winter Retort
That Japanese cn:r :it i- rking cv.-r I
bine tlii.s year, and tip way • c imgi.iq !
.•nr climate i< in 11 wa;. remark-.id.- a. . i
is cans'ng remark he:. , saws the Fairbanks
News-Miner. In the Ivmrior of Alaska,
wl; re th • Outside world h ia-ve< there is
nothing but snow and ice e\. ry d,.v of the
year, t-> date there has be n arccly enough
.‘-now to create a fad -ded snowball, and
even the school children are protesting
.:~ad.: the condition. Stages continue to
rim on wimel-. there not being enough snow
to make traveling with dig -Ids desirable
•r possible. Wind haulers, who at this
time of the year are always busy hauling
wood, can only haul bv wagon, and the
wood supplies are getting short and the
nrice of won;! is c-linffiing. Freighters can
not freight at a nroiit. and the mushers
throw up a dust that makes their progress
vni lrasaiit. U r the ground is not even
frozen. La.-t night it snowed, but the
weather was so warm that the snow was
S'•on ram. Water dropped from the eves
ff the houses all mght. and those who left
tin ir .-o.rm doors open found their doo.f
sti’ps coaled with a thin glaze of slippery
icr* tki- morning. This helped them on
their way down town, for when their feet
hit th? ice ’hey were well on their way in
k>- than i time. The Commercial Club
at its nex meeting should consider the
advertiring *f Fairbanks from a winter re
sort standpoint.
The Sabb2th in Seward
Dick Thorne has decided to give a mov
ing picture show in the Ca.-ino next Sun
day. but will live within our holy laws by
refusing admission fees. During the show
er services- he will pass the plate, so that
all devoted worshippers can, if they so de
sire. chuck anything into it with the ex
ception of that old ste.nd-bv of the penuri
ous pious- brass buttons. The show to be
given is a splendid one, for which the ad
mission fee is half a dollar on occasions
when it is presented in benighted heathen
lands that don’t know as much about a
Sunday as a cow does about a holiday. The
pictures to be shown will be ones repro
duced at great expense from sacred his
tory. This is no irreverent remark or flip
pant. The pictures will be from one of the
sublime stories that form the foundation
and bedrock of Christianity—stories which
may not be shown on Sundays in Seward
if they are charged for, according to our
sanctified masters. So, dearly beloved
brethren, you can go to a show next Sun
day with or without ex-Spence.
Wireless for Kn:k and Kodiak
Charles Brown of the firm of Brown &
Hawkins, wholesale and retail merchants
of Seward and Knik, announces that his
firm intends to install wireless communi
cation from Seward to Kodiak and Knik
early next spring. Later they will en
deavor to connect with the mines. Early
next spring they will put in a store at
Palmer’s slough, so that the ranchers can
be supplied without having to make the
big haul.
Big Alaska Iron Proposition
Esch, Horn, Tomilson and others have
been holding for several years a large body
pf iron ore which they regard as the most
valuable proposition cn Seward peninsula.
That these men are not mistaken is evi
denced by recent developments, which give
strong probabilities that their iron propo
sition will be taken over by a very wealthy
company and developed. The property
was located in 1906, and is on what is
mown as Tub mountain, at Sinrock. It is '
daimed by Mr. Esch that the iron is su
perior in many respects to the famous ■
Swedish iron, and in this he is borne out
py experts who have made a thorough
:est of the ore. which runs as high as 6.5
>er cent pure iron. The Geological Survey
sent out an expert in 1913 to fhvestigate <
he proposition, by special request of Mr.
5sch. It is reported that the government’s '
geologist stated that in his opinion it was ’
he greatest iron proposition in the world, i
t is a manganese ore of the highest quai
ty, and there is estimated to be two mil- ]
ion tens of the ore in sight. The springs '
in the vicinity are said to show radio
activity, and this is now being investi
gated by the Geological Survey. The con
ditions are ideal for working the mine.
There is an abundance of coal close at
hand, and time for fluxing purposes. A
proposition is on foot to take this prop
erty over, and already the preliminaries
have been arranged, indicating that in the
near future this property will go into the
hands of one of the strongest companies
in the United States, which will commence
operations on a large scale. Millions of
dollars will necessarily be expended on such
a proposition in the construction of a
[ lant, bunkers and railroad. It is under
stood that the deal will be consummated
soon, and will involve something like
$400,000, as the purchase price for a num
ber of claims which now are patented.
Nome Nugget.
For Kuskokwim Service
Captain Gawley has let a contract at Bel
lingham, Wash., for a thousand-ton
steamer which will be placed on the Kus
kokwim and Pug^t sound run. The trade
between the Kuskokwim country and Se
attle is said to have developed rapidly dur
ing the past few years, and this has made
necessary the placing of a ship on the
i un to meet the growing demand. The ship
v\ be ready for the run the coming sum"
im r and will make regular trips.
Tony Pen: v 1 1 • v
years’ impii- n i l ;
penitentiary at M \ - i land for ai . i .
•ng to murder Angelo Velsalis at C . Uwi
last September. j
WHY RED CROSS FUNDS
ARE NEEDED SN EUROPE
The following letter, published in “Life”
of October 14. gives an idea of the terrible
need of the denizens of the war-infested dis
tricts of Europe:
“As an American woman who has spent
about nine happy summers with many other
of her compatriots in this beautiful cor
ner of France, 1 feel that we all owe it a
debt in this hour of adversity.
“Day after day l see hundreds of refugees
pour in from Belgium .and France, starving,
ragged, despairing, from scene-- of carnage
and murder, bereft of homes, relatives and
resources. They are largely peasant.', but
many from Louvain and Charleroi are cul
tivated, finely-bred aged men and women
and children of all ages. They arc thrown
like bits of wreckage by the storm raging
over Europe up to till; is.dated corner of
Britt any, where even the rich find mou* v
scarce, and when in a few week.- c' > a I and
wood will be scarce aFo.
“Tins di.-S'Ur is far worse than that of
Me.-sina, for now there i.- no other land to
fly to; ii ) other people to aid. \V< Amen
- • and English, having laid aside fine
: i.mn: uid - cud pleasure.", arc work
at the once smart Hotel Royal, now a
hos: ital for the wounded, which arrive daily
by hundred.-, two deep on straw. But the
Croi:: Rouge has them in its care. These
r.-idntces ar • adrift, like leaves in a storm,
horn of everything which makes life po>
sible. They sieep al o on straw, in garages,
cafes and villas whose chatelaines succor
them. Listen to the tales which I have
heard, and of sights which my eyes have
.-“po. and which Monsieur Croiard. mayor
of Dmard, will vouch for. and let your
hearts leap) to aid them:
“Last night in the garage of the Grand
hotel slept seven little girls, : il under 7.
wl. so ragged daintiness proved former love
and luxury. They have lost all parents
and home and do not even know the
names of their villages. Their little feet
are bleeding from tramping fields; their
tear-stained faces pinched from starvation.
Four others, more fortunate, came seventy
miles in a Belgian bread cart, pulled by a
dog. I have talked with a young mother
whose baby we buried last night. A Ger
man mu.'ket battcrel in its chest when its
mother tried to push aside the barrel which
shot her husband.
“A child oi 7 has one hand gone, cut
from his mother s clasp because he de
tained her flight from a home the Germans
were in haste to burn. An old man is liv
ing and here because ho was so clever as
to iie down as though dead when Germans,
who had locked forty such up in a room,
told them to “dance for their lives.” while
they shot at them through the shutters
from the street.
“This story is corroborated by four wit
nesses. A baker of Mons was bidden to bake
by Germans. He complied until flour w;h
exhausted, and was shot, before his wife,
because they claimed ho refused to tell
where more flour was hidden. Then his wife
was bidden to divulge, and to punish her
“obstinacy.” her husband, before her eyes,
was thrust into the furnace. She is quite
demented, and sits gazing silently at un
known horrors. These people, to earn food,
are being placed on farms to work in fields,
and many will work as peasants who were
professors and gentlewomen of refinement. I
There is not enough fine work to go round. !
All are innocent victims of an unrighteous j
war, and for many nights slept in fields, i
dug for carrots with bare hands, drank I
from muddied pools, with the flames of,
burning homes on the sky behind them, and j
despair ahead. Their clothing is in tatters, j
Iheir shoes in pieces. \\ itn our best el
forts we cannot clothe these hundreds
tvho increase daily. Troops at the front
send for food. Our horses and motors have
all been requisitioned by the army, and this
formerly bright little town of luxury and
raiety is now just a shelter for the hunted
who are at bay against misfortune. '.Vhat
will become of them ?
“I beg you in happy, safe America to
:ieny yourselves a cigar, a theater seat and
m extra hat and help us to help them,
ren cents will buy a child ten rolls of
oread. Fifty cents will cover little feet
which never again will be caressed by a
mother. A dollar will buy a shawl for a
widow. Give, give, I beg of your generous
marts. America has led the world in ch ar
ty for less worthy causes. Compassion
mows no nationality. Pity blesses the giver
rnd the poor. You mothers, when you tuck
-'our children safely into bed at night, re
member these little beings, reared in no
ess care and luxury, who are adrift in a
vorld which has used them ill. The aged,
oo, like older children, having lived, have
larned rest before death; yet they, too,
ire cast out from homes, knowing nothing
if where dear ones are, their sons at the
ront fighting the enemy which has de
frayed them, for honor’s sake.
“All Europe is one great slaughter house,
’aris can no longer send us money from
>ur bank accounts, and could you see this
ragic procession file out from beneath St,
dalo’s eleventh century gates, all one’s
vealth is not enough to heal their broken
learts and bodies.
“In the name of pity and human sym
mthy, I implore your aid, for America is
he only place which we can turn to now.
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PIONEER CREEK AGENCIES
FLAT CITY. .. Mrs. C. C. Chittick
DISCOVERY OTTER Harry Donnelley
DR. 5VSOORE,
Gold St., Opposite Postoffice, Flat City
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DR. H. E. AURFMGER,
Office: Qold St. Flat City, Alaska
Consultation Hours in Forenoons and l.y
Appointment
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Attorney at Law
Office: Corner Willow and Second Si«.
Iditarod Pioneer Building
W. F. HARRISON,
Attorney at Law
7 IDITAROD, ALASKA
Room 12, Regina Hotel
CM AS. E. TAYLOR,
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Dry these tears. Comfort these children.
Assuage this tragic old age. National
prejudice is forgotten here. I have seen
German prisoners at Dinan better housed
than these for whom I plead, for France
has proved her civilization in chivalresque
kindness to the fallen enemy. These vic
tims have harmed no living creature, yet
have seen their loved ones shot down like
dogs, their daughters insulted and maimed
past help. One couple here carried a con
sumptive daughter thirty kilometers in a
hand cart, but at Estest the Germans over
took them and detained the daughter. Will
you give? Of course you will give, quickly,
before the tide of suffering swamps our
powers to compete with it.
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utin, Dinard, Ilie-et-Vilaine, France.
“NINA LARREY DURYEA.
“Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine.”
W. F. Duffy left for the Outside last Tues
day morning by way of the Seward trail,
with a dog team. Mr. Duffy intends to
visit his ranch in the famous Judith basin,
Montana, and will return here in the spring.
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