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GERMAN PROPAGANDA
The fact must be always in
mind that Germany maintains ail
over the wo; Id, and particularly
in the United States, a system of
espionage and propaganda de
signed to control the whole world
for the benefit of German ends.
The emissaries of Germany will
work this winter with pence.
Having captured the swag, they
want to quit before they have to
give it up, says the Juneau Um
pire.
The Russians have been.par
alyzed by listening to this propa
ganda. They were not physical
cowards, but. they have got the
idea that you can have the bless
ings of freedom without fighting
for them. Similarly in Italy it
looks as if the insidious influ
ences of spies had been working
in the regiments that suddenly
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the stock is “picked over.”
Geo. W. Adams, Iditarod
gave way, and admitted the in
vading hosts to the fertile plains
of Venice.
If we were to have peace now.
Germany has beaten us. She]
has largely paid the costs of the
war by descending upon unoffend
ing nations, enslaving their in
habitants, and confiscating their
property. By the war as it now
stands, she controls the destinies
of Central Europe as never bo
fore. The autocratic rulers of
Germany would declare that t hey J
had made good, that autocracy!
had proven itself the only efti
cient government, and that dem
mocrac.v is a failure. Our corn
try would have to establish itself
on a militaristic basis to meet fu
ture attack from the power thus
flushed with victory.
The great lesson of the war is j
that the power that hits first lias
a tremendous advantage. If it
can have but. a few weeks start, it j
can seize territory and intrench j
itself so that it takes years to i
drive it out. If the war ends:
now. we shall have to prepare j
ourselves against the same sud
den attack that- overwhelmed
Belgium. That would mean mi
dertaking the overpowering bur
den of a great standing army and
navy. It is cheaper in lives and 1
money to tight now with powerful i
allies than to fight alone later.
FRUIT OF DISLOYALTY
A German-lorn farmer in Martin
county, Minn., who came to this coun- j
try twenty-six years ago. hot!ght a farm !
for a few dollars an aero nr.d ictiredi
some time ago with :• competence that :
would be a fortune for one of his class j
in Germany, had no money to buy’
liberty bonds, to help sustain the Red
Cross in its humanitarian work or toj
assist the war Y. M. C'. A. in its fine
i
task of keeping American soldiers j
cheerful and true to their better selves, j
Atop of itll this ho went out of his way j
to say:
''America is all wind and blow. It,
is a damned poor countiy, and the,
kaiser is all right."
This shoddy creature whined and
pleaded in court that he be allowed to
pay a line and have his liberty when
the judge sentenced itini to servo sixty
days in jail. The judge rejected the]
plea and administered a rebuke that |
should sink well into the mind of the j
farmer during his two months behind ,
the bars of a prison. Let us hope there j
may fall into his hands a copy of the j
story, “The Mao Without a Country.” •
If this retired farmer lias children or J
grandchildren, or relatives of any kind, ‘
it’s sad to reflect what his confessed anti- i
Americanism and pro-kaiserism may j
mean to them tbrought their lives, j
Granting his right to his own unnatural j
feelings and fooli-.h opinion, he should,1
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have had some regaru fori he happiness
and the good name of those whom his
defiant words are bound to affect ad
versely. Not even the humblest man
lives unto himself these days, lie ex
erts an influence on some one for the
weal or woe of the country. Somebody
gains or suffers by what he says or by
the attitude he takes on the world’s
supreme issue.—Minneapolis Tribune.
Paris, March id.— “The war aims of
tlr* Socialist party of France are identi
cal with those of President Wilson,"
said Albert Thomas, former ministerol
munitions, to the Associated Press just
before leaving for the inter-allied So
cialist conference at London.
“ft lias been our of ray dreams,” M.
Thomas continued, “that a delegation
of English and French Socialists should
visit Washington, if the President
would receive us, to explain to him
that his purpose in the war are out
purposes.
"The American army is entering
into action in France and its part will
be a growing one. Nevertheless, Amer
ica lias a greater role than that of its
army. The spirit, of the Entente Al
lied peoples must be continually sup
ported and refreshed by the daily con
sciousness of the justice ot our aims.
'I’he minds of the people must be tilled
with ideals.
“President Wilson’s part can be
much greater than tiic military action
of the American army. By his inter
national diplomatic action in support of
his ideals -that is the supreme part
which America has. 1 ’resident Wilson
can become not only the leader oi
American democracy, but the leader of
a world democracy, and 1 can assure
you his influence already is very con.
siderabie with tiie peoples of Germany
and Austria.”
New York --William B. Thompson,
in a letter to the New York Tribune,
defends the Bolsheviki government and
says that reports of lawlessness in
Russia are exaggerated. He believes
the Kerensky government was going
in the right direction but that the
p 1*0 pe rty-owaiug class w rec k ed t h e
coalition government. “Because they
are now trying an experiment of a
workingman's government I see no
reason why all the Allies should not
give them a square deal,’' he declares,
and suggests that even the Allies do
not formally recognize it, some sort of
modus vivendi should he arrived at.
SAY FORFEIT HIS CITIZENSHIP
Juneau Dispatch: Alaskans will not
permit any man to state that he desires
to see the President of the United
States hung, or that he would not sup
port his country in time of need, with
out suffering for- his sentiments. Con
rad Mauritz Olsen Einnes tried it. ac
cording to the complaint, and is now in
a jail, with a suit filed against him by
the United States government to can
cel his citizenship certificate.
The defendant is. or was a fisherman
at Ketchikan, and it was in this district
that he is reported to have made the
statement quoted above. In the suit to
cancel the defendant’s certificate, the
government alleges fraud on the part
of the defendant, stating that he was
not sincere in his oath of allegiance
and that papers were merely secured
by the defendant that he might secure
a license to operate a boat in Alaskan
waters
TRADE UNIONS IN CENTRAL
POWERS HOT ALL IN HARMONY
Amsterdam, March 29.—The German
and Austrian trade unions are engaged
in a squabble over demobilization pro
grams. According to the Austrian
labor paper (Der Kampf), both are
agreed that, after peace is concluded,
no worker should be kept in the army
longer than is absolutely necessary on
military grounds, but in regard to the
exact process of demobilization they
differ. The Austrian unions demand
discharges according to age, while the
German unions insist that the first con
sideration should be given to particular
callings and groups of workmen, the
motive being to bring about the eco
nomic revival as soon as possible.
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MAJOR ALBERT WILE LANDS
ANOTHER POSTOFEICE JOB
Juneau Empire, March 5.
Albert Wile, the well-known Alas
kan, will make a trip Outside, and then
return to Ketchikan to accept a posi
tion there in the postoffice
The names that, will appear on the
ollicia! ballot for the Fourth judicial
j division, at. the primary election to be
j hold throughout. Alaska on Tuesday,
April 3b, so far as known, are:
Delegate to Congress
| Francis C'onally, Socialist,
i Charles A. Sulzer, Democrat.
William Maloney, Democrat.
James Wickorsham, Republican.
Territorial Senator
O. P. Gaustad, Republican.
L. K. Pratt., Republican.
Luther C. Hess, Democrat
Territorial Reprasontati ves
| F. B. Collins, Republican.
I John W. Dunn, Democrat,
i W. F. Good, Socialist.
| Robert N. Hilleary, Socialist.
A, M. Kilgore. Democrat,
j A. J. Nordale, Democrat,
i G. W. Pennington, Democrat.
Road Supervisor
Robert Sheldon, Democrat.
Peter Stei 1, Democrat.
Harry L. Grow, Republican.
IT. H. Ross, Republican.
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Chandler (Okla.) News: When von
hear a boat, whistle, rush to the office,
storm around there half an hour, and
when you notice the carrier ju ,t deliv
ering the mail
S If you are a little “short” ask the
j postmaster fora small loan, he's always
flush, and after two months if he wants
! it, let him dun you for it.
When you call at the office for your
mail and the postmaster hands it out to
| you. ask him if that is all.
j If you ask for mail and he tells you
j there is none, tell him there ought to
! be, then go home and send the rest ot
i '
j the family around at different times
i throughout the day.
j Don’t bring your mail to the office
| until the mail closes, then abuse the
i postmaster for not opening the mail
I bag and putting your letter in.
I When you want a stamp on your let
j ter, tell the postmaster to put it on; if
I lie won’t do it, go for him. In case you
j put it on yourself, soak it iu your mouth
i long enough to remove the muscilage:
j it will then stick until dry.
j Bo sure to ask the postmaster to
credit you for stump.*; if he has any
accommodation about him he’ll do it.
| If you have a box. stand and drum on
j it until the postmaster hands out your
I mail; it makes him feel good, especi
i ally if he is waiting on someone else.
1 BRITISH WAY DIFFERENT
FROM GERMAN METHOD
London, March IS. -Contrasted with
the German proclamation threatening
punishment upon the women and chil
dren of Udine, Italy, if they failed to
work in the fields for Id hours every
day, under German domination, the
order issued by the British commander
to the people of Jerusalem after the
capture of that city, shows the different
manner in which the Entente and the
Central Powers wage war. The Brit
ish order reads:
“It is my desire that every person
should pursue his lawful business with
out fear oPinterruption. Furthermore,
since your city is regarded with affec
tion by three of the great religions of
mankind, and its soil has been conse
crated by the prayers and pilgrimages
of the devout for many centuries, t here
fore, be it known that every sacred
building, monument, holy spot, shrine,
pious bequest, or customary place of
prayer, will be maintained and pro
tected according to the existing cus
toms and beliefs of those to whose
faiths they are sacred.”
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Amsterdam, Mar. 14—That the Ger
man government is taking every pos
sible precaution to prevent the spread
j of Socialistic propaganda in the army
'is shown by the following telegram
1 from Cologne:
“The governor of Cologne has issued
an order forbidding soldiers to join any
political committee. Soldiers arc
further warned on penalty of imprison
ment, against reading any Socialist or
radical pamphlets or newspapers, par
ticularly a recent publication entitled
‘Social Democracy and the Field
Greys.' ”
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Alaska, 18 10
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