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Vol. 9 No. 1
JUNKER GERMANS AND
INTERNATIONAL SO
CIALISTS
In what insidious way does the
Junker Germans actually control
the Socialist party of the world?
There can be no doubt in the
rnind of any fair-minded person
of today that the Socialist gath
ering at Stockholm was domi
nated by the very people that
started the war, nor can it be de
niod that the active Socialists
now hamper the will of tho real
majority of tho Russian people
are of the same mind. And
further, one cannot doubt the
fact that a big percentage of the
active Socialists in the United
States by their acts, showed the
same leaning when they have
tried to hamper snd oppose the
present administration in every
move.
Most people have thought that
;Socialism, real Socialism, in tho
abstract was not such a bad tiling,
but developments since this war
started would firmly convince a
person that the Socialists, or the
people who arc the mouthpieces
of the active Socialists, are firmly
bound in some mysterious way to
the mediaeval, autocratic rule of
the class that insist on spelling
culture with a “k.”—Anchorage
Democrat.
Don’t fail to attend the lditarod Com
mercial Club meeting next Monday.
NATIONAL SERVICE KNOWS NO HYPHEN
BY F. \V. LEHMANN
Judge F. W. Lehmann was born in Prussia in 1853. He re
ceived his collegiate and legal education in this country. He has
been president of the American Bar Association and was Solicitor
General of the United Stales under President Taft.
. AM an American citizen of German birth, but I have
never counted that fact as among my political assets
Ancestry is one thing, and allegiance is another and
very different thing, not in any way to be qualified by ancestry,
and especiallj7 not when dangerous duty is involved.
The repugnance to fighting one’s own kindred is a natural
one, but circumstances may make such fighting unavoidable.
It was so in our Civil war, in which my father took la is part.
Men of German ancestry were found upon both sides. They
were in the charge of Pickett’s division, and they were in the
lines which repelled that charge. More than this, brother in
that war fought against brother, and father against sqp.
That our soldiers of German birth and of German ancestry
may be subjected to unjust question of their loyalty is unfortu
nately true. This will make their duty more difficult, more dis
agreeable, and more dangerous, but that is no reason for shirk
ing the duty.
I have steadfastly refused from the beginning of the pres
ent troubles to do any act or refrain from any act when the
doing or refraining meant any kind of qualification of ray citi
zenship.
This is notan academic question with me. I am perhaps
too much advanced in years for active military service, but I
have two sons, neither of them subject to conscription, who
have volunteered. One of them, as a member of the Missouri
field artillery, served his time on the Mexican border, and has
just finished his course of training at Fort Riley and
has-been commissioned as captain of field artillery in
the Officers’ Reserve Corps. Like his comrades at that camp,
he will do his duty as that is prescribed for him by the consti
tuted authorities of his country. The other has assisted in or
ganizing a company of field artillery in Iowa, and has been
honored by his comrades with the position of senior first lieu
tenant. He will not forfeit their confidence by any attempt at
selection of a service less difficult, less disagreeable, or less
dangerous than that to which they are assigned
Every consideration of the welfare of our people deter
mines me against any discrimination. It means that lines of
descent shall become perpetual lines of cleavage, resulting in
a discordant nationality, with varying rights and duties for its
different parts. That there should be question by some of our
citizens of the loyalty of others is a matter of profound regret,
but to submit to suspicion is to confirm rather than to repel it.
In the past history of this country there never has been a sug
gestion of “exempting German American citizens from actual
military service at the front” or from any other duty to which
any other citizen might be called. And so let it be now and
ever hereafter.
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FRIENDS
It's hat'd to know who are your
friends, so many menjhave selfish minds.
I take a comrade to my heart, and feed
him pie and damson tart, and give him
love that’s pure and deop, and let him
in my woodshed to sleep. Then he re
quests, in dulcet tones, that I shall
lend him twenty bones. ‘‘I’d gladly
lend you all you need,” I said in
answer, ‘‘but indeed, FT. C. of L. has
stripped me bare—I haven’t twenty
bucks to spare. If fifty cents will help
you out., you’re welcome to that much,
old scout; but I've a wife and nineteen
kids, who all are needing shoes and
lids, and it’s as much as I can do to dig
up for that loving crew.” And then
my friend comes round no more, to
hang his bonnet on the floor, and talk
with me of vital things, of sealing
wax and cats and kings. Instead, he
roasts me through the town, and tries
to give me punk renoun, as being one
who is too tight to help a comrade in a
plight. This sort of thing one gels
from friends, as through this woozy
world he wends.—Walt Mason.
A.
CAUSES OF THE RUSSIAN DEBACLE
Fetrograd.—Causes of the Russian
j debacle against ttie Germans and Aus
trians are set forth in a remarkable
report by Colonel Kolofkoff to the
council of workmen’s and soldiers’ de
; puties. The responsibility is placed on
on the activity of ex-policemen, gen
d’artnesand spies of Emperor Nirholas.
who, after being deprived of their live
lihood, were compulsorily sent to the
front.
Until the end of June, says Colonel
Kolot'koff, the soldiers on the west
front were in excellent fighting trim.
Technically and as regards supplies
the army was beyond criticism. There
was an admirably completed ably have
led to the reconquest of Visna. But the
police, gendarmes and spies of the
autocracy started an anti-patriotic coun
ter revolutionary campaign, the firs
design of which was the dissolution ol
the army. Large numbers of regi
mental company committees started
a propaganda against war, inciting sol
idiers against officers, aga nst the pro
visional government’s cotnmissionaries,
and even invited violence Later they
secretly distilled vodka on the ad
vance and dosed soldiers therewith.
——
INDIANS EMPLOY WHITE
MANTO_CARYE TOTEMS
Indian totems, for centuries carved
in wood, are now being carved in mar
ble by the white man and modern
tools, says a Juneau newspaper.
What is said to be the most perfect
specimen of the Indian totem in Alaska
has been carved from a solid block of
Alaska marble by James Hogan of
Juneau, and plans are being made to
erect the pole in a cemetery at Kluk
wan.
The totem represents the Frog clan
of the Chilkat tribe of Indians, and five
names of members of the tribe have
been carved in the stone by Hogan.
The totem was carved from a solid
piece of marble weighing 1.800 pounds,
and measuring 0x3 feet by H feet
The pole is painted a vivid green
with white eyes and yellow spots. It
represents the head of a large frog just
emerging from the top of an old
stump.
Natives of the Frog clan are pre
paring to give a great potlach at the
time of the erection of tho stone pol8,
and it has been estimated that they
will spend something like $1,000 oa
the totem and the festivities to ac
company the dedication in the Kluk
wan cemetery.
A Sad Story
There was once a mother who was
weaning her baby and had finally
rocked the infant to sleep after it had
cried for lunch for three hours. The
poor mother sank into a chair exhausted.
A few moments later father tried to
sneak into the house in the dark and
stepped on the cat and kicked over a
vase in the hall.
The court room was as still as death
You could have heard a gumdrop as
the foreman of the jury said: “We.
the jury, find the defendant not guilty
of the murder of her husband.”—Ex.
_A__
EXPRESSION OF HIS APPRECIATION
Washington, Dec. 11.—President
Wilson has sent the emperor of Japan
a note, expressing the appreciation of
the United States for the visit of Count
Ishii and expressing the belief that
the work accomplished by that mis
sion has brought the peoples of the two
countries closer to each other and
bringing out a better understanding of
the aims of both nations.
MEXICAN BANDITS
BADLY WORSTED
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 28.—The gang of
Mexican bandits who raided the Big
Bend district were inspired by Ger
mans, who are also operating along tho
southern border in connection with
American draft evaders.
IVSade a Fair Clean-Up
Marfa, Tex., Dec 29. — American cav
alrymen pursued the Mexican bandits
who raided Gandeleria, Tex., where
they slew a mall carrier The troop
ers followed the raiders across the bor
der, killed 10 of the outlaws and
wounded 20, besides recovering many
stolen horses.
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