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JUSTIFYING CLAIM TO ALSACE-LORRAINE
There will he no just and lasting peace if the Frenci
claim to Alsace-Lorraine should he ignored or denied. One
can detect a sort of undercurrent opinion to the effect
that the adjustment wih reference to this Germanized
French province will he made on trading basis. That
opinion is based on careless and inconsiderate judgment;
and, as we must believe, without full knowledge and care
ful weighing of the facts.
There are historical, social anc economical and mili
tary considerations involved in the settlement of the A1
sace-Lorraine question, and w ith regard to each of thes<
the French claim is imperatively dominant. It is justifiei
on every count.
It is the Get man argument that Sedan restored an
old-time German possession. That argument would be
sound if the hand on the clock of time could be turned
back a thousand years and more. When Charlemagne in
the year 800 received the Iron Crown of the empire the
characteristics of the Alsace-Lorraine region were entire
ly Germanic. German was the language of the people.
Strassburg, Colmar, Mulhausen are German names. There
is no dispute about the native, unadulterated German
character of those provinces at that time. Neither is there
any dispute that they remained German for about nine
centuries, or until an imperial ambition moved Louis XIV
of France to attempt the conquest of Europe. It is mere
ly the statement of cold, historic fact to say that Louis
took these provinces by force of arms and made them part
of France. But between the dav of Louis XIV and that
of Louis XVI history recorded for France something more
than the death of two French monarchs. It recorded the
death of a feudal France a id the birth of a new republic.
In that period the spirit of French democracy had been
engendered and burst bounds. Alsace-Lorraine had not
only been transformed to genuinely French provinces
but they had been vitalized and inspired to a transforma
tion more significant. We understand this when we real
ize that the Marseillaise was lirst sung at Strassburg.
In this passion of democratic nationalism the people
of Alsace-Lorraine have lived ever since and are now
strong and vehement. Out of a population of 1,900,000
the natives, who are almost entirely French, number 1,-1
'■00,000. More than 30,000 of them called to German ser
vice since the war began have deserted and gone over to
the French colei's. When the war began the French war
department could number 1 lf> superior officers and over
400 subordinate officers ofAlsatian origin. From 1895 to
1900 there was a 25 per cent increase of French speaking
people in Alsace alone. Repeatedly there has been bold
protest before the German reichstag against a German
ized Alsace-Lorraine: and in 1913 Herr von Jagow said
before the tribune of the reichstag: “We Germans are
obliged in Alsace to behave ourselves as if we were in an
enemy’s country." Since the war began German generals
have not hesitated to declare that Alsace-Lorraine is
enemy country.
Economically and from the military standpoint Al
sace-Lorraine is a prize that Germany will fight to retain.
It means a mountain frontier against enemy country to
he more easily defended in future wars, for which we may
he sur£_the Prussian lords are planning. It means a rich
supply of iron ore for guns and munitions and transporta
tion equipment. During 1913 approximately 41,000,000
tons of ore were smelted in German furnaces, of which
21,000,000 tons were mined in Lorraine. It probably will
be necessary to wrest this rich ore field from German pos
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session before the war is won. When we consider the
ruin that has been wrought in the industrial regions of
Northern France; when we realize that the retiring Huns
have left nothing save the earth and sky, it is not only
simple justice and reparation, but it is in the line of ex
pediency for future protection that the people of Alsace
i .orraine he resored to their own—that is to France.
Organization of labor unions are all right but if the
organization of a labor union in Seward is for the pur
pose of declaring a strike, as it is understood'to be, the
government officials should take a hand. If those at
tempting to form the union deride the government they
| should be brought up on a charge of sedition.
THIRD LIBERTY
| LOAN CAMPAIGN.
.BEING PREPARED
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 4.
Probably no other section of the coun
try has made more elaborate prepara
tions for the third Liberty Loan cam
paign that the Third Federal Reserve
I District which embraces two-thirds of
; Pennsylvania, New Jersey south of
Trenton and all of Delaware. Phila
delphia, as the headquarters of this
territory, will be the local point ol
spectacular interest during the new
drive.
Four art figures in heroic mold have
been installed over the four archways ,
of the City Hall here to stimulte in
terest in the campaign. Notable
among these is a reproduction, in all
but the dimensions, of Bartholdi’s sta
tue* of the Goddess of Liberty in New
, York harbor. Surmounting the other
j entrances of the municipal building
j are respectively, a gigantic represen
tation of a khaki-clad soldier going
I over the top; a tank on the advance
j and a portrayal of an American bat
tleship destroying a German subma
. vine.
The statue of liberty, including the
torch, is twenty-nine feet high and,
with the pedestal, towers aloft about
I fifty feet. It is the largest imitation
* of the bronze presented to America by
the French nation ever made and it is
expected that it will be entirely ven
eered with a coating of medals and
nails, the latter to be driven in by
bond-subscribers.
In the base of the statue there is a
large room with two entrances. From
this a ladder leads to the figure of the j
goddess. Bond-buyers will be fur- j
nished with medals on which their in
itials will be stamped and with these j
they expect to weld a complete coat:
of mail for “Liberty” long before the |
ampaign is completed.
Delegations from all over the Third
; Federal Reserve District have planned
nilgi images to the city to take part
in this unique pledge of patriotism.
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DESCENDANT OF FAMOUS
COMPOSER DIES ON FIELD
COPENHAGEN. March 4. — The
death in an Austrian field hospital oi
Karl Julius Maria von Beethoven, a
descendant of the famous composer oi
that name, is announced. Deported
from England in 1915, he was drawn
into the Austrian landsturm and sent
to the front. He was 4(> years old.
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4. Mclver, Ucei^d undertaker.
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War Bread for Sale—at (he Seward
Bakery. Three pounds for 25c. Ml
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NOTIC E TO DELLtv(UENT CO- j
OWNERS
fo GEORGE K. KING and DAVE
BAUMAN, and to their, and each1
of their heirs and assigns: >
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that during the years ending
December 81, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, the
undersigned has expended more than
One Hundred Dollars in each of said
years, or a total of $900.00, in laboi
and improvements upon the Social«
Group sulphur placer mining claim,
situate on Makuskan Mountain, Una
laska mining district, district of Alas
ka, in which mining location you, the;
said George R. King claim an undiv
ided one-eighth (1-8) interest, and
you, the said Dave Bauman claim an
undivided one sixteenth (1-16) inter
est, as shown by notice of location
thereof and deeds of conveyance of
said interest of record in the record
ing office of the aforesaid mining dis
trict. The said labor was performed
as and for the representation of said
claim for the yoars as aforesaid, as
required by the laws of the United
States and district of Alaska concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims
and the same was the amount requir
ed to hold said claim for said years.
The amount required for each of said
years being the sum of One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00).
You are further notified that un
less within ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice you
contribute your proportionate share i
of said expenditures, as such co-own
ers, to wit: You, the said George R.
King, the sum of $112.50, being your!
proportionate share of said represen-1
tation for the years ending as afore-1
said; and you, the said Dave Rau
man, the sum of $56.26, being youi
proportionate share of said lepresen-j
tation for the years ending as afore-;
said, your interest in said claim will t
be forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, who has made such expendi
tures and will become his property in
the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Washington, this
fifteenth day of December, 1917.
FRANK MEERWALDT
Co-Owner.
Date of publication Dec. 24th, 1917 to
March 25. 1918.
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