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■ "* SEWARD. ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 14, 191& __
VOLI ME XII. Nl M ___!
PK 1:1.1 N. Aprl Id - (Correspon
dence of The Associated Press.) -
Kevelation.- of th * 'Stupidity and eui
ning” of German ncwspajH‘r ccn.-o
ship which for mo.« than tour years
obsessed To.ooo.i>o.) people with the
hope *. an i in possible victory. !
from then*. *he news e Prus-ian de
feats and at l:t. L eont .buled to the
downfall of the st iwaire of prcl- nc*
it had raised, are brought out hr e n
a emarkuble pamphlet raid to ha*
been inspired by Dr. Vilhelm Muebl
on. fjnnerly director of tie Krup>
Works, whose t x *o »• ol Germany
11)IS as the n al instiivator of th“ v ar.
sent him into Yoiunta’Y e\de in Switz
erland.
The pamphlet entitled “How We
Were Lied To”. i> published os ton ibly
under* the name of Kurt Muehsam
forme:* Au.-tro-G :*man war corn"*pen
dent. It is fide I with ie-tanees of mil
itary duplicity, showing the cfforis
that were made to conceal from th. *
German people ev« rything cf a dis
couraging nature that had to do wit’,
the war.
Newspayn r . ditor . according to * .
document, were forbidden under dire
penalties to discuss any .>ubjeot r ’at
ng to the war without the approval <>f
hundreds of government censors >p
ating through 21 newspaper buica .
and various branches of the go\ * n
ment. The l.u>itania s:nking and the
submarine con* rove >y with the L’nit
ed States was *.* kdlfidly maneuvered
in the press tha* for many monti s
people were lei t. h. li.ve that th.
negot&tions wre ta dr g “a com \»
very favorable to us."
Only such news was published a
'h« p*:l*tarists thought would frrua!
ly affect public opinion and to cam
out this purpose, the pamphlet po;n!
out , all kinds of falsities were em
ployed. Secretary Landing, for instar -
ce . was reported as being ill and on
the verge of leaving office. A hope
less breach wa> also said to have
arisen between the American Secre
tary of State and President Wilson.
These items appearing in all of th<*
German papers and bearing the ap
parent sanction of the authorities wo; »
readily believed by the populace.
Dr. Muehlon who. in his earlier re
ve’ations accused the then Emperor
William of having issued the order
“take no more prisoners,” points out
the astonishing fact that not once :n
all of the German war reports can h *
found any admission that the fir r
battle of the Marne was a Gem'an d •.
feat. The only thing tha* the German
High Command was able to repo I
about that terrible reverse was dis
guised in the words: “In the western
theatre of the war the oneratious, de
tails of which cannot yet be puldishrl
have led to a new battle which is de
veloping favorably. Reports spread by
the enemy unfavorable to us, are fal
se.”
The former head of the preaf mun
ition plant at E-sen who po -c.-s <1
complete information as to the oper; .
‘ ’.or.s of the military authorities 'r ' e
declared that “there \sas hardly a dev
during all the lens: war uhen the edi
torial offices of the German daily
press were not ‘honored’ by the re
ceipt of confidential communication .
orders and prohibitions from the cen
sorship authorities, calculated to lim
it free expression of opinion on the
most vital questions and ultimately
to throttle it.“
The Germans , for instance were
never to be charged with conducting ;t
“ruthless” U-boat war but rather an
• :nI mite i’ or ‘boundless’ war. IV
-o! it on- *f devastation in I'ranee
. nd ISo'triuru were forbidden ami ail
> iVmnees to barbarism anti wanton
bi sPli lion we e taln>t>. with the sitfin
t fxpre-s'on: ’ The army knbws
eh«in to use i’oree and when to bo
mi 1.” IVtails of -the elos'ng tiown or
a - and *ood shot ta a
no- i-»-ops and the employment of
i .*»• ,**’ war in mines an! muni
on plant- uere suppressed as were
e. o * ports of street disorders, un
rest and strikes.
It* |Vr?inir t«• the time when hund
red.' wore dying daily in Turkey from
starv it on and the collapse of the Ot
toman army seemed imminent and
\vh n (iermany was sending vast
(juatit’tios of foal and munitions an I
heavy *v info-cements of troops to tlv'
Xt ar Kast. Dr. Muchlon recalls the
.‘act that :n those dark days “the Ger
ni n ;e ole were fed upon roseate ac
count s of conditions in Turkey, that
We Sultan’, a my was ‘strong and
.sufficient.’ and the Turks were a val*
.iiie ally. With the enormous masses
<>t troops that we had to send to Tur
key,'’ continues the pamphlet, “it was
pretty strong to suggest to the press
that the Turkish army reserve was
;. qua*\ it was a deliberate altering
of the facts.”
It niu t be understood, writes Dr.
Mueiilon's collaborator, that all the
cen orship regulations under which
the newspapers were operating were
in know n to the people. The distortion
of facts w as thus made easy for every
« btor. lie was encouraged to that,
notwithstanding that the Allies wer*
s.nking German submarines as fast as
they could be built, “the number of
new Geiman 1’-boats is four time.*
great* r than th<- losses. Our submers
ible fleet has grown extraordinarily
during the war. The press is to piciuic
the submarine warfaie as a means ot
shortening the struggle and not as a
mea are of retaliation or a weapon to
starve our foes.”
At tor months of deception in try
to convince the people that Ameri
ca would never enter the war, assert
the Krupp director, when President
Wil.on sent his ultimatum, the Ger
man press very readily executed an
“about face” and endeavored to min
im.ze the United States as a possible
adversary. Quoting from the pamph
1 t: ‘'The entry of America would
nn an little from a naval standpoint.
Looked et from all angles, it would be
possible for her to use only a few tor
pedo boat de trovers and a few, small,
slow cruisers which might, perhaps,
he used a convoys. The United State*
;; h.jilt no armored cruisers, which
.. • decisive in maritime warfare. For
n port of an army corps of ”.().•
000 •>. u, 75 steamships of 4,000 tons
••ad; are reces a y. For the transport
. io<>000 soldiers with nothing but
marching equipment, 400,000
ton- each are necessary. For the
tram port of 100,000 soldiers with
nothing hut their marching equipment.
400,000 t ms would he necessary for
the double trip.”
Even after the United States had
landed more than 1,500,000 men in
France, the German papers* continued
their campaign of falsity and delus
ion. The diplomatic intercourse be
tween Germany and the United States
•luring the two years preceding Amer
ica’s entry into, the war is set forth
in the pamphlet with interesting re
ferences to Count Von Hernstorff and
his military and naval attaches, Boy
Ed and Von Papen, in Washington. It
was given out as “established” that
the former ambassador and not Dr.
Zimmerman, the German Foreign Se
retary, had conducted the correspon
dence with Heinrich Von Kckhardt,
former German minister in Mexico,
looking lo an alliance between Japan,
Germany and Mexico il the United
States entered the war. German news
papers were cautioned never to use
“the unfortunate expression ‘Zimmer
man’” becau v it was believed this
might lead to a severance ot diplonvi
tic relations between Rorlin and
Washington.
Aft< r the United States actually
had entered the war the censors per
mitted such rtatomonts as “the dam
ace to German ships lying in Ameri
can hat ho : has been carried out to
our satisfaction. For example, the
giant steamship Vaterland has been
made wholly unusable. Kven the
sk* tchos of the turbine construction
ha' • b 'on destroyed."
\:i interesting sidelight on the psy
chological view tin* average* German
was permitted of the* American situa
tion is shown in the* following sum
marization by Dr. Muchlon; “At the
beginning of the war America was in
imical to Germany. Hut this situation
was improved. After the Lusitania
things got worse again. Then an im
provome nt s< t in because1 America had
sue h cause for complaint against Eng
lai 1. At the time of the breach of d o
lomatic relations the impression pro
filed that the people did not want
war with Germany.
*4Wilson has a more strongly auto
cratic position than any European rul
er. Since lie is English in his upbring
ing he knows little or nothing about
German things and has no use for
Germans, t ndoubtedly he has been
against us fiom the outset. Often,
however, he has had to guard the in
tiTo t of American high finances. Wil
son him?elf has an unbribable char
acter. He did not labor to bring about
war with Germany, since there docs
not exist a positive desire for war.
“The impression in America is gen
eral that his peace intentions were
serious and honorable. He wanted to
become the peace President, but the
breach of relations was necessary for
him for the maintenance of American
prestige. In the war between America
and Germany the financial support or
the Entente by America will be very
great. In a warlike way, however, the
Amt ricans can never become danger
ous for us either on land or on water.
“ Lansing is an outspoken German
hater. He i.> the great friend of Eng
land. and always was for participation
in the war for America. His voice can
never mean much for us. Negotiation.',
with America are no longer possible
for us. It wanted the war and that
is its affair.”
I he mesmeric* spell which had neon
east upon tho people as a result «>i'
reading daily “an unbroken chain >t*
victorious announcements, “Dr. Mu -
hlon points ont. was dissipate*! wher
Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann de
clared publicly that the war could
not be won “militarily.” It cost von
Kuehlmann his post but it awakened
the German people to the fact that
they were on the precipice of national
disaster. Thereafter the censors per
mitted less optimistic and bombastic
news reports.
Loss of the war charged by the
former Krupp experts to two grave
mi. takes by von Ludendorff, describ
ed as the “brains of tho German
army”, in his failure, first, correctly
to estimate* the wonderful possibilities
of the American troop transport and
his false assumption that Marshal
Koch's reserve army had ceased tc
exist in June, 11H8. Ludendorff, he
.'aid, gambled with the existance o'
Germany. He was like a jockey in a
long race who forced his horse far
ahead of the rest of the field and who,
toward the end, when the others be
gan to gain with their carefully re
served strength, used “whip and spuis
in a desperate effort to win, virtually
killed his mount and yet lost after
all.”
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ALASKAN DECORATED
SEATTLE, April 14— A letter re
ceived here says that Belgium has de
corated Col. Dan Pullen, of Skagway,
Alaska. The reason for the decoration
is not stated.
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I tv Associated Press
Bl’LLKNTlN— SAN FRANCISCO,
April 14— The announcement was
made this afternoon at the \ ictory
Loan Headquarters of the Twelfth Re
serve district tliat Alaska’s quota o
tlu* loan is $951,900.
WASHINGTON, April 14—The Vic
tory loan drive opens one week from
today and tin* amount of the loan will
he for about four and one half bil *
litfn dollars.
The government will reject all over
subscriptions.
The bonds will mature in four yea v;
uqd the interest will be four and three
quarters per cent.
The quota of the Twelfth Federal
Reserve district will be about thre*
quarters of the quota of the Fourth
Liberty 1/oan bond.
Alaska's quota for the Fourth Lib
erty loan was about $1,140,000 and
Seward’s quota was $02,000. If the
quota for the Victory Loan, the la t
government loan, is to be two tliir Is
of the Fourth. Seward's quota will he
$0*0,000 and no oversubscriptions will
be taken.
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WATSON ARRIVES
AHEAD OF TIME
.Steamer Admiral Watson jurivod
:n port at»8 o’clock this morning jus*
3G hours ahead of time. Capt. Glass
cock stated that the weather since
leaving Seward last Wednesday l.a 1
been perfect and he made splendi i
time at the various ports of call. Time
was also saved by not going to Kcna;,
freight and passengers for there being
transferred to a barge at Seldova
which had been towed down by the
cannery tug WilFard B. The Watson,
by making this transfer saved from Id
to 18 hours. Only seven passengers
were aboard the* Admiral Watson from
the Westward, two being for Seward.
The Admiral Watson sailed for the
south at 10:30 o’clock with the follow
ing passengers from Seward:— for
Seattle— Mrs. Carl Strout, II. B.
Green, A. Skatabo and H. Ekstrom.
For Valdez-1— Frank Goebel. For Co •
dova— C. W. Jackson, J. W. Palmer,
K. C. Ward and H. Swanson. For Ju
neau— E. R. Merrill. For LaTouche—
A1 Swanson, Otto Schallerer and J.
Dugan.
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STEAMER NEWS
Admiral Farragut sailed from Ju
neau for the westward yesterday
morning at 7 o’clock. The steamer,
without making any extra ports of
call, could arrive at Cordova during
the night.
According to radio advices the Ala
meda expects to remain at Morzhovia
Bay for a day or so before returning
southbound, touching at Seward on the
return trip to Seattle.
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TEACHERS RE-ELECTED
The Seward School Board has re
elected for the next school year a*.!
teachers employed during the present
school year. .
Curtis R. Morford will again i>e
superintendent, and in charge of the
High School. Miss Mary Baen Wright
will again have charge of the sixth,
seventh and eight grades. Miss Nelli»
J. Nash will have charge of the Third,
Fourth and Fifth grades and Miss
Gertrude M. Kendall will have the pri
mary department.
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GENEVA WILL BE SEAT
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
PARIS, April 14— It is announced
that Geneva has been chjsen as the
permanent seat for the new League
of Nations.
WiocinU'd I re: s
PARIS, April 14 - The P act (V
ference has dispo < d <>» n a . .
main points oi‘ the ticaty ar. * **• » •
when the Teuton <1 e, a.
summoned to Versailles ha b :
taticeiy set »o beiwr ■ 1 . y •
and May oth.
The Germans will be given an op
portunity to discuss l e ;>u
but no extended d:>cuss;o!is i*! b •*
lowed, two weeks at the outride being
the limit for the Versaide? s-ession.
11 was officially announced tod .
that President Wil.oa wii1 ; .tend the
Ver. ailles conf 'reace.
INDEMNITY PLANS
PARIS, April 14*— P*\micr Lloyd
George has persuad d the ixiixil •*
four to revamp the imU iv.nity plan. .
Germany was to pay within •»() year*
the entire amount domanded’v. hich s *
far has lx on kept a socu*t.
The Echo de Paris today ays: “Is
250,000,000 000 fiancs, v.hich it i ue
derstood Germany mu. L pay, to it:
elude all war damages and pen i< t.
Originally Germany was to pay twea
ty five l)illion francs down, makir. ;
annual payments later to lx fixed by
the commission, it is now planned tl.at
Germany must make the liist in.ta
nient of twenty five billion tranc
within IS months.”
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
LONDON, April 14— Newspape
are not enthusiastic regarding t.ie
summary of the amended covenant
of the League of Nations.
The Chronicle says that it think
that the draft in inferior to the old
and condemns the terms for not allow
ing any nation withdrawing on two
year’s notice. The Chronicle also con
demns the policy requiring'unanimity
for decisions of the council.
The Daily News says that the coy
nant gives control by representatives
of five great powers.
TREATY PROVISION
PARIS, April 14— It was announc
ed early this evening that the treat,
provides that Germany pay fi\e hil'.io.i
dollars in cash or commodities before
May 1, 1021, also issue twenty billion
dollars interest bearing bonds to tlx*
Allies immediately.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, April 14— Fish prices
at noon today were as follo ws: halibut,
eighteen and one half cents; ling and
red cod, six and one half cents.
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I»> Associated Press
. KATT! E, April 14— Mrs. Ethel
I in y, a. < d I'M y ears, a resident oi
A 1 rv • Alaska, died early this
und -r mysterious circum
stances.
11.1toy had been on an aut >
)il > *; Seattle to Edmpnds, the
! • '). ng taken with others, fjr
pleasui o.
One of Mrs. Haley’s men compan
An 1 .t li n jailed, being held on a
chan e o b iiig intoxicated, until he
. a :r \ • * me needed information.
M1:1. Unity had expected to leave
!a> *’y for Anchorage where, acoord
• tenants of friends, she hal
begin divorce proceedings
■ :i t her hu. band.
MIPS Ha • y. mentioned in the above
d ; ill i. i) ieved to have been u
>-.i a Anchorage having ap
... i v a season at the Mint. She
; a 1 to be .. clever singer and made
1 iend - during her engagement
at Anchorage.
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LONDON , April 14— According to
' itclif y re e vod here, Trotsky ad
that the Bolsheviki has been de
f at .i on the eastern front. Trotskv
a\. ' at old experienced troops must
at • that front as it is absolut e
ly neco-sary that “we capture Ekater
inburg, Pei m and Ufa.”
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POINDEXTER TO SPEAK
I n SEATTLE OPPOSING
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
SEATTLE. April 14— Senator Poin
dext r will speak here Wednesday
r:; in opposition to the League of
W\ii•. Many are coming from other
ii Vs to att< nd the meeting.
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PIONEERS AT JUNEAU
JUNEAU, April 14— The Grand
K’loo held a preliminary meeting yes
t . day noon and made arrangements
for the Pioneer’s session to start next
Wednesday. John Noon is a member
of the arrangements committee.
It looks as if Lynch of Anchorage,
will be elected the next President of
the Grand Igloo.
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B. B. Green, furbuyer who came
out from the interior last week and
has been stopping at the Hotel Sew
ard, i; a passenger south on the Ad
miral Watson.
Mrs. Call Strout, who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. Thoday, left
on the Admiral Watson this forenoon
for Seattle. ^
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