CLAIMS U. S. IS
WATCHING JAPAN
FOR NEXT MOVE
AMSTERDAM, April ID.—Under
the caption “The Biter Bit” the
Kielnische Volks Zeitung prints an
article under a Berlin date which pur
port® to explain America’s plan in the
Far East. It says:
“The antagonism between America
and Japan arose over China, but
Washington proved craftier than
Tokyo and forced China to break with
Germany by which action Japan like
Ksau was cheated of its rights as the
first born. President Wilson realized
the importance of Chinese and Jap
anese questions better than any of his
predecessors and adopted a strong
policy in support of the prestige of
the United States, a policy which al
so became anti-German.
*‘lt would be wrong to attribute
this policy to pro-British ism. During
the war President Wilson pursued an
American policy above all, to which is
ascribable America’s huge develop
ment of armaments. Every child
knows that no one in Germany ever
thought of the possibility of a Ger
man-American war. President Wil
son himself hardly seriously contem
plated a German danger, but did con
template a Japanese danger. This is
also fully understood in Tokyo.”
The article says that on the surface
nothing is more natural than America
.should equip a giant army and fleet.
It continues:
“They are not for use, however, in
this war, in which they will practi
cally not fire a shot, but for use after
ward against Japan • Thus our
enemies play with their own allies
the game of “the biter bit,” with
Japan acting in the leading part.”
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SMYRNA IS HARD
HIT DY WAR IN
j TURKEY, REPORT
! ATHENS, April 14—A refugee who
has just escaped from Turkey by way
of Smyrna today gave some interest
ing news of the conditions now pre
valent in the Ottoman empire. He
said:
“From an economic point of view
Smyrna has been badly shaken by the
* war. The majority of the European
merchants have shut up shop, and at
the moment the articles which torm
1 the bulk of commerce are tigs, raisins,
i cotton and wool. These are sent to
! Constantinople regularly and distribu
ted from there by a special comm it -
tee. The rumor that Germany had
seized everything in Turkey was
1 mere fiction, for Turkey does not al
low any articles necessary to the life
of her population to cross her fron
tiers.
“The train harvest of Anatolia has j
decreased thus year by 60 per cent, so
; that the country cannot satisfy its
own needs. Still the government has
seized all the cereals and paid the
| growers according to its own estimate.
“Imports such as coffee, tea and
sugar are very scarce and extremely
i dear .as are clothes and leather. Still
the pressing needs of war have
aroused men’s energies, and large
deposits of lignite have been discover
ed in accessible places. This is being
usih! for transport purposes and the
manufacturing of gas. It is used
along with w'ood, which is very plenti
ful in Turkey.
“Gold and silver coin have com
pletely disappeared, the people hav
ing hidden in safe places all the silver
they possessed. So there is only pa
per money left, and this has already
! lost 6f> per cent of its value. The peo
L
'pie hate this paper money, and hasten
to buy land, own at exaggerated
prices.
“As for the political situuuon, it
has scarcely changed. The official re
ports of victories appear endlessly. It
is generally agreed that the Turks
hate neither the English nor the
French. It is said that they even
[ respect them more than they do the
‘Germans. But their hatred of the
Russians still remains unshaken.
“The whole country seems like one
vast barracks. The government has
enrolled in the army all the men it
could get, young and old, and at the
present stage the army is a mixture
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
KENAI PRECINCT, THIRD DIVI
SION OF THE TERRITORY OF
ALASKA, BEFORE THE HON.
FRANK ENNIS, U. S. COMMIS
SIONER AND EX-OFFICIO PRO
BATE JUDGE. 0
In the matter of the estate of ANNA
NIMMO, deceased.
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Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of ANNA NIMMO, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit such claims, with the neces
sary vouchers, within six months af
ter the first publication of this notice
to the said administrator, at the of
fice of the undersigned in the Bank of
Seward building, Seward, Alaska.
LEON C. BOOKER,
Admisistrator of the estate of Anna
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Nimmo, deceased.
Dated and first published on this
18th day of April, 1917.
Apr. 18-25-May 2-9-16.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF I
ADMINISTRATOR
Notice is hereby given that Bank
of Seward has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Flor
ence Foote, deceased All persons
having claims against the estate of
the said Florence Foote are hereby
notified to present said claims, with
the proper vouchers attached, to said
Bank of Seward at its place of busi
ness, in the town of Seward, in Kenai
Precinct, Third Division i! the Terri
tory of Alaska, within six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated this 10th day of April, A. D.
1917.
BANK OF SEWARD,
H. S. Balderston, Cashier.
April 10-80
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Falls Creek district, gold; 5, Latouche
district, copper; 6, the Bering River
coal fields; 7, the Valdez district, gold
and copper; 8, Illiamna district, gold
and copper; 9, the Bonanza mining
district, owned by the Alaska Syndi
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fields, and Matanuska iron and gold,
district; 11, Willow Creek district,;
gold; 12, Yentna district, gold; 13,
Talkeetna district, copper and gold;
14, Mt McKinley district, gold; 15
Broad Pass district, gold and copper;
16, Nenana coal fields; 17, Kantishna
district, gold; 18, Hot Springs dis
trict, gold, silver, and tin; 19, Fair
banks district, gold; 20, Circle dis
trict, gold; 21, Rampart district, gold;
22, Chandlar district, gold; 23, Eagle
district, gold; 24, Koyukuk district,
gold and coal; 25, Kuskokwim dis
trict, gold; 26, Ruby district, gold and
coal; 27, Ophir district, gold; 2&
Iditarod district, gold; 29, George
town district, gold; .30 Nulalo coal
fields; 31, 32, and 33 Seward Penin
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Kennicott, the Copper River & North
western Railroad, 199 miles owned by
the Alaska Syndicate. From Seward
to Nenaoa, Government railroad
route, 412 miles, with 88-mile branch
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