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VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 21M
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TIIE RIGHT SPIRIT
LONDON, Nov., 27— By reason ol
the tempest stirred up as the result ol
overtures by Oxford professors to
German and Austrian educators to
join them in burying the hatchet and
return to previous amicable relations,
the text of the appeal is attracting
widespread interest.
The Times denounced the letter
urging resumption of friendly rela
tions between German* Austrian and
British educators as “ill-advised and
inopportune/’ and called the Oxford
men to account for failing to disting
uish between animosities created in
Kngland' by the sinking of hospital
ships and bombing of open cities, on
the one hand, and the black passions
of the wretches who perpetuated those
crimes/*
The text of the Oxford letter fol
low's:
“To the Professors of the Arts and
Sciences and to meitbers of the Uni
versities and learned societies in Ger
many and Austria.
“Since there will be many of you
who fully share our heartfelt sorrow
-and regret for the breach that the wai
has occasioned in our friendly inter
course, and since you eannot doubt the'
sincerity of the feeling which engend
ered and cherished that old friendli
ness you must, we believe, be sharing
our hope for its speedy reestablish
ment
“We therefore, the undersigned
doctors, heads of houses, professors
and other officers and teachers in the
University of Oxford, now personally
approach you with the desire to dispel
the embitterment of animosities that
under the impulse of loyal patriotism
may have passed between us.
“In the field where our aims are
. one, our enthusiasms the same, our
rivalry and ambition generous, we can
surely look to be reconciled and the
fellowship of learning offers a road
which may— and if our spiritual ide
als he alive must— lead to a widei
sympathy and better understanding
between our kindred nations. '
“While political dissensions art
threatening to extinguish the honor
able comity of the great Europear,
states, we pray that we may help tc
hasten that amicable reunion which
civilization demands. Impetret ratio
quod dies impetratura est”
Fifty-seven signatures are append
ed to the letter, including those of W.
G. S. Adams, professor of Political
Theory and Institutions; Sir Hugh Al
len, director of the Royal College of
Music; Rev. G. A. Cooke, Regius pro
fessor of Hebrew; Sir Arthur Evans,
professor of Prehistoric Archaeoligy;
Rev. A. C. Headlam, Regius professor
of Divinity; J. A. Smith, professor of
Moral and Metaphysical Philosphy and
many other well known college princi
pals.
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The Annual Moose Dance.
Saturday November 27tb.
A| the A. B. Hilt
Everybody Invited.
' Come and leum tbe Newest
Dance, the Famous “Moose Gallop”
• The Whole Herd of Bulla. Cows
and Calves will be There.
SATURDAY NIGHT At
The A. & Halt
All Bull Moose and other Gentle
men visitors will bo Obliged to *
Pay $1.00
. Tbe Cows and tbe Calves will
ba Addmitted Free.
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The Assembly of the League of Na
ions is the popular or representative
jranch of the double body designed t
guide the affairs of that organizatio.
os created under the Treaty of Vei
sailles.
While the representative charactc.
jf the gathering will be impared b.
he absence of the United States, Gei
nany, Austria and Russia, yet wit
.aese exceptions it will come near t
^presenting the greater part of tj.
tvilized world. The session has adcu
nonal interest as marking tl\e com
jlcte organization of the League a.
n oVuled by the Versailles Peace Trea
ty.
Forty-two nations, ranging in im
jortance from the British Empire U
.lie Republic of Haiti, are expected tv
•end delegates. Of the 45 states men
doned in the Covenant, only three wil
be unrepresented— the United States,
tiomlruas and Ecuador. Fifteen more
uations have applied for admission
and the question of granting them ac
cess to the session as new members
will be one of the first items of busi
ness to be considered. Among these
applicants are Austria and Bulgaria
jl the former enemy states and i
s
.umber of small nations just emeig
-d into statehood.
The question of admitting German}
.o membership will also come undei
discussion, as it is likely to be raise*,
jy several of the former Europeai.
neutrals, and it seems likely that the
admission of Mexico may also come
jefore the session. All the states seek
ng membership will be required tc
,ubmit to such regulation of their mil
iary naval and aerial armaments an
ne League may deem necessary, an.
me League’s Permanent Advisoi.
Commission on Military, Naval ar.
ur Questions has been at work sine*,
mgust collecting the data which wi.
x needed by the Assembly for prope.
.ction on this matter.
The acting president of the Assem
jly, M. Hymans of Belgium, will ope*
he first meeting, as the Assembly ha;
iot yet had a chance to elect a presi
dent of its own. This election will b
die very first order of business, an<
/ill be followed by the election o.
our vice-presidents and the appoint
aent of a committee on credentials.
Enough names of delegates .ar.
mown to show that the absence o
monarchy will not detract from the
i importance of the gathering, although
t may reduce its picturesque quality
omewhat. Among the more aoted fig
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ares may be mentioned Dr. Edouarc
Benes, Foreign Minister of Czecho
slovakia and creator of the “Little
Entente”; M. Paderewski, first Prime
Minister of the new Poland; Hjalmai
Branting, Prims Minister of Sweden
until a few weeks ago; President Mot
ta of Switzerland, and his predecessor,
ex-President Ador, who recently acted
as ch/oman at the International Fin
ancial Conference 'at Brussels. Many
>f the non-European states will be re
presented by diplomats, but it will not
be the rule even in their case. Thus
Argentine will send its Foreign Min
ister, Senor Pueyrredon, as one of its
delegates, while Chile will be repre
sented by Don Antonio Huneeus, for
mer Foreign Minister, and Don Man
nel Rivas Vicuna, deputy and former
Minister of Finance . Each member
nation is entitled to three officially ac
credited delegates, but they may send
substitutes and experts as well Swed
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fan has availed itself of this privilege
| and one of its three substitute dele
j gates is a woman, Mrs. Anna Bugge
I vVicksdl, widely known as an expert
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Much of the early work of the ses
sion will be devoted to organization,
the appointment of committees being
one of the most trouble, some items.
The likelihood is that some 12 or lb
committees will be formed,■ and that
*he various items on the agenda wiL
be divided into related groups and*dis
tributed among those committees.
Among the duties of the Asaemb*
.y will be the final and formal estab*
ishment of a number of permanent
subordinate organizations like the
Jourt of International Justice, the
health Organization, the Commission
on Communications and Transit, and
Jie special tribunal that is to deai
A'ith all disputes comiected witli inter
national communications.
Incidentally certain questions will
ct considered concerning the relation
ship between* the Council and th As
iemldy ::s well as between tho^i l; «d
es ami the various ts. h.iiva. organiza
dons created by them.
Other important subjects to come
before the Assembly will he action cn
die recommendations of the recent in
ternational 'Financial Conference at
Brussels; formulation of policy and
methods for the employment of the
League’s weapon, the economic boy
cott; and preparations for concerted
action looking toward the suppression
jf all traffic in women and children.
Other questions of equal importance
.nay be broached, as the Assembly is
absolute master of its own procedure
and can vote leave to advance an en
tirely new proposition at 48 hours no
tice.
Subjects to come before the Assem
bly at the instance of individual mem
ber-nations are several proposer
amendments to the covenant, some o
which aim at improving the position
jf the smaller nations within the Lea
gue, while one submitted by Holland
deals with the covenant provision fOi
suppression of the opium traffic in thi
Far East.
It is of course, impossible to fore
tell how long the session will last, bu
information received from reliable
sources indicates three or four weeks.
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WEATHER REPORT
SEWARD 28, Cloudy, Calm.
Anchorage 4 Cloudy Calm.
Matanuska 4 4 Cloudy, Calm.
Wasilla 4 Cleaf Calm.
Talkeelna 15 Cloudy Calm.
Goldcreek l£ Cloudy Calm.
Hurricane 10 Cloudy Calm.
Summit 2 Cloudy Calm.
m
Healy 4 Cloudy Calm.
Nenana 6 Clear Calm.
Fairbanks 8 Clear Calm.
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IMITATION JEWEL IN CROWN
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LONDON, Nov., 27— George Young
husband keeper of the Jewel House at
the Tower of London, has just reveal
ed the fact that one of the British
crown jewels, of which he is custodian
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is an imitation. The stone was believ
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ed to be a magnificient aquamarine,
but proved on examination to be only
a piece of coloredtglass. It figured
first in the crown of King James II.
The mystery of when the imitation
wee substituted for the reql ttone has
not been solved.
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OLD HISTORY
TOKIO, Nov.,27— An historical
parallel to Che trouble that has arisen
out of the anti-Japanese movement in
California is found by the Japanese
weekly "The Herald of Asia" In the
so-called Shimonseki incident
The journal points out that sixty
years ago Japanese sentiment was vio
lently hostile to all foreigners as Cali
fornia sentiment appeal's hostile to
Japanese. It continues:
"In 1862 the powerful clan of Chos
hu led the way in anti-foreign out
breaks by ordering its forts at Shim
onoseki to fire at foreign ships includ
ing an American steamer. In those
days, however, the central government
at Tokio, which had definitely com
mitted itself to a ^progressive and lib
eral international policy, was power
less to enforce its will upon the clan
government of Choshu, just as the
Federal Government of Washington
is incapable of compelling the State
of California to conform its action
and policy to the obligations the na
tional authorities have entered into
with a foreign country. The parallel
is almost exact
“Now how did the American gov
ernment of that time solve the dilem
ma inJapan? Did it sympathize with
the Shogun’,? Government for the pe
culiarly difficult position in which the
latter found itself, confronted as it
was then with a countrywide convul
sion aiming at its downfall? Did the
American representatives in Japan ev
er think of studying the complicated
political and constitutional problems
which lay at the bottom of the Sho
gunate’s inability effectively to con
trol the actions of the various clan
governments? Nothing of the sort
“The American representatives, in
cooperation with their colleagues of,
England, France/and Holland, organiz
ed a joint international fleet, bom
barded and levelled the forts at Shim
moseki, and extolled a heavy indem
nity from the bewildered government
at Tokio. In fairness to the United
States, it must be stated that her
share of the indemnity was returned
co Japan some thirty year? after, an
act of magnanimity which is widely
remembered among us with due grati
aide. We do not mean, however, that
.ve should not endeavor to procure an
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opportunity of returning the compli
ment in kind. Our interest in this pe
culiar episode in our early intercourse
<rith America is maily academic; it
may also possibly serve to illustrate a
certain phase of the American psycho
logy.”
Continuing its discussion of the
a
California question the journal critic
ized the tendency which it thought was
observable among Americans general
ly to belittle the trouble between their
country and span. From their point of
view it was not unnatural that they
should regard the matter as only of
local importance, but the newspapef
believed that Americans had no right
fo assume that it is also necssarily of
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comparatively small importance to Ja
Pan. It added: uAmericans should re
alise that to us the problem is one of
magnitude and importances
The American reluctance to approach
the from thia point of view, is*
a constant source of exasperation to
the Japanese. Evidently the Ameri
cans will have to learn a tiling or two
bcfoie a fair start can be made on the
pond to mutual understanding,”
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WHOLE WHEAT
ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov., 27—
Dr. Hargraves, a distinguished Aus
tralian chemist, declared at a confer
ence of master bakers here that the
nations which eat white bread were
getting close to the border line of neu
ritis. He advocated brown bread, say
ing that modem science ' demanded
that wheat should be milled whole.
He said that, undoubtedly, campa
igns in favor of whole meal bread will
be shortly launched in the United
States and England, fend it behooved
Australia to take prompt action.
The members of the conference
agreed with the doctor's observations,
but said that Australians, with the ex
ception of cranks and dyspeptics, re
fused to eat brown bread.
BARRIER ERECTED
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LONDON, Nov., 27— After the
erection of eight foot * barriers on
Downing St houses Che Parliament
Building closed to the public. Rumors
of sinister Sinn Fein plots and the de
tention of a strange man in the lobby
of the House of Commons was the
cause.
EXPLOSION KILLS
LONDON, Nov., 27— Six people
were instantly killed and twenty in
jured by an explosion today in a form
er shell manufacturing plant near Mil
an. Building in the town were wrecked
and those within a radius of sixty
miles suffered. Street cars were over
turned. Milan soldiers have Been rush
ed to the scene. j
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BIG FIRE
CORK, Nov., 27— Drapery stores!
were damaged by fire this morning to
an extent of $250,000. The Black and
Tan policemen at the point of revolv
ers prevented fire fighting. The fire
followed a bomb explosion. The Sinn
Fein Club at Tipperary was also burn
ed.
MORE TESTIMONY
NEW YORK, Nov., 27— Testimony
tending to show the alleged abuse of
the cost-plus form contract for the re
pairs on Shipping Board vessels giv
en before the Congressional investi
gating committee by Harold Haines of
the examiner boards auditing depart
ment revealed more of the inside me
thods used by the Shipping Board. He
said that he had seen a bill paid for
$40.00 formatting a forty cent hinge
on a door and he farther testified that
twenty five men had been sent aboard
the ship Norfolk where they had re
mained twenty four hours and they
had been allowed pay for thirty nine
hours per day* The gifts of watches to
Board employees was also investigat
ed.
SEVERE STORM
SEATTLE, WashT Nov., 27— The
Radio station at Northhead, Washing
ton sent a message today for aid for
the barge Pierfe which was believed
to have been ashore on James Island
south of Cale Flattery. When the rev
enue cptter Snohomish reached the
scene after an eleven hour dash she re
ported that no trace of the barge
could be found. There were twenty
persons including the wife *nd baby
of Master Jensen aboard the Pierre
which cut loose from the towing
schooner Santrita yesterday. An ef
fort is beingmade to save both ships.
There is a slim possibility that both
may be safe but the general belief is
that the Pierre may be out to sea.
Weather Bureau buildings at Ta
toosh were damaged by the gale.
The Umatilla Reef lightship, thirty
miles south of Cape Fftdtery broke
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adrift and made Puget Sound under
its own steam after a. battle with the
waves and wijid. The wind at Tatoosh
reached a velocity of 95 miles per
hour^he heaviest ever recorded by the
weather bureau. The wind at Seattle
blew 60 miles at Tacoma 42. North
?ud.it reached 64. The atom left the
coast this morning passing inland.
SEATTLE, Wash. Nov., *7— The
crippled telephone and telegraph com*
munications in Western Washington
are being restored with the subsi*
dence of the gale. ^
The death of Ben Hubef who was
killed by an automobile attributed to
the failure of the street lighta. A
number of houses on Puget Sound
were demolished and small shipping
suffered. Plate glass windows warn
blown in and light and telephone wires
were torn down.
ASTORIA, Ore. Nois* 27— A wire*
less dispatoh received here today said
that the steamer Dilworth reported
that it was unable to find the Pierre
at the scene of the supposed wreck. A
heavy sea is stNl running.
PORTLAND, Ore.) Nov., 27— While
the seas are still running high at the
mouth of the Columbia River this
morning the wind-has abated from
sixty miles an hour to fourteen. Dur
ing the night many coast points re
ported floods. At Astoria a number of
the dykes overflowed.. Marshfield re
ported heavy rains and high tides. The
windvcaused a flood of the lumber
company s’ yards and put out of com
mission the Northbend and Oregon.
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PITTSBLRG, Nov., 27— four state
troopers assisting the reserves of the
police force, fought for a half hour
today with * crowd of five hundred
persons which gathered at the ware
house whore the police were moving
twelve hundred cases oif coafieticsted
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