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and also the local new* published herein.
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HINDEMIURGE ONLY A BIG BLUFF
April First has come and gone and von Hindenburg
did not arrive in Paris as he predicted he would several
weeks ago. Hindenburg is much like the kaiser, long on
talk and predictions but short on accomplishments. It is
true that the great offensive on the Western front started
and is still raging, but Paris is not the [dace where Hin
denburg landed. In fact little old Hindenburg seems to
have been lost in the massing of troops and the sending of
wave after wave of infantry against the British and
French. Perhaps the German general will bob up next
•y saying that he will be on the English Channel by some
certain date. Or. he might wait until the Germans have
occupied some objective, if they do, and then say that he
said they would, on that date.
Everybody in Seward should remember this—if you
know anv of the bo vs from Seward now in the canton
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ments, training camps or at the front, write them the
home news. If vou haven’t time to write very much then
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take the Gateway and clip but all of the local news and
send it to them. They are yea rning for news from home,
just th. same as you would, if you were away off in a dis
tant part of the world. The bovs want the news, all vou
can give them.
Every loyal American citizen will swell up with pride
knowing that the seasoned American soldiers now in
I'ranee are going into the fray, or perhaps are already in
it. Dispatches cannot come too often for us in Seward
if they will only contain something about the American
I oys giving the Germans their needin’.
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Anchorage, like Nome, will do later on, is now enjoy
ing the time when the ice moves and navigation is open.
! his will he the last year that Anchorage must wait until
the ice goes out for the steel will be connected and Anchor
age will next winter enjoy an open port, via Seward.
The steamers and the snow storm from the south join
ed and handed Seward a nice April fool joke:
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The Easter Bonnet Arrives^
BELGIUM PLANS
COLONIAL MOVE
AFTERITHE WAR
PARIS, April 2. — (Correspon
dence of The Associated Press).
Belgium’s colonial policy alter the.
war and the fate of the Belgian Congo
after peace has been concluded was
•he subject of an address del* ve red at
at the Sorbonne yesterday by Mr.
ttenkin. “of the fate of Central Afri
ca. It seems to me that the tate ot
that territory has been settled for a
long time, as far as that part ol it
vhich is not German possessions is
concerned. As to the fate of the Ger
man colonies, it is not for me, either
to suggest or to advise.”
“There has been a question raised
lately as to the internationalization oi
the basin of Central Africa or if not
complete internationalization, at least
the establishment of an international
control for the protection of the na
tives. Those are generous ideas per
haps hut wholly impracticable, con
trary to the notion of sovereignity
„nd incompatible with justice.”
Mr. Rcnkin expressed the opin.cn
that no policy could be adopted that
would deprive Belgium of its absolute
sovereignity in the Congo. He said:
“Small and modest as Belgium finds
tself, now, it has conscience of having
said the words and of having done the
deeds in conformity with honor and
duty when the terrible aggression of
Germany put civilization in jeopardy.
The least that civilization ean do for
it after the war is to see that its in
tegrity and sovereignty and indepen
dence, its territories be restored and
that it be guaranteed against future
outrages.
“Belgium has sacrificed all to its
duty; into the scales of destiny with
cut hesitation she has thrown all her
•trength for the defense of civiliza
tion. The least that can be recognized
by the world now, is, that while there
may be guarantees equal to the wore
of Belgium, there is none superior.”
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MOOSE SMOKER TONIGHT
Tonight the Moose will install o(li
cors and following this ceremony the
door will be op*n to men of Seward of
military age. There is going to be
something doing in the way of a pro
gram and the smoker is bound to at
tract a large number who will have
many surprises*
SERVICES OVER REMAINS Or FIRST AMERICANS TO DIE IN FRANCE
Impressive rituals marked the burial of Corp* dames !». Gresham, Private Thomas K. Cnrialit and Private Merle
I). Hay of Compnuy F, Sixteenth Infantry, who were Interred with religious and military ceremony at Hathelemont
mi the afternoon of November 4. Throughout the ceremony at the grave*, French batteries, from their positions,
fired minute guns over the village at the German trenches.
DEPICTS RAID
OF AIRPLANES
FROM THE AIR
LONDON, April 2. — The Man
chostci Guardian prints the following
description of the recent air-raid over |
London as seen from a height, by a !
correspondent:
“It was some time after the burst
ing of the maroons that the first sound
of the attack was heard. It came from 1
the north-east, a series of quiet, sep
arate noisy plop-—plop— plop—plep ;
like porridge boiling. The firing died '
down and stalled again from the i
north in the same gentle way. Then it
became quicker, and then died away
in soft, flnnnelly noises.
“Suddenly the firing buist again to
the north-west and also to the south, i
and some nearer guns began to bay.
Then there was activity in the west,
and we heard four or five harsh voices
that we took to be bombs, accompan
ied hv faster firing. The last move
ment was to the south and south-east
and the noise of the guns was near
and loud, till the whole earth seemed
full of barking and the skies of ex
plosions.
“At the same time the unseen ene
my. that had been buzzing amund our
defenses like mosquitos round a net,
tried again on the north. It was the
last wrestle and could not continue j
long. The enemy fell back, and the j
bring died down until only a few dis-;
taut guns were firing softly, plop—
plop—plop, like a sigh of relief. The j
raid was over.”
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NATURAL INDIGO OF
GREAT BRITAIN HAS
BEEN DISPOSED OF
LONDON. April 2. — The entire
stock of natural indigo of the country
bar been disposed of by brokers act
ing under instructions of the govern
ment. At the outbreak of war, owing
to the shortage of synthetic indigo, it
was feared that the supply of natural
indigo would get into the hands of a |
very small group and the governr; ent
decided to purchase the entire ava;*
able stock and to retail it at a reason
able price. Some 267 tons were pur
chased at a gross cost of 361,000
pounds, says the Board of Trade Jour
nal.~ One hundred tons were sold to
France and the remainder to the trade
here, resulting in a profit of ‘>.556
pounds.
FRAN CHISEL llToBLIGATORY
NOW SAY THE GERMANS
NEW YORK, April 2. — The
Prussian Minister of the Interior, Dr.
Drews, stated before the Franchise
Committee of the Prussian House of:
Deputies that the German government
v'as considering the question of mak
ing the exerrise of the franchise obli
gatory, according to German newV
napers received here. The Cologne
Gazette stated that, duriny the elec
tion for the Reichstag in 1912, 15.5
per cent, of the 14,442,000 of the vot- j
ors refrained from voting. The news
paper added that the principle of oUi
gatory exercise of the franchise in-1
troduced in 1894 in Belgium had pvov- j
ed a success.
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