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OF SEWARD. ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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ALASKA AND THE SOVIETS
While there is no immediate cause for apprehension
with regard to eventualities as pictured by Senator Lewis
of Illinois, who brings back from Europe the impression
that Soviet Russia is only awaiting the right moment to
wage a war of conquest for Alaska, the matter calls atten
tion to the helplessness of Alaska should such a course be
undertaken by Russia or some other hostile party.
While the pacifist may lull his conscience under the
half-intoxication of brotherly love, the fact remains that,
in the present state of wrorld conditions, one may not be j
surprised at anything.
Wars seldom have a righteous cause behind them. 1
They are preordained forces over Which man has little >
control. We hear rumors of national unrest throughout j
the world and even find it permeating our own social!
structure. It has been the custom since the world was i
young to satisfy these urges for change by turning to
the sword.
It would be no surprise if Russia actually sought to
put into action the rumored threat of attempt to recover
Alaska from the United States It must be remembered
that she has one of the best armies in Europe,numbering
four million men, who could be put into the field at a
moment’s notice This army is confirmation of the pre
mise that wars need have nothing behind them It was
recruited for the ostensible purpose of defending Russia
from its enemies in the flux of reconstruction after the
revolution But, like the youth emerging from ado
, Jescence, Russia desires to demonstrate her physical, ra
' ther than moral strength.
Accepting the premise that Russia has such designs
and at the proper time will seek to put them into effect,
what would the status of Alaska be in such an eventuality?
As it stands, the Territory is the key to any aggressive
move that might be directed against the nation, because
there is no evidence that Europe desires war at this time,
simply because it could not afford it. Yet it must be re
membered that the seeds sown by the United States in
1910-18, instead of bringing forth flowers of gratitude and
good will have produced a harvest of jealousies and anti
pathies. Russia would serve admirably as a catspaw with
which to pull European chestnuts out of the fire.
In the process Alaska is available for the taking. Com
bining with Japan, the Soviet forces could step in and
wrest the Territory from the United States overnight.
In view of what is now transpiring in the Orient this
eventuality is not far-fetched.
There is not a fortification or even the most primitive
agency of defense. It is like leaving a billion dollar treas
ure exposed to the greedy eyes of a racketeer.
On the other hand we have the western coastline,
where habitable, hedged in by reservations, purported to
be held as means of protection against assault. This re
gion is almost as primitive as it was the day Russia sold
Alaska to the nation.
In the event of attack it would be necessary for the
nation to initiate every step for making this coastline hab
itable for an army or serve as a naval base.
It would seem more logical to release these locked-up
areas to those who would break soil and prepare them for
use in case of emergency. Their acquisition in case of
war would cost less than would accrue if left in their vir
gin state.
The sudden wresting of Alaska from the United
States might not appear important to the East, but it
would be a tragedy for those who have, through their own
toil and sacrifice, made it habitable. It wTould be equally
tragic to the nation once an enemy secured a foothold
and was able to direct its assaults from its proximity to
the Pacific coast.
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ERNEST SAM SENDS
INFORMATION ON BULL
FR09 FARM INDUSTRY
I
That the commercialization of
bullfrogs is not known generally,
Alaskans will appreciate the in
| formation from Ernest Walker Saw
!yei\ Assistant Secretary of the In
terior and personal representative
• of Secretary Wilbur, who says in j
! part:
I “On one of my visits to Mata- j
! nuska this summer I was surprised
1 in one locality to find thousands
; of small frogs. I also received the
i impression that in that definite lo
S cality there was almost a total ab
| sence of mosquitoes. Frogs un- |
doubtedly thrive in Matanuska.
“I suggested to Mr. Higgins that j
50 be sent to Fairbanks for observa- j i
tion. Mr. Palmer was sure there j
were already some in the Tanana ]
Valley, but I have never seen any. i
“On my return to the States I I
investigated the frog situaiton on ]
the West Coast and paid $1.50 for '
a booklet on the subject of ‘Com- i
mercialization of the Bullfrog’ by J
M. W. Herriman of Lakeside Frog ]
Farms, Ltd., Lakeside, Calif. This i
booklet was prepared especially to j
meet the California conditions but j
it contains some most interesting *
information ... I hope this will !
develop an interest in bullfrogs in J
Alaska which I believe could event- J
ually be put up in cans or quick i
frozen at a very large profit.” a
Ernest Walker Sawyer also said |
in his letter that he suggested to '
Dr. Alberts at Matanuska and Mr. '
Palmer at Fairbanks to carry on a {
little research to assist in adapting |
the industry to the locality. There ■
are two other firms in California |
who have frog breeding stock for J
sale, and there is said to be a »
large frog farm in Vancouver, Wash. •
Most of the frog legs used for con- |
sumption in the United States J
come from Louisiana but a great «
number are being brought in from •
Hawaii. ®
Undoubtedly frogs can be sue- J
cessfully matured in Alaska for a i
responsive and profitable market {
and anyone interested in the book- J
let referred to above may peruse it «
at The Gateway office. It con- •
tains complete instructions on rais- |
ing and marketing frogs. !
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Alf Jacobson will be discharged ’
from the Seward General Hospital
and will go South to his home on
the SS Alaska, according to a re
port from the hospital.
Joe Barbieri, of Anchorage, will
have to remain in the hospital for
a few more days, according to a
report today.
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