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FRENCH DEBT SETTLEMENT
President Butler of Columbia University fears that
the refusal of the United States to cancel all or a portion
of the French debt may have the effect of further accen
tuating the hatred of Europe for America. In other words
President Butler takes the stand that it is better to sacri
fice a principle and purchase European friendship than
adhere to the original idea that a just) debt is a just debt.
Paradoxical as it may seem, every time a university
professor intrudes his ideas into national affairs chaos fol
lows. Ths was evidenced when President Wilson sought
to cure overnight Europe's centuries of ills with his four
teen points. These utopian theories are all right in the
abstract, but time has given proof that they have no place
in the European horizon, especially that of the continent,
where strife, warfare and jockeying for power have been
the playthings of nations since time immemorial.
When the question of debt liquidation was decided,
Great Britain, in contrast to France and Italy, placing her
honor above mere sordid dollars, accepted the situation
and immediately prepared to fulfill its obligations. !Not
so France. Assuming the role of one who had been the
injured party, she seeks to repay America's sacrifice in
blood arid money in aspersions against what she terms
our money grasping ethics.
Thus we have the ironical situation of the United
States and Great Britain saving a belligerent and war-lov
ing nation, whose very history is written in blood and
iron, from annhilation by an equally glory-seeking enemy,
and receiving in return the demand that they pay the cost
and thus allow France to proceed with her imperialistic
ideas and divert money that might be paid upon her obli
gations to these ambitions.
President Butler and his European-tainted cohorts
are not the government of the United States, but only a
small portion of its citizenry. The fact that he is the
president of a great seat of learning should have' no
weight. It is not how much learning a man may acquire
from a university, but what he learns. The hitherto con
sidered greatest seats of learning, which are today court
ed by Americans with the price, teach anything but de
mocracy as it affects the average citizen.
The average creditor is willing to write off a debt to
profit and loss whenever shown that the debtor is unable
to pay. First he demands this evidence of honest intent.
What he may do afterward is another matter. When
France assumes this attitude it is time to consider the
question of whether she is entitled to clemency.
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pOISED on the threshold of normalcy, America
* is about to enter another period of better regu
lated living, more industrious production and sound
er values.
Speaking of values, it's a satisfaction to
know in your city is a restaurant in which food
values are consistently good and unexcelled any
where.
As a suggestion, plan to eat your New
Year’s dinner at
The
Seward
Grill
WOMEN AND MEN USE MUCH
MORE CAUTION WHEN DRINK
ING WELL WATER
CHICAGO, Dec. 28. (/P)—City Health
Commissioner Hendesen estimated
$10,-000,000 was spent for Chicago
Christmas liquor and “men and wo
men who would not swallow pure
well water without an investigation
of the bucket, tilted bottles with a
pretty label upside down over their
lips with no hesitation, whatever.”
SHIER BURES BREAST
SAYS READY TO DIE
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FARWELL, Dec. 28. (JF)—George
J. Hasselae bared his breast and as
serted he was ready to be shot for
slaying his "wife and eight step-child
ren which was "a poor way to serve
the Lord." He said he killed his wife
first and was then forced to shoot
the boys.
! SEARCH BEING MADE FOR
FORMER NOME RESIDENT i
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The Governor’s office has been ap- |
pealed to for assistance in locating a
HARRY > CLARK MURPHY, now J
about 50 years of age, last heard from a
just before the World war. At one
time he resided in Nome, a member a
4>f a firm doing business under the i
name of Davis & Murphy. Any infor- •
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mation about Mr. Murphy should be i
sent to his aged father, John J. Mur- i
phy, Empire Hotel, 100 West Genesse •
Sfl, Syracuse, N. Y. : «
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'' INDOOR BASEBALL TONIGHT
The last opportunity for the mem
bers of the W. A. S. to play baseball
this year will take place this even
ing. The play will begin about 7:30
and will cease at 10 o’clock at which
time the imported decorators for the
New Year’s Eve mask ball will as
; sume charge.
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LEGION MEETING TONIGHT
Meeting of Seward Post No. 5 to
night at,8 p. m., Seward Grill. Instal
lation of officers. All members urged
to atterfd. Visiting members wel
come.
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Local potatoes, $3.50 a ^
hundred; canned milk, $5.00 ^
per case. Brown & Hawkins ^
Corporation. ^
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SEWARD WATER &
POWER COMPANY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
John Nelson, Mgr. Wayne Blue, Agent
Office, Arcade Building. Phone Main 17
An Opportunity
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With every purchase of $20 in this store
you will receive a free membership ticket to
the Holiday Club. Each membership in the
club entitles one to participate in the giving
away of a $350 radiola at the Firemen's Annual
Mask Ball on New Year's Eve. The club is
formed under the auspices of the Seward Ath
letic Club and Seward Volunteer Fire organiza
tion.
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Goods purchased now and payable as of
January 1st, will entitle the purchaser to mem
bership in the club.
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This, in the spirit of co-operation with the
above named organizations. We want to help
these worthy clubs. More power to them!
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