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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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BUTLER AND MUSSOLINI
A certain amount of official pomp and ballyhoo
had to be let loose, we suppose, on the suffering citizen
ry of this country in order to tickle the yanity of Mus
solini and at the same time make General Smedley But
ler look like one of those famous Alaskan goats. To the
credit of the General, he was ready for the court mar
tial and would just have soon have “spit” in the judges
eye and informed them all in polite terns to go to h—,
rather than bend the knee to the Italian potentate.
In any case, we're glad the case has been settled
out of court. The officials—attorneys, we should say—
would have gotten their “lunch-hooks” on the money;
at least they should have.
But the great American public in Alaska have long
been wondering what it was all about; the press dis
patches were not quite clear. We knew the esteemed
General Butler had insulted Mussolini, but what
did he call him? The throbbing mystery is cleared by
a late edition of the New York Times which has reach
ed the editonal sanctum of The Gateway:
Briefly, in a “how to prevent war” speech
in Philadelphia, Butler portrayed Mussolini as a hit
and-run driver and a “mad dog” for war. That Musso
lini was “one of those embryo fellows who are waiting
to start another war.” That “he is polishing up all the
brass hats in Italy; he is getting very Roman.”
When the Italian Ambassador protested that the
speech was improper for a general or any other official
to make the State Department asked the Navy De
partment “How come?” and the Navy balled h—out
of Butler asking him if he had made such a dirty crack
at Mussolini. Being February, Butler could not tell a
lie. “Yes, Mr. Adams, I did.” So, following the official
wailing, gnashing of teeth and exchange of paper, the
matter was settled yesterday when General Butler was
given a severe reprimand for talking out of turn.
Through press reports and the movies, the average
person has already formed an opinion about the Ital
ian statesman, the Duce; our personal and unprejudiced
opinion is that Mussolini is a great man!
Any man who can take hold of a nation which has
long been in the throes of despair, financially and pol
itically, and, after a few years bring that nation into
foe small circle of world powers, we would say he is
a great man in every sense that the word implies. It
required a strong man like the Duce to bring order out
of chaos. Overlooking petty personal thoughts about the
man, there really is much to admire about his methods.
DOPE VS. LIQUOR
If endeavors of the political Czars of America,
and the treasury coffers, were directed toward suppres
sing and wiping out the drug traffic instead of concen
trating on making an oasis of the country, in spots es
pecially far remote from their habitat, we would say
they were at least trying to do something worthwhile.
Dope handling makes rum-runners look like 10 cents in
sofar as making money is concerned. A truck load of
booze would probably bring about the same returns as
a couple of small cans of dope.
Up here in the clear, clean Alaskan atmosphere,
just reading of the evils attendant to narcotics, is
nauseating, and we wonder why the powers that be
don't confine every agency in wiping out the dope busi
ness first, then tackle the “big joke” next. Wonder
what that well known man of saffron hue in the wood
pile looks like? Drag him out. Lets have a look at him.
A fluent, not fluid, flow of language enables us to
expose our ignorance more convincingly.
Nothing worth while is ever accomplished with
out apparent intelligent obstruction meeting one at
every turn.
in m door as
SPECIAL BUREAU CREATED FOR
WORK REQUESTS OF FOR
EIGN LABORERS
PARIS, Feb., 9, (VP)-France has
! been a year late in feeling the
| pinch of the world economic de- |
! pression, but now discovers that j
j she is not destined to escape it. I
With unemployment increasing
at the rate of 1,500 a week, work
I men and statesmen are equally
I concerned to find that their na
! tion has an immigration problem
! on its hands. It is pointed out
II h a t 1,700,000 foreigners are:
| among the 12,000,000 workingmen j
j drawing wages and salaries in;
j France.
That the slate of affairs did
! not seem so significant last Octo- j
| ber 31, when official figures show- ;
ed that there were fewer than;
2,000 workingmen drawing doles
from benefit or other funds. Sinc% ;
j then the picture has changed.
In November the number of
; unemployed increased at the rate
| of about 1,000 a week, and Dec
j ember 1 found the official to
' tal close to 6,000. The next four
j week found unemployment in
| creasing at the rate of 1,500 a
week, and the turn of the year
saw the total almost at the 12,- j
! 000 mark.
The Ministry of Labor has de- j
l creed that all demands for work I
I permits emanating from foreig-1
ners desirous of entering France I
i be handled b a special bureau:
! created for that purpose. Each j
application is examined individ- 1
ually.
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MEMORABLE DATES
Feb. 12th, 1809, Abraham Lin- I
coin born.
14th, St. Valentine's Day’
; 15th, 1898, Destruction of B. S.
Maine.
; 20th, 1895, Cuban Revolution
j began.
20th. 1915, Panama-Pacific ex
position.
22nd, 1732, George Washington
born.
ALL TICKETS SOLD
At noon today Rev. Reisner
informed The Gateway that all
tickets to the Father and Son
. Banquet tomorow night, had been
purchased. This notice voids the
other item in another column
I of this issue, which says four
! tickets are left. These four were
| bought shortly after the notice
i was turned in.
D. S. O. DIES
i LONDON, Feb. 10. (A3)—Air Com
|ed Service Officer, and one of
j modore Charles Samson, discharg
i the most adventurous figures of
j British aviation, died suddenly of
}heart disease at his country home j
iin Salesbury at the age of 47.
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wili shortly open for business as
trader's in all kinds of merchan
dise. new and second-hand, at
the old log house on Fifth Ave.
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John Faulsteiner, Prop.
Market Open at '
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