THE SOCIALIST PRESS.
Published Weekly In The Interest Of The Working-Class.
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No. 9.
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, Aug. 15, 1914.
Vol. 1.
Long Distance Survey Of Conditions In The War
Striken Country
The war in Europe lsgmng
along first rate; merrily e
mough to cheer the hearts of
its most sanguine promoters,
■considering that it is only a
•couple of weeks since they
set the ball rolling:. It takes
•considerable time to get a
war sufficiently under way to
be interesting and good,even
though the belligerent nat
ions are cocked and :primed
and looking around for some
thing or someone to spring
the trigger.
Austria-Hungary, Germa
ny, Russia, Great Britain,
France, Belgium, Servia,
Montenegro and Roumania
are all into it, the two .first
named on one side an d the
others on the other side. It
aly, originally counted on,
showed more sense than any
of them and backed out.
Switzerland, Holland and
little Denmark at -first over
looked in the scramble
for seats in the game, are
getting their backs up and
may yet insist on taking ;a
hand.
Each side is blaming the
•other for bringing on the
•war, and the different na
tions are at much .pains to
■explain how they were ‘for
ced” into it, though out of
the babel of explanations .it
is hard to extract a-satisfac
tory one. The preservation
of “national honor,” howev
er, appears to be the main is
sue. To the ordinary individ
ual “national honor7' is -a
! somewhat uncertain and ev
anescent quantity, but there
j must be something to it, in
fact it must be an important
'adjunct to every country,
1 for in the present conflict ev
ery nation seems to have got
j bumped in the posterior re
; g.ion of its “national honor,”
and Hmperor William for his
ipart, dramatically announces
that he is ready to fight the
world to avenge the insult. |
So'insulted-was the Kaiser
that he has gone to the
“front”(with half a mil-,
lion soldiers around him) and,
King -Albert of Belgium has
proclaimed that if much a
venqingisdone in his direc
tion, they will have to pass,
over his dead body to do ;it. ‘
“National honor demands :it, j
though it may be remarked,
that the Germans have pen-,
etrated quite a distance into,
his country and no dead,
rkings have as.yet beenfound,
dying around. The Prince of
'Wales has gallantly joined
his regiment—across in Ire
Ha ncl,thereto maintain peace
among the warring Ulster
’ites.^So this war will be no
picnic ior -either the men
who will do the'fighting, or
the kings and kinglets who!
will look after the galleries.
To date the results are no
doubt satisfactory to those
at the helm of the contending
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nations,and to the invisible
power -behind the scenes that
gives-ehe orders and pulls the
strings. Probably-10,1)00 men
the best their countries have
to give, have -already be tin
killed outright, and several
times that number wounded.
Desolated, grief stricktn
homes already abound, plun
ged into the,depths of -des
pair became of the useless
sacrifice of husbands, fathers
and sons in merciless storms
of shot and shell. -And the
havoc thus far wrought bids
fair to be -multiplied a thou
sandfold. A pretty prospdct'
for the working class of Eu
rope who will bear the brunt.
“National honor” to them
will come at a -high price,:
but they will have it to pay,
and the.price they .pay will
inure to -the advantage of
the ruling class -vultures and
vampires. These craven lee
ches, without honor or patri
otism, in order to stem the
rising tide of workingelass
revolution, and at the-same
time till up -all -the more
their already bursting cof
fers, appeal-io the patriotism
of the.people, using as a pre
text an offended national ho
nor and plunge them into a
senseless, murderous war.
Patriotism! the -last refuge
of scoundrels.
•But tht-re is-a silver I n mg.
In spite of a rigid censor
ship, rumblings of discontent
and revolt among those who
bear tl.e burdens a -e heard
even at this distance, and
maybe the.people are begin
ing to see the motives and
the hypoGnsy -of those -who
rule,*ar.d will rise up ami-de
mand that «the slaughter
cease.
Let as hope that such is!
the case.
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■Socialist Ticket Selected.
Fii‘1 'Quota Or Candidates Picked
Out For Approaching Election
For Delegate to Congress,
John M. Brooks, -of
Hack Wade.
For Territorial Senator,
i H. Ringdahl, of Cleary.
! For Territorial Repr?sen’tvs,'
I ~ ,
DanMeCabe, of Vault.
A. -A. Nelson, of Nolan.
W. E. Waugh, of Fairbanks.
Chas. Rogers, of Dead wood.
The above is the fti 1 Socialist
ticket, as determined by referen
dum, for ihe-cominjr election in
November. All those whose
names appear above are old time
| Alaskans and know the needs of
Alaskans in a legislative way.
With the exception of W. 1ft
Waugh who is farming near Fs
1 ter hiding, all are engaged in rm
ning in their respective localities.
They are men of character and
;d ility, every o: e of them, an i
if elected, may be expected t»
give Alaska such legislation a-.
■ he stands in need of: and heir ,
true woi king class men, the in
terests of the workers will re
ceive special attention at theft
hands.
Had Tough Time Of It
Bonnifield Miner Meets With Difficulties
Coming Across Country
W. K. H >ss who has been en‘
gaged in mining in the bonni
field country arrived in town
from that district -early in the
week, coming aeross-the country
along the winter trail. Mr Hess
found mushing through the flats
in summer tinea far different
.proposition to following a dog
team along the trail in winter. A.
good part of tire-way the ground
is swampy and under water at
this time-of the year, and the
trail is obliterated in the open
stretches by water and growing
slough grass to such an extent
that it u’as impossible to follow
it. making traveling by compass
necessary. In crossing Wood riv
er whith was somewhat swollen
by recent recent rains, and which
he was forced to wade, Mr. Hess
got into deeper water than he
calculated on, and was swept olF
i-his feet and down the stream by
j'theicurrent, and had he not been.
| tor tun ate enough to grasp some
j friendly willows overhanging the
j bank against which he was hurl
ed, would probably have lost his
life, In this accident he,of course
became thoroughly wetted, as
were his matches, and not being
able to build a fire in order to
dry out his clothes, was compel
led to mush through to the Tan
j-ana in arathev damp condition.
On the opposite bank of the Ta
nana he struck-the camp of the
railroad surveyors, where after
drying out and getting a substaii
tial meal. Billy looked at the
world out of more optimistic
eyes.
Mr. Hess states that there is
considerable mining going on in
ibis district this summer, several
outfits being at work and meet
ing with moderate success.
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