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MONDAY APRIL 28lh. 1919
IN MEMORIUM
The death of Delegate ('has. A. Sulzer on the eve of his confirmation has
shocked the entire Territory. Struck down in the prime of vigorous manhood
and at a time when his powers were approaching their zenith, his sudden de
mise is indeed unfortunate. Alaska has undoubtedly sustained a great loss in
his passing. lie was a developer and organizer of more than average ability
and during the period of his Alaskan resi lence was a potent factor in the dev
elopment of the Territory. As a legislate!:- he proved an earnest and capable
worker whose services have resulted in nucli benefit to those whom he sought
to serve.
The departure for that ‘•distant bourne" of .1 strong and vigorous per
sonality i- a regrettable event at any time and in the case of (’has. A. Sulzer
it is doubly rgrettablc in that it has -’eprived the Terrlto-. .>1 sincere and
capable pioneer and an earnest friend.
MUST GIVE GERMANY A CHANCE
The German people rose and jvert. lew the war lords who its! them to
I lunge civilization to the brink of chaos. Worn out with their long continued
suffering; hopeless of the achievement of their aims and recognizing that their
enemies would not consent to make peace with their leaders, the Germans
fo: ceil the abdication of their rulers and flung themselves into an orgy of dem
ocracy as senseless and futile as the aims which led them to deluge the*world
with blood to satisfy the ambition of their now discarded masters. They have
wiped out imperials!!! and and abolished their defied "AH Highest" and his crew
diabolical followers, but in doing so they have not wiped away the stain of
? . ir crimes against humanity nor relieved the obligations incurred by their
wanton and lust animated attacks on neighboring peoples. These they should
be made t» pay to the last penny.
The Germans condoned the offenses of their war leaders and made no
demur to their incitements to shed the blood and plunder those about them.
They may plead ignorance and misapprehension, if they will, but such plead
ings cannot excuse them in the eyes of humanity for supporting the aims so
plainly discernable in their flaunting deflc-ation of war and their arrogant
toasting of "Dor Tag." No one with a grain of sense will consider the whine
of ignorance as an extenuation of the crimes committed by the German arm
ies, and supported and condoned by the German press and public.
If for no other reason than that tin v made no protest against them, the
German people must be regarded as having permitted th-* fearful things which
Germany's armies consumated. The blood, the destruction, the rapine which
filled the world with agony for four long years are all directly chargeable to
their account.
Therefore the German people have .• debt to pay for the wrongs they
rave committed and countenanced. They have a debt of reparation and res
titution to pay to France an 1 Belgium, which, regardless of the world’s at
titudo in other respects, cannot be forgiven them.
But in order that they may pay that debt they must be permitted to
earn and produce. The tools of industry must not lie stricken from the hands
of German, workers and German commerce must to some extent be permitted
to compete with that of other nations. To exact the debts they owe, the Allies
cannot strangle the Germans commercially and industrially by making it next
to impossible for them to dispose of the things they produce. It is true that
Germany deserves no consideration at the hands of outraged humanity but we
cannot reduce her earning power to nothing and expect her to pay the vast
sums about to be demanded as reparation. No amount of restitution could
.•■tone for the bloodshed and destruction the Germans willfully provoked; and
i.o punishment that could be inflicted would be sullicicnt to compensate for
the flagrant wrongs they thrust upon humanity.
We believe in giving the Germans all that is coming to them in the
way of punishment, but, at the same time, believe also that it is a logical
certainly that they cannot be made to pay if they are prevented from earning.
The aim of the Allies to impose the hardest terms it is possible to
exact from a suppliant nation is plainly discernible in even the meager press
dispatches reaching Nome. The attitude of President Wilson has apparently
been toward the side of moderation in dealing with the Germans but through
out the whole period of the Paris negoiintons the inclination of the Allied
nations to squeeze the last drop of financial blood from the shattered remains
of the autocracy and to force the German people to the last limits of their
paying ability has-been clearly disclosed. That such a policy is doubtful at
best is to say the least concerning it.
Although admitting that the statement is based on slender informat
ion, it appears very much as if the diplomatic jugglers of the Entente powers
are really striving to provoke a situation in Germany which will pro\ ide H",n
with an excuse for taking bodily possession of the country. Enough evidence
of the inclination of the Allies to quarrel over the spoils of war have < 0,,M 1'’
us to at hast partially justify a surmise that they would probably welcome an
opportunity to divide Germany among i.amselves and their associates. Al
truism is not a part of the European system of diplomacy and it is hardly to
to bo expected that nations whose age long policy has been to wateh and
scheme and grab at every opportunity for personal gain, will forsake theii
deeply innoculated grabbing propensities when rich gains are in sight. It
is as unreasonable to expect them to do so as it is to expect that the Germans |
have assimilated republicanism by the nice act of discarding imperialism.
If the Allies in their eagerness i » make the Germans pay the score
tesulting from their recent rampage of blood and crime insist on binding
Germany to the stake by imposing restrictions which will limit the develop
ment of her national resources they will lie committing a grave error which
can hardly be condoned on the theory that the Germans amply deserve all the
punishment that they are likely to receive.
OREGON LEADING STATES. IN TWELFTH DISTRICT
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
SAN PltANCISCO. April 26—District kink totals to date are $32,493,400
This subscription has been forthcoming from a total of nine hundred and sev
en thousand, nine hundred and six subscribers. This indicates that the Vic
tory Loan is getting as wide distribution as the previous issues.
Oregon is leading the states of the Twelfth District with more than
twenty seven percent of lier quota coveivd by subscriptions actually banked.
L'tfth is second with a shade over t wen tv percent.
The district figures given do not include Hawaii or Alaska. San Fran
cisco's official total to date is $2,263,950.
ADMINISTRATION CONTEMPLATES CREATION OF
GREATEST ARSENAL IN THE WORLD
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
TltOV, New Vork, April i’6—Ann mncement was made by the officials
<>; the Watervliet government arsenal toda r that the government is preparing
Ij spend fourteen million dollars in impreving the arsenal and enlarging its
arms and munitions making capacities.
It is learned on high authority that the Wnr Department intends to
make the plant the greatest arsenal in the world, not excepting the famous
Krupp gun plant of Germany.
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