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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
DON'T WASTE IT
WHY \V K ART AT WAR WITH
GERMANY
By
EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS
Executive Head, History Department
Leland Stanford Junior University
The foundation cause of this war
is Germany's lirtn belit f that she
alone has the right to direct the
progress of the world ind to exploit
its resources. For til? last thir->
years the military autocracy of Ger
many has seen to it that this belief
was taught in the schools, and to
day that autocracy is reaping the
benefits of a blind obedience to it>
will. German political writing cf re
cent years is full of the idea that
the German people is "Cod's c hoe en
jHjople, Uestiued to impcse its 'Kul
tur" upon all other peoples."
"The German soul is the world s
soul, God and Germai v belong to
one another." "Germany is the
tenter of God's plans for the world."
"We hope that a grea: mission will
fie allotted to us Germans . . .aud
this German mission is: to look
after the world." "Germany is
chosen, for her own good and that
of other nations, to undertake their
guidance. Providence ha^ placed
the appointed people, at the ap
pointed moment, ready for the ap
pointed task."
"The Gertna:i people is always
right, because it is liie German peo
ple, and numbers >7,o0U.000 souls.''
"Kuiltur is best promoted when
the strongest individual Kultur, that
of a given nation, enlarges its
/ield of activity at tlu» expense of
the national Kulturs." "The at
tempt of Napoleon to graft the Kul
tur of Western Europe upon tiie em
pire of the Muscovite ended in fail
ure. Today history has made us
Germans the inheritors of the Xa_
i>oleonic idea." "The further we
carry our Kultur into the East, the
more and more profitable outlets
shall we find for our wares. Eco
nomic profits is of course not the
main motive of our Kultur-activity.
but it is no unwelcome by-product."
"Our belief is that the salvation of
the whole Kultur of Europe de
pends upon the victory which .Ger
man 'Militarism' is about to
achieve."
The quotations are but a few of
hundreds of like e.vprfssion, and the
4ast one^cited is from a manifesto
signed by thirty-five hundred Ger
-ma-n professors and lecturers. Re
duced to simple terms, the Ger
man oelief at the beginning cf this
wax was: "God directs Germany. Civ
ilization advances only by ccmbats
Oetween Kulturs in vhich the
stronger and God.directed one has
the rig! t (o rrevr 'l a ij must pre
vail. The immediate and, present I
object is to make our KuIture pre
vail in the East (In '.Muscovy'), and
in accomplishing: this we eh.au al
so gaiu economic advantages. Tljls
is the first step in our worldj dom
ination."
Where does America stand in, this
catheory of a "chosen people'*? Am
erica denies that theory; she denies
that -God has chosen any one peo
ple as His own; she asserts rath
er that there are many civilizations,
each with its own merits and de
fects, and that to each, must be left
the working out of its own prob
lems.
■\Ve Americans are unable to un
derstand, or sympathize with, a
people who conceive of themselves
as a chosen people, chosen of God
—a people to whom all things and
actions, however inhuman or brutal,
are regarded as permissible, even
holy' because of a faith in their
superior mission and civlizatlon. To
us such ^ belief is a direct evidence,
not of a leading, but of a lagging
civilization.
This German ideal, when, express
ed merely in theory, even though
taught in Germany lor the last
thirty years, stirred bat indifferent
interest in other European nations.
In this war Germany has revealed in
the application of ber theory a lust
for world power at th3 expense of
other peoples, a lack of good faith,
a brutality that bave stamped her
theory as involving a return to bar
barism. ; •.
By the application of German
theory we were forced, unwillingly,
to go to war. But today we know
that there was no escape from a
war between two contradictory
ideals. Germany's economic ob
jects are many and large (they will
be pointed out), but the basic
cause of this war was the German
ideal of n dominant .nation. That
ideal, by Germany's own challenge,
is on trial in aims. Against it
we must prevail, or we shall perish.
STEFANSSON
REPORTED IN
Capt. J. M. Tupper, who arrvied
from the Arctic coast yesterday with
the Koyal Northwest Mounted Po
lice expedition, left Herschel Island
January 12. He met Stefansson
there. Stefansson was en route out
aide last fan on the whaler Polar
Bear whtn the ship went ashore at
Barter island and could not get ofr
iu time to reach the Bering Sea
during the season, says the Dawson
News for March X. Stefansson re
turned to Herschel Island to winter.
When Tupper left, Stefansson was
sick with severe cold and fever.
After Tupper arrived at Fort Mc
I'herson a letter was received there
stati..g j^tefansson still was sick at
Herschel Island and haa a pulse 55
aoove normal. Tuppfer says the ex
plorer's health is far from good and
that he looked haggard and exceed
ingly bad ever since returning from
his long trip to the eastward last
season. Notwithstanding his poor
condition of health, Stefansson de
cided on getting back to Herschel"
Island last fall from ths stranded
i'olar Bear that he would make a
aew exploration trip this year la
the Arctic seas to study currents
and possibly look for new land. His
intended route- was to follow the
K.irluk drift northward of Siberia,
He planned on traveling all the wax
from Herschel island with dog
teams across the ice, starting last
month, and to get as far northward
land westward as possible before the
summer breakup. He bought all th$
dogs in the neighborhood of Her
schel island to transport supplies,
lie intended to take the dog teams
and abcut fifteen natives and to
have Storkerson for first assistant,
't is understood Stefansson has
carte blanche fiom the Canadian
government for buying his supplies
at Arctic posts.
Speaking further in respect to
Stefansson. captain Tupper says:.'
"Stefansson was working far to
the eastward, near Melville Island,
and northward from Coronation.
Gulf, last winter. We did not see
him until ly» arrived September 6
last at Herschel island on the whal
er I'olar Bear. He left on the same
ship September 11. The ship was
bound for the outside. We were
surprised when we received word
the ship had gone ashore at Bar
ter Island. Alaska, she was unable
to get off in time to get into Bering
Sea before the close of the sea
son, so Stefansson returned to
Herschef Island, and arrived there
November 10. He then decided to
make the trip northward of Siberia
to study the currents and look for
new lard. When Heft Herschel he
still was ardent on the plan, apt
tt)/tLMAR BRANTING
Thl« la Hjalmar Branting, leader of
th« socialist party of Sweden.
withstanding h.e was sick. He had
bought up all the dogs In the Here
chel region at $50 to $76 each, ajid
the dog market was so reduced tile j
natives would not let go of the
imoost miserable cur for less than
the Stefanason price.
"It was Stefansaon's plan. to
have about tea powerful dog teams
and about fifteen .natives for driv
ers and helpers. The natives
would, include a few: women, who
were expert seamstresses or work
ers in the Eskimo artcraft of mak
ing skin clothea and shoes, some
thing quite essential. It is especial
ly necessary to keep all boots water
proof.
"Stefanason planned on making
the trip over the ice the entire way,
and to start across the Arctic ocean
with, the dog teams and his retinue
from Barter Island. Ho had hoped
to get away in February, but his
illness probably delayed him. He
believed there was a westerly cur
rent which he especially wished to
folUw. Once far out on the ice in
the Arctic, he claimed, he would be
safe, and could keep his party sup
plied with seal, walrus and the like.
He also planned to take a heavy
supply of pemmican and other foods
from Herschel. It was intended to
have an advance party and a sup
port party. There were to be seven
to nine dogs to the team, and they
were to be hitched in Nome style,
that is, two abreast, with the lead
er working singly.
"Stefansson wanted to get Ole
Anderson to go with him, but Ole's
knee went bad, and Stefansson got
Storkerson instead.
"During the last optni season the
whaler Herman established a post
.at Shingle Point, and then went to
Baillie Island aud turned back, and
went out in August.
"The Fort McPherson went to
Baillie Island, and had to turn back
because of the ice.
"The schooner Challenge was
bought by Stefansson, ar.d was used
by him on his visit to Cape Haiket
and other places. He sold her again
last fall.
"The Teddy Bear is still to the
eastward. El Sueno was beached at
Herachel island, and is wintering
there.
"The Polar Bear was blown
ashore at Barter Island, but got off,
however, too late to g?t outside last
fail."
NOTICE OF- MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
Ai provided by Ordinance No. 124,
notice is hereby given that a gen
eral municipal election will be held
ou Tuesday, April 2, 1918, for the
election of a Mayor, three Council
men, a City Treasurer, a City Clerk,
and a Director of the School Board.
The City Hall has been designat
ed as the polling place and the polls
will ce open from 7 a. m. to 7 p.
Aflril 2, 1918.
The qualifications of voters for
c6uncilmen and other officers ex
cept School Director, are as fol
lows: They shall be citizens of
the CJi»lted States or those who have
declared their Intentions to be
come citizens ol the United States,
twtntv-one years of age or over,
who haye resided continuously on*
year next preceding the election In
t?»e District of Alaska and six
mo»ihs next preceding the eleotion
w.thln the limits of the City of
3kagway, and shall have duly regis
tered. i
The qualifications of voters for
members of the School Board are
as follows:
All adults, male and female, who
are citizens of the United States
or wn<> have declared their inten
tion to become each and who are
bona fide residents ot the Skagway
scaool district <
P. H. MoCLELLAND.
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