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N1TH.YTK INDUSTRY
Brig. Gen. Crozier, chief of
ordnance, iu his annual report
shows the present dependence o£
the United Stutcu upon foregin couu
tries for its supplies of nitrate for
the manufacture of explosives and
urges government aid to the de
velopment of the electrical process
es for producing the required
amount of nitrates in this country.
This in an instance wherein gov
renmeut aid to the establishment of
a great and needed industry is uot
as much needed asj less governmental
interference and a fair opportunity
afforded manufacturers to enter
this Industry. The industry of man
ufacturiug nitrates by the electrical
proctss, in which the nitrogeu of j
the air is used, has been developed
to a great extent in Norway, through
the opportunity there of haruessiug
water powers and thus procuring
electrical euergy at the minimum
of cost. But the state of Washing
ton has more water power going to
present waste than thero is in mo
while kingdom of Norway.
Right here in this suite a com
pany has been organized for a long
time for the purpose of proceeding
to the manufacture of nitrates by i
processes similar to or identical
with these which have proved com
mercially profitable iu Norway. The
company will have no difficulty in
securing the use of the water from
the state, which owns til© waters;
bu» it has never been able to se
cure the sites—the laud upon which
the dams and the power plants mus
be erccted — because the federal
government has tied them up in
defiuitley and refused to permit title
to be had or any use of them to be
made by any private company on
-erms which will induce the in
vest mm t of the great capital neces
sary (or the building of this par
ticular kind of plant.
Nitrate manufacture is imper
a'ive!y necessary for the industrial
independence of the United States
and also for the protection of the
country, should it over be involved
in war. Political conservation has
prevented the development of the
industty, although capital is ready
to enter into it.—Ex.
CHINA'S FATE ALSO AT STAKE
Loss concerned than formerly witt
the mere name of things, Ameri
cans are viewing rather with curi
osity than preference the transfor
mation of the Chinese "republic"
Into au imperial autocracy. What
does it meant? What does it por
tend? are the questions asked.
The New York Mail answers:
"The Chinese republic has been
killed because It did not deserve
to exist."
Moreover, as the New York Globe
points out:
'The consummation now an
nounced convinces many observers
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that in what has occurred Germany
has scored another diplomatic vic
tory comparable to her achievement
iu Bulgaria. The possibilities of
an extension of war to northern
Asia are distinctly increased."
It if the Frensu, Cal., Republi
can which explains more fully:
"The significance of the change
is not so much, its form as the
fac* that it takes place at this
time rather than in the future. The
Chinese people have been drawn
together more by hatred of the
Japanese than by any other feeling
that the/ have ever had. It has,
iu fact, given them a notion of na
tionality that they have never be
fore possessed, together with a
new consciousness of weakness.
"An understanding, therefore, if
not an agreement, between China
and 'ji^many has J>eeu an obvious
result. True, at one time, the chief
hatred of the Chinese was directed
against the Germans, But that has
been swallowed up in the greater
terror of Japanese aggression. China
has grown 'ready to wolcoine Ger
man support in the face of Japanese
overlordship. German money, add
ed to the feeling of nationality that
has been built up agaiust Japan,'
will be the foundation of the new
empire."
ITALY CROSSES INTO ALBANIA
The size of the Italian army land
ed in Albania is not stated, but the
repor's indicate that it is sufficient
for either offensive or defensive op
erations. While it may ultimately
co-operate with the Allies in an ad
vance into the Balkans it is probable
that its present purpose is to op
pose tho invasion of Albania threat
ened by the Germanic-Bulgarian
fcrccs.
All invasion of Albania would be
almost as serious a blow to
Italy as an invasion of her own ter
ritory; £or here she h:i3 for years
ot'.-t-scd Austria and centered her
plans of expansion. There is no
duubt that after the war there will
be an adjustment of interests in
Albania. The failure of the gov
ernment of the Prince of Wied has
shown the difficulty of establishing
a rule for the people, and a parti
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tlou of t iu territoi. not unlikely.
In the mountalnoi interior, it is
said, ar». some ya lo unexplored
mineral deposits, ■ lie only laud
capable of agrlcultu l development
is in 'he valleys and along tire sea.
A few of the towns, KLbusan, Ti
raua and Koritza, have possibilities
as market centers. llut the posses
sion of the coast is tho chief am
bition of the contending nations,
Valona, on tho south, is one of the
greatest natural liarbora of southern
Europe. Durazzo was a great port
iu Roman times and the western
terminus of tho Via Egnatin. Me
dua is a well-sheltered anchorage,
aud Scutari, iu the north, could be
easily connected with the sea by
dredging the Bovani. All of theso
poi ts, « .:th tho exception, of Scu
tari, have been held since tho be
ginning of the war by Italy.
For thti Teutonic allies to add Al
bania to Serbia and their other holO-i
Ings in tho Balkans would give
them strong poliMeal paw us iu the
diplomatic game. The Kaser could
throw *<j his brothl-, - iu-lajv Coustan
tine a much coveted prize iu south
ern Albania, the Kpirus, "With this
iu the:r possession the Greeks
would control belli chorea of the
island of Corfu ar.d bo in a position
to neutralize the \. ie of the har
bors of Valoua and Duragzo to tho
Italians.
Self-interest m;y, thus, be forc
ing Italy into the Balkans. Never
theless, her appearance in Albania
becomes Important; she definitely
announce that sao is to uo some
thing for the general cause and
not merely to confine herself to
tho recovery; of licr lost provinces.
— New York Sun.
TO THINK AlIOlT
Given a desperate man with a
gun, no scruples and uo money and
a good natured man with much
money, many situ U . and no gun,
what is the answer? Uncle Sam,
after the war, ma> discover the per
tinence of the question.—Chicago
News.
1'IiOVKS MEITKALITY?
England says "when history
comes to be wTitteu Auioricuus of
the future will feel anything but
yride wl eu they remember tho ac
tion of America during the great
war." And Germany says i>recise
Iy tho tiling. So what's the
use?—l'l iladelpli Telegraph.
GEO....E IS SUM, HlXGItY!
Government will uoi bo needed
when hi'inanity and civilization are
perfect. Then tlie v:ist sums now
devoted to govor nu nt may bo ex
oendod on pie.—Houston 1'ost.
YANKEE I)1MXEK AT FKOXT
Paris, Dec. 23—One hundred
volunteer American ambulance driv
ers are having this week thei-r first
Christu:«s at tho front. The Am
ericans have no longer leaves of
absence than the French, and no
special holiday furloughs have
bo«':i granted.
Turk jr, cranbe ... sauce and plu:n
pudding for each of tho drivers,
provided by James II. Hyde, was
sent 10 the front today in military
transports.
Thirirtn Rhodes scholars from
Oxford university Lave arrived to
repine© ,::\erl< nfi who ara leaving, 1
their terms having expired.
INDIA X I'KXITION FOB Ml) !
Cloqu t, Minn., Jan, 1—Indiana i
on t'ae Fond du Lao reservation,
near here, are signing a petition to
Cato Sells commissioner of Indian
affairs at "Washington, requesting
him to clamp the "Indian liquor
lid" on all territory embraced with
in the reservation.
Tho petition sets forth that sa
loons at Brookston are jvithin in
hibited t erritory under tho treaty
of lSc 4.
KISSING) FORBIDDEN;
SPREADS THE GRIP
Milwaukee, Dec. 23—George C,
Ruhland, health commissioner, at
the limp of year when the mistle
toe is a factor, has taken all the
joy out of life with a decree that
kissing must stop. Kissing, the
health commissioner declares,
spreads the grip.
The grip epidemic Is a serious
thing in Milwaukee right now.
A Mystery.
What matter ta no one can tell. The
scientists have been trying to flud out
for centuries, imd without success. We
have given names to the various parts
and forms of stuff called matter, but
the "thing In itself' Is a mystery.
The late John Stuart Mill defined
matter as "the permnnent possibility
of sensation."—New York American.
WHero He Wasn't Slow.
Boss (to new boy)—You're the slow
est youngster we've ever had. Aren't
you quick at any time? Boy—Yes, sir.
Nobody ran get tired as quick as I can.
—Boston Transcript
Self control, however difficult at first,
becomes step by step easier and mora
delightful. u :
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