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Former President Taft is an Am-1
ericau uure and. simple. He is back!
Qf President Wilson, aadthe admin.- f
vat ration in their stand to protect I
tho Uves and property of Americans.]
no matter where those Americans |
may be. When it comes to am ex
pression ol opinion, ex-President j
Tatt does not hesitate to state that
the United State© is RIGHT.
The following- is Mr. Taft's SDeecU
delivered at the banquet given by
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States at its fifth annual
meeting, and was delivered on the
nigh* following President Wilson's
announcement of the stand which
the United States would take In
the denouncement of Germany's de
termination of pursuing an unre
stricted warfare oa the seas. It is
'he sDeech of aa American.
Mr. Taft added the following to
what he had originally intended say
ing:
"I had prepared this addrses be
fore Germany startled this country
and all neutrals by her last note.
The acfual dangers with which it
brings us face to face may seem to
maj 3 what I have been discussing
theoretical, tame and inappropriate.
The tiu'h is, however, that this
g.^at crisis only emphasizes the im
portance of the purpose and plan of
the League in the future history of
this country.
"0* all things we would avoid
war. "We are not prepared for it.
The awful consequences we know
from Europe's suffering. Our pray
er is for some escape from it in this
criticai hour, consistent with our ]
national honor and vital interests.
Bu' \te must face the facts.
"Ia her campaign against her en
enia:, Germany proposes ruthlessly
to wage war upon the property and
liv« 3 o* neutrals in flagrant viola
tion of *heir rights. She began with
.Belgium. She cow includes them all
Our nationtal conscience is void
of cftense against her. Her cruel
aud indefensible drowning without
warning of more than a hundred in
noc«u* Americans on the Lusitania
we condoned in vies: of her pledge
against a repetition. That pledge Is
now withdrawn and she avows her
purpose to resume her shocking
course.
"If war is to come between us,
she will be the unprovoked aggres
sor. Wo would avoid being dr&w&
into the European vortex by every
honorable concession. If she forces
us into it, she will do so by her
defiance of plain principles of just
ice and humanity which should ob
tain between ciTilized nations.
"In spite of her great strength
and marvelous efficiency Germany's
manUes* weakness has been in a
failuiy to understand other peoples
and to appreciate the moral forces
working in them. She may not
knew the spirit of the good natured
tollerant war-hatlDg giant she
would challenge. She may overes
tlma;e, as she ha3 done before in
the case of other nations, the influ
ence of sordid motive®, of the in
ertia of comfort and of dissentient
elements among us, whdcht she may
exreot, tc paralyze our action. She
mar stir an active patriotism in our
people which she does not suspect.
She may shock us into a real pre
paration for war and the sacrifice
it JnyoiTes as nothing else can.
"She may push us at once Into
a League to Enforce a Just Peace.
She may force ua into aa organiza
tion of our potential military
moril leadership ia the maintenance
strength an the one baud, and in
*o a moral leadiersMp. in the main
tenance of international just Icq oa
tha other. Thenceforth our isola
tion trom the wars and welfare of
i est p.f tha world) would be at
aa find, 5Y.han peaoe would come,
the eyes of our people, in, spite of
warnings of statesmen who are
looking backward, would be opened
not oaly to the wisdom, but to the
necessity of our leading the na
tions Into a permanent World's
League to Enforce Peace.
"The responsibility; which/ now
rests on tie Presideat and oa Con
gresa is vgrjr heayy, Tluey. should
know and do know that the Ameri
can people will back them to the
end la their decision. May God
glTf» them good deliverance."
RUSE OF A CHINAMAN. **
CI«ver Way H» Got Around the Law
and Gained Hi* Case.
A cemetery is the one sacred spot In
China. To desecrate such a place Is
the worst of crimes. Some years since
there lived in a village on the plain of
the Yellow river a man called Tu. His
little farm furnished him with a com
fortable living, but nothing more. Like
ail farms in that part of China, there
was no fence to separate his fields
from those of his neighbors. One of
these neighbors was a rascal, wbo,
knowing Mr. Tu to be of mild disposi
tion, resolved to impose upon him by
plowing a few furrows of Mr. Tu's
land and thus Incorporating it with his
own. This act did not pass unobserved,
but Mr. Tu was cautious as well as
mild. He knew that litigation came
high and was uncertain. "Better,*1 he
said to himself, "to endure- the wrong
than to suffer loss, of both land.and
money."
The next year the neighbor repeated
the experiment and plowed up a few
more furrows. Again Mr. Tu consult
ed with himself and determined, as
previously, that law was too expensive
a luxury for him.
The neighbor, encouAged by this
complaisance, continued to add to his
own acres at the other's expense. At
length he become so bold as to incor
porate in this way the family ceme
tery, where were buried Mr. Tu's an
cestors.
which he had been waiting. By plow
tag np this cemetery the neighbor had
committed sacrilege. The only diffi
culty was that the punishment was so
severe that It might not be possible,
unless he was careful, to get his neigh
bor punished at all. For the law was
that if the magistrate should take no
tice of the suit he would have to send
up a report to his superiors at the cap
ital of the province and request that
proper punishment be inflicted upon
himself, seeing that so heinous a crime
had been committed in the district for
which he was responsible.
Accordingly Sir. To brought the mat
ter before the magistrate in a way
that did not involve that official. He
brought accusation against his father,
who was dead, for having moved his
grave off his s>>n's land to that of the
encroaching neighbor instead of abid
ing in tlio cemetery where he properly
belonged!
The Chinese love humor and greatly
admire shrewdness. When, therefore,
the magistrate read this amazing doc
ument he smiled with genuine appre
ciation of Mr. Tu's cleverness, called
up the offenJing neighbor, made him
restore all the land he had appropri
ated and punished him with due sever
ity for his robbery;—Youth's Compan
ion.
Eggs St«riliz«<i by Gas..
A method of preserving eggs which
is said to keep them absolutely fresh
for an indefinite length of time is in
use in France. New laid eggs in tin
cases holding 1.0C0 each are placed In
an autoclave, from which the air is ex
hausted until all the gas within the
shells has been drawn out. Then car
bonic acid gas and nitrogen are intro
duced from tanks of these gases in
liquid form, and the tins containing the
eggs are scaled with solder. Any
germs of decay are killed by these
gases, and it is said that the flavor of
the eggs is in no way tiffected.
Canals of Venice.
The canals of Venice are a part of
the Adriatic sea. The city is built on
118 small islands or shoals in the gulf
of Venice. These islets ate connected
by several hundred bridges, and the
direction of the canals, of which there
are nearly 200, are so formed as to con
stitute the "highways." Thus it is due
to the situation of this city and not to
special intention of man that it has
canals instead of paved stieets.
His Day Off.
"Who Is that gentleman listening
with such keen delight to a ragtime se
lection by the band?"
"That's Mr. Duffersby. His wife and
daughters are Tery musical. If they
were present ■ they would clap their
hands to their ears and pretend to be
suffering."—Spokane Review.'
Departed Warmth, i
"What have you there?"
"A package of old love letters."
"Going to burn them?"
"Yes. When I wrote these missives
they were so fervent I had an idea they
might be ignited by spontaneous com
bustion, but I guess I'll have to use a
match after all."—Spokane Review.
That Held Him.
He—I shall not marry a woman un
less she is my exact opposite. She—
You will never find so perfect a being
as that—Life
OUR SECRETARIES OF WAR.
Only « Few of Them Had Any Practical
Military Experience.
The first secretary of war of the
United States was Ilenry Knox, who
was bom in Boston July 'JO, 1750, of
Scotch Irish parentage, kuox was the
chief commander of the artillery
throughout the Revolution aud was
secretary of war both before ^uid after
Washington as-.uruel th<- p.esldene.v,
being one of the few soldiers appointed
to that position.
His successor, Timothy Pickering,
had also seen active service, and
James McHenry, the third to hold the
post, had been a surgeon in the Revo
lution. Samuel Dexter, the next in line,
was a lawyer, but Henry Dearborn.
Jefferson's secretary of war, had had
much military experience. William
Eustls, appointed by Madison, was a
physician ami gave way to a military
man, John Armstrong. James Monroe
and William II. Crawford were law
yers, and since their time most presi
dents have apparently considered a
legal education the best qualification
for a head of the war department
U. S. Grant, who held the war port
folio for a brief period in 1807, and
William T. Sherman, whose tenure of
office was equally short were the only
distinguished military men to hold the
post within the last half century.—St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Price of Peace.
"I quarreled with my wife, yester
day, and we haven't spoken since."
"Why don't you make up?"
"I'm going to. All I'm worried about
now is the indemnity."—Boston Tran
script _">>
Remember when you are boasting of
your descent bud, you're boasting of
what you owe to somebody else.—
Florida Times-Union.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPEC
IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6th.
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
First Judicial Division, pursuant
to an order for an election to
fill a vacancy in the office of mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives from the First Judicial Di
vision of Alaska, made and issued
on the 31st day of Jamuary 1917,
by th.e Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
ernor of th« Territory of Alaska,
under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by section 4,
of the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice is hereby given that <«n
election will be held on Tuesday,
March 6, 1917, between the hours
of eight o'clock a. m. and seven
o'clock p. m. of said date.
' The Common Council of Skag
way, Alaska, having heretofore by
resolution duly designated the vot
ing precinct of said town and the
Dolln" place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
sfJd Town of Skagway, Alaska,
which, are as follows:
Ail cf the platted townsite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, -will
vote at the Town Hall building
which is located on Lot Three (3)
Block Eigh* (8) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
designated poling place in and for
the voting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, Feb
ruary 8th, 1917
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town of Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(3eal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
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