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Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18
An Object Lesson ~ to "FOreig n
IAVAsson.

An ODJect Lesson - To 'FOrelg
IhVaston."
Every once in a while some ad
V0cate OF large standing army for
this country starts up and warns
us OF the awful danger that we may
become involved in a war with one
or more great powers OF Europe
and may wake up some morning
to find an invading army Of half a
million men marching westward
from our coasts.
We shall not hear from this gen.
tleman or any oi his kind again
until the object lesson of Great
Britain's South African invasion
has passed from the public mind,
Great Britain can and does control
at least three tourths OF the large
steamships in the whole world.
She has put a great many of the m
into service for South Africa. Yet
see how slowly she gets even the
small army she is raising to the
field of action. Suppose that s. c
or any other power had to land an
army Of even $4,000 men all at
one time on these hostile shores
how could il be done7
It is safe to say that no power on
earth could get a feet ready for
any sort oi invasion Of this country
under two years. For men alone
at least 400 great steamships each
as large as the Majestic would be
required. Each would have to be
armed, and also there would have
to be at least 100 more ships for
supplies, guns. horses. ammuni-
ton, &C., &c. Then think what a
mighty convoy OF ships of war
would be needed And finally
think, what would America, with
her shipyards and manufactures
her millions of men able to bear
arms on sea and land, be doing
while all these preparations were
making on the other side of tbs
Atlantic4
Behind our great ocean moat.
we are impregnabIe. How Europ,
must laugh at any policy adYo
Gated IN this country that tends t
weaken that matchlesS and unas
sailable strength
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

Story OF rHR GERMAN EMPRKss -
DR.. Won Holleben, the German Ambas.
sador to the United States, who arrived
by Trave last week. told to a party Of
Intimate friends a story regarding the
domestic wisdom and tact OF the German
impress, Of which the following IS the
substance;
DR. Won Holleben was invited I'd
family dinner in Das Neue Palace,
in Potsdam, at which Count Philip Won
Eulenburg, who is spoken OF as the next
Imperial Chancellor was also a guest
While the hsh course was being partaken
OF Count Won Eulenburg got a bone In
his throat. His face suddenly assumed
the color OF a lobster, and he broke out
in an uncomfortable cough aud gag. Il
looked as n he would choke to death
then and there.
The Kaiser ordered the servants to
conduct the Count TO the sofa in the
dining room and call the imperial phys-
clan. During the wait the Count was IN
terrible torture and the worst was feared.
Suddenly the Kaiserin, casting aside
all royal red tape, left her seat at the
table, and, walking over 10 the Count,
thrust her index finger clear into the
throat OF the sufferer. The Count
coughed violently, which caused the
release OF the fish bone.
Her majesty interrupted the outburss
OF proiuse thanks OF the Count by saying
"I thought at once Il was a hsh bOue.
NY experience with the children taught
me what 20 do under the circumstances. ="
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

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Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

The story OF the burning Of
the Hamburg-American steamer
Patria might be called the story Of
a fortunate disaster. For the up
permosr fact is that she burned
where all could be taken of safely,
and not in mid ocean, where there
would have been loss of life, with
attendant horrors that those who
60 down to the sea in ships do not
care to think about even in fancc.
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18
ouest,Ons Congress w,Il Decide.

4 Ah~ kAN0b AAOMGF o1h0aN@ACo
have now undertaken to dictate the
Governments foreign policy.
Their representatives in both
Houses Of Congress will be full OF
work during the coming winter to
carry through their programmes.
The strings which pull them will
be visible to the audience, and the
cTeaking OF the Administration
machine will be plainly heard. The
opponents OF imperialism, with its
costly and unnecessary wars,
should ask Congress to vote on a
few simple questions, yea or nay.
For example, on resolution like
this:
Resolved, That the Ninth Arti-
Gle Of the treaty with Spain eas-
pressly reserves to Congress the
decision OF the question whether
the inhabitants oi the Philippine
Islands shall live under their own
sovereignty or the sovereignty OF
the United States.
Another resolution might read
like this:
Resolved, That the United States
will not enter upon colonial sYs-
TEN fashioned like that Of Great
Britain or otherwise, because such
a policy would compel departure
from the vital republican doctrine
Of self government
Then it would be desirable to
ask Congress for vote upon the
desirabilitY OF adding ten millions
OF Malays to our body polite. This
could be done by such resolution
as this:
Resolved, That the peace and
welfare Of the United States would
be endangered by the addition oi
ten millions of Malays as citizens.
This would naturally be followed
by some declaration on the subject
OF annexation. This would read
well on the subject:
Resolved, Thatthe United States
cannot safely acquire territory in
habited by ten millions OF people
who are never to be trusted with a
share of political power, for the
reason that this country cannot be
an absolute despotism in portion
OF its dominion and safely and
permanently republican in other
portions.
No doubt many minds are now
busily at work ia this direction.
It has been usual at all times for
Congress to make general declar-
ations OF policy when occasions
like the present have arisen They |
should not be declarations for
party. They should express the
opinion of Congress as representa-
tive OF the republic. 1t is not
probable that the maj jority OF eth .r
House, when confronted with the
will vote to annex ten |
millions Of outlaws who are never
to become American citizens, or
that they will vote to add ten mil
lions Of MalaYs to the voting pop
OF this country. Congress
alone can decide the question OF
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18
BEGINNING OF THE WAR.

Merritt commanded his troops to Wig
orouslY enforce his order. A Filipino
lieutenant. who had just helped capture
Manila for the Americans, carelessly
strolled across the line and was instantly
shot and killed by a squad OF the First
Nebraska Regiment, without challenge
or paIley. His comrades returned the
fire and the war was begun. The treaty
was at once ratified IN the American
Senate. Is it ;rue that this war was
unavoidable by US?
Agulnaldo at once sent an officer to
say to the American commander that he
was grieved and shocked at the exchange
OF shots bstween friends; that it was
deDlorable and wholly accids ntal, and
he asked that truce be declared, that
proper explanations might be made and
peace at once restored. To these rep
reservations of Gen. Torres, Gen. Otis
sternly replied that the fighting having
begun. must go on to the grim end, So
says our Gen. {. McReeve. on duty in
Manila. And here follow the official
proofs
Feb. 4, 1899
Firing upon the Filipinos and the
killing Of one Of them by the Americans,
leading to return fire. major General
E. 5 Otis. Report up to April 8, 1899 }
Feb 4, 1899
The chief insurgent leaders did not
wish to open hostilities at that time.
Major General E. S. Otis Report up
to April 8. 1890
Feb 9, 1899
Aguinaldo now applies for a cessation
OF hostilities and conference; have de
clined to answer Major General E. S
OTIS. Report)
Can 1t with any truth be said that I
war thus begun by US and thus persisted
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18


alternative was left US except Ignomini.
GUS retreatf
ARRAI0NING THE PRESIDENT,
The Presidents aPologists forget in the
report to explain the Presidents haRrant
and repeated violations Of law in his
efforts to bring on war. In his PIttsburR
speech he said: Until the treaty was
ratified, we had no authority beyond
Manila city. bay and harbor." But on
January last more than a month before
the treaty was ratified either by the
Spanish or American government, he
ordered Gen. Miller TO lombard and
capture the city of Iloilo, 800 miles south
of Manila; and two DAYS later he de-
clared war against the FiliplnOs in the
following amazing proclamation:
The military government heretofore
maintained by the United States ia the
city, harboT and bay Of Manila is TO be
extended with all possible dispatch 20
the whole of the ceded territory
This was many weeks before any terri
tory whatever was cededl Did this
make war unavoidable by us2
Gas to the general intellectual capac.
Ities OF the FIlipinos, the commission is
disposed to rate them high j" And yet
this commission finds that the Filipinos
are not capable of self government.
The four gentlemen forget, or perhaps
have never learned, one OF the most
important facts in political dynamics,
namely, that any people, even the
weakest and most ignorant, can govern
themselves better than any other people
can possibly govern them, and that any
people are entitled TO self government
who are willing to lay down their lives
for it. They 60 on to express the con.
viction that the archipelago would be
reduced to a state OF anarchy il the
FllIpinos were permitted to govern
themselves, quite ignoring the fact that
for hundreds OfyeaTs they have governed
themselves with one hand and fought Of
Spain with the other; and ignoring also
the equally obvious factthat peace and
order prevail today everywhere IN the
Philippine Islands except where the
American tTooos are.
II we have not treated exhaustiyelY
this latest7apologY for the criminal
aggression" In the lands OF the Filipinos.
it is because we cannot venture 70
trespass further upon valuable space and
not at all because the report does not
sorely need further illumination.
William Birney
J. B. Henderson
!. S. Fowler
Charles II. Turner
Charles James
Patrick O'Farrell
Franklin II. Mackey
P. T. Moran
Rosa Downing
Henry SpOHord
Louis Schade
w. A. Croffut
Committee of the Anti Imperialist
League. of Washington. D. C
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

not been seen before there is not a
particle OF testimony to prove this
statement. For during this entire time
Aguinaldo was issuing proclamations
attestinR his love and admiration for the
Americans, his confidence in their
purposes, and the gratitude of bis people
for their Intervention. One OF these
manifestoes says:
Compatriots: Divine Providence is
about to place independence within our
reach The Americans, not from merce-
nary motives, but for the sake of
humanity, and the lamentations of so
many prosecuted people, have consid.
cred il opportune to extend their pro.
tecting mantle to our beloved country
Rather blow your brains out than fire a
shot or treat as enemies those who are
your liberatorsl
GEN. WHITTIER's TESTIMONY.
Moreover, our Gen Whittier testified
before the Paris commission:
With every justification to the savage
mind for the most brutal revenge, 1 have
AGdAA VI lO AubAdDGG VI AUAkuAEF LluInEAH
or brutality since we have been in the
country, have nSver seen a drunken
Filipino.
The United States Consul at Manila,
Oscar F. Williams, wrote on June IS,
1898:
While the Spaaiards cruelty aud
ba barously slaughter Filipinos taken in
arms, and often non combatants, women,
and children, the insurgent victors,
following American example, spare life,
protect the helpless. and nurse, iced,
and care for SpaniaI ds taken prisoners
and Tor Spanish wounded as kindly as
they rare for the wounded fallen from
their own ranks. Are these the people
who were going to loot Manlla9
The Presidents four commissioners
say that Aguinaldo excited everybody
by claiming independence," and that
"deplorable as war is, the one in which
we are now engaged was unavoidable
bv us We we're attacked by a bold,
adventurous, and enthusiastic army.
No alternative was left us except igno
minious retreat" Let US see whether
these statements are true. The war was
begun on the 4th OF February. 1899
Gen. Merritt had sent word to Agmnaldo,
commanding him not to let any OF his
troops come into Manila-which AguIn-
aldo's army had virtually captured.
Aguinaldo sorrowfullv complied with
the order. Merritt then commanded
him to withdraw all his troops beyond a
certain line, which he designated.
Agulnaldo was astounded at this. but he
again reluctantly complied. The ratif-
cation of the treaty hung fire in the
American Senate. 1t was necessary that
something should be done to fire the
American heart"
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

Committee of the Anti Imperialis
League, of Washington, D. c.
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

In by US was unavoidable. and that NO
alternative was left US except Ignomini-
GUS retreatf
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

Advertisements to insure insertion
sho Il be handed in not later than IA
O':lock noon on Thursday.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15

Of the Young trout and other table fish,
which abound both in fresh and salt
water. Many Of the trout streams flow
down the sleep defles Of the surrounding
mountains and are somewhat difficult to
ascend, but 10 the true sportsman the GER
tlintv Of his efforts being rewarded BY a
good string of tish will act as an incentive
and spur him 900 in his climb. Alaska IS
noted for It's tine fish, shell and sale, IN
fresh and salt water, and one need not 20
further than the bly to enjoy the sport in
season. ShumpS grow to an unusually
large size in the bay, and experience has
taught I at the crabs caught here have the
sweetest meat OF any shell fish on the
coast. Halibut, weighing from eighty TO
$50 rounds, are common in every Skagway
market. while tomcod and founders abound
in such quantities that they are readily
caught from any one Of the four wharveS.
Some OF the tOmcod grow IS large oS
Young salmon. while the average sized
tomeoi on the Sound ranges from SIX to
seven inches. Salmon, OF course, are also
very plentiful in season, and last year the
inletS were 50 crowded with the ascending
salmon that thousands Were pushed into
the shadows along the banks and left At
the mercy OF small boys, white and In
dian, armed with spears. In the early
summer the waters in the vicinity OF
Moore's do,l> are fairly alive with schools
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15
ROD AND GUN CLUB.

The disciples Of Nimroi and lzaak Wal
ton never had a better field Of operation
than that offered m the waters, hills. for
est and valleys OF Alaska contiguous 10
and within a small and large area Of Skag-
way. In fast. there never was a better op-
portunity than the present for the organ
ization Of a rod and gun club. This has
already been talked Of among few OF the
true sportsmen Of the city, but no definite
action has as yet been attempted. Two Of
,hese, Messrs. J. B. Walker and c. E.
White, returning from a mountain stream
across the bay with a string OF ffty-four
speckled brook trout, have revived the in
,erest in the matter Of uniting the sports
men. and il NAV be that a movement to
that end will be put on foot in a few days.
II should be started with as little DELAY IS
POSSIBLE and laws passed for the protection
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15

IN THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION
Frs COURT in and for the District Of
Alaska, at Dyea and Skagwav.
In the matter Of the estate
OF Frank P. Refs, deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given bv the under
Signd, administrator Of the estate OF Frank
p. Refs, deceased, to the creditors and all
persons having claims against said deteas-
ei, TO exhibit them with the necessary
vouche ; within six months after the pub
lcation Of this notice, at the office Of
Price * Stevens, the same being the place
for the transaction Of the business Of said
estate, in the citv Of Skagway, District Of
Alaska.
Dated this 3Ist day Of March, A. d. 1890.
ADAM REFS,
Administrator.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15
NOTICE To TnE PUBLIC.

The public is hereby notified that no
debts are TO bc contracted for or charg-
ed TO the DAILY ALASKAN without a
written order from the proprietor.
Charles Ford dc succa is the only
authorized collector for bills covering
advertisements and job work and our
patrons are hereby notified that
all such must be paid to him only.
GEORGE W. DE SUCCA.
Proprietor.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15

Of young fish driving through the water in
theireffort to escape the vOracity Of the larg'
er fish. Just now there is a great demand
for mountain trout, and beside the great
sport in landing this g,mev fish, there is
profit in 1t as well, so let the anglers or
ganize and start out
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15

For Sale-Thoroughlv trained huSke
dogs; picked animals; very large. Apply
Bennett Lake & Klondike Nav, Co., Lake
Bennett. 1904
Call ana try the SC lunches at the CreS-
cent Restaurant on Bond street, near Bran
nick hotel Largest hot cakes served in
Skagwly. I-2-u
Cooking utensils for mines and road
houses at Aliens.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-09
THE GLASS OF FASHION.

Jet Is again much in favor among spring trimmings When used on decol- lete waists. it is framed in white tulle'
 A new spiral is rather long at the back and without seams. It falls Tn sin. uous clinging folds over detached foundation.
 The newest kind of chiffon is plaited in many directions and has a curious moire effect In dull black it IS one of the ,oftest and prettiest of mourning materials.
 The plain. tight sleeve is coming in' but the modistes are hesitating to leave off the becoming little caps which have been such an addition to the sleeves for some time.
 Thcro are indications that the plain or simply rolled collar will reign ln the immediate future, and lace and chliion e,r, and frills will be abolished from thu nape of the neck
 Kid cloth is the name of new fabric which looks not unlike the surface Of a suede glove. It adapts itself admirably Co tho lines oi Che figure, an important rcouisite now. and is newer even than sutiu cloth
 Fine imported challics are more ar u,dc in design and coloring than eyel b.lorc and promise to rival toulard gowns. Like tho new oreandies' they show either very small or extremely large floral designs.
 The difficulty in making an old gowr into a fashionable one is chiefly in tho length of th, skirt, and one way t' overcome this is Co add a deep yoke oi velvet. silk or lace over silk. whichever is most suitable for Che material
 The ribbon makers me showing wha
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-09
STAGE eLlNTs.

It is now rumored that Charles Wyndham, the distinguished English comedian. will soon be knighted.
 Minnie Palmer is the latest vaude- vile recruit. Her debut will be made in one of Proctor 2 houses in New York.
 Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou arc the two principal historical personages in Mir. Edward Roses new play "ln Days of old.
 Adam and Eve" was the title of an operetta recently given in Vienna. Marie Halton was the representative Of the first woman.
 Preparations are being made at Paris for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Racine's death which falls on April %.
 Ada Gray of East Lynne fame and Charles r. Tingay, her husband have returned from England after two years tour of Geeat Britain.
 The n lnagei of a London music ball announces that any ono who purchase n ticket for the performance may have his or her teeth extracted for nothing
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-09
R.lJ K Iufmln Bros. new lnnountement.

RelJ Klutmlu B,os. new announcement. George l.. Rite and wife left tor seattle Sund,v night on the Llmli1.
 M-,. r. C.. Lawrence. who hl, been>it< nra month with rueumouil, has fully re- covered
 Wagon umter for N. L Hene,, of ,h- Pl,,h, Contrast O.. rme up on Che LlJrltI.
 Mr> ML Tayl,-, ,be no,elNeerer |" Can,1n C,N. Is u town tui stopping '' th- slm.,h.
 luke Seh.b-eI- held ,ou-t m Dyei SumIlv. and hnci Alfred Perry S-' io' smuggling Vh.>Nev
 The ,,ems- lu-il brought up l}oo feet af umter from Everett. Wash, 'or the Pl,lh. Con,u,t Co.,
 The m,r> meeting SmJtv, Wh.th w'> .oriu,,eI tv Mss Mte. DieV mi Ms. Io.-v. v.vl> t ,,eat >u,,e,>
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 Is. G-bm. ,b- uJ.r,' tu.>her. -e- .r.,ei a I-.- l,,r-,m,nt oi spring ml ,amm- god, oath. ru'.".
 Hemm Hol2lrl MS busy los, week gnuu, -.i,-I from so1ov aoonst' ,5.o-,. Hs wished ,-,,-. rn' oui iouni no ,1,ors
 rt, -errt-i tb.t N hHu G. Pn.e Nu >r5u begin th- r-e,uan o- D handsome lNe.Ius o1 his H,..v street T.orerv west ct Nlu -.e-,
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The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-09

they can do this spring, for their prod ucts have never been lovelier Embroid- cred and painted ribbons are the latest wrinkle. and the shirred ribbons make very stylish trimmings for gowns Of thin cotton material. New York Sun.