The Chitina leader., 1911-01-07

the reasonableness of law, but If
that is contested it must be decided
by an impartial authority before the
law goes into effect.
ITO give effect to the decision the
tribunal has formulated a series OF
provisions under which all laws af-
fecting American fishermen are to be
published for two months before they
go into operation, and then, if OBJ
jected to by the United States, are to
be referred to and passed upon by a
mixed commission before they be-
come operative.
''The result of this decision will be
that the American fishermen will no
longer be subjected to the uncon-
trolled exercise of power by their
competitors in the Newfoundland leg
islature.
''There were six other questions
submitted to the tribunal, of which
questions 2. 8, 4, 6 and z, were de-
cided in favor OF the United States.
The remaining question, No. 5, relat
ing to the right of Great Britain to
exclude Americans from the large
bays of the non-treaty coast, is a
question of historical interest which
was much discussed sixty or seventy
years ago, but it is not question OF
much practical Importance, as our
fishermen have made no claims under
it for twenty-odd years past. Upon
that the tribunal appears to have
made compromise on substantially
the terms agreed to in the Chamber
lain-Bayard treaty of 1885,"
1t is a great source of satisfaction
that the two great kindred nations,
speaking the same language, should
have submitted such serious points
of difference to an impartial tribunal.
One could pick out hundreds OF
important events in the past year
that columns could be written about.
To the writer an event that stands
out more prominently than any other
- IF
charge of the United States battle
ship North Dakota.
Not only did his action show per-
feet naval training, but it also showed
that he was a man who could COM
mand men if ever he was in actual
naval warfare.
A naval or army officer of the
present time is really only a unit, or
a cog of machine, also his men I'M
der him, and in carrying out his Or
ders he should remember that even
though he has to sacrifice himself
and his men, he should not hesitate
as long as the point is gained. Or
if he could save two-thirds of his
men by sacrificing the remainder, it
is his duty to do so.
The action of Capt. Albert Gleaves
in flooding the boiler room OF the
North Dakota, when it caught on fire
cannot be too highly commended.
True, he knew that it would be
a tragedy for certain number Oh
men "a few, but he also knew that
every moment he let the fire burn
it jeopardized the lives of nearly a
thousand others; and so three enlist
ed men were drowned. The sacrific-
ing of these three jackies was only
working out law of nature as old
as the human specie. And each OF
the other men under him who faced
death must recognize the debt he
owes to his unfortunate companions
and to the gallant officer in COM
mand, VINO was willing to share any
danger in which he subjected his en-
listed men.
Let us hope that when the Unit
ed States is again at war that all her
officers are the type of Captain
Gleaves, the Kitchener type. The
type that when necessity calls the
person called on is not found want
ing.
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