The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-06-14
CONTAGIOUS TROUBLES.

| tain discomfort or Testlessness which
people of Fairbanks 1t seems to be
| due to some terrestrial disturbance
| or to some ethereal or aerial Conta-
| gion that is causing people gener-
! ally to want to find trouble
| The first evidence of this general
| unrest was when the war in Europe
broke out, and since that time there
! has been one continual series of
! troubles arising almost everywhere.
! Perhaps some astrologer will say
| that it is due to the way that the
stars have been conducting them
| selves, while some supersttious peo-
| Pile, who believe that all our &C.
tons are regulated by the moon,
will say that things will return to
normal when the moon changes at
some future time.
! One of the last persons to be
moved by this strange influence, it
seems. was President Wilson, when
! he suddenly determined to make the
MeXicans come to terms of peace,
and at almost the same time took
it into his head to talk to Germany
as though he meant war. Then
! Secretary Bryan became victim of
the same influence, and resigned
| his office.
| over in Europe this desire to get
into trouble seems to be felt by
almost all the people, and it has
drawn nearly all nations into war,
At first it was believed that war
would be confined to the Germans
and Austrians on the one side and
the British, Russians, French, Ser
| VANS and Montenegrins on the other
| side. Then Portugal began to feel
the fighting fever and tried to get
! mixed into the big fight, but made
no real Roadway. Later the people
of Portugal started revolution,
which seems to be in the air still.
The Japanese took off their coats
| and wanted to wipe Germany off
the map, but after some fighting
on the Pacific, subsidized. This was
| followed by the desire of Italy to
mix in the war, and at first it was
not certain which side of the big
conflict Italy would join, though it
San,11oI 70 "a of
that country would not be satisfied
| without war. At last war was de
| clared against Austria and Italy is
as busy as the rest of the nations
in Europe, trying to reduce the popu-
lation of that part Of the world
In the meantime, Turkey became
restless and joined hands with the
Teutons in the general mixup in
Europe.
Even the little country Of Albania
which is only a vestpocket edition
of country, had to have a revolu
ton and overthrow the government
that existed there. 1t seems now
that some Of the remaining Balkan
states will take a hand before peace
is restored.
One of the latest political disturb
ances was the threatened war be-
tween China and Japan, but the
bigger nation, which is the weakest
decided that it did not want to
fight. and the trouble was overcome.
Whether the same influences caus-
ed the serious earthquakes of re-
cent times in Italy and the eruption
Of Mt. Lassen in California, is hard
to say, but there seemed to be
peculiar relationship between ma
lures disturbances and those of hui
mainly.
In summing up all these unusual
occurrences. it might be well to in
that have been experienced in the
States within the last few months,
and the slides that have occurred
in the Panama canal. But the COM
plete list of all the troubles Of hui
mainly for the last few months
would fill a book, and it would not
be possible to present it here.
However, We find that even here
in Fairbanks there seems to have
been a certain amount of social I'M
rest and trouble. Local politicians
have been at war, and more trou-
BILE between them is threatened.
There has been severe criticism
heaped upon federal, territorial and
city officials of late, and the city
election and the school election had
their disagreeable features. More
recently there has been trouble con-
corning the schools, and this has
made enemies of people who were
formerly friends.
However, The Citizen is not pes
simistic, and it believes that all
these disagreeable things will have
beneficial reaction. The wise men
of centuries have asserted that one
extreme always follows another, and
if this be true. everyone is due to
have prosperity and the world will
have peace, probably disarmament
of all the nations. The silver lin