The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-09
COY. HANNA HOME
FROM EUROPE
Says This State Must Do Some
thing with Our Coal
Supply
USED THRUOUT IN GERMANY
To Consider Plans for Handling
the Product In This
State

Louis b. Hanna, governor of
North Dakota, who went TO Eur
Ope as a member of the Ford
peace expedition returned to Far
go Saturday night.
Governor Hanna, who spent two
weeks in Germany. declared that
country is we'll supplied with food.
He visited several war detention
camps. war prisoners camps, and
war hospitals, and declares those
he saw were clean and we'll MAIN
tanned, with prisoners being we'll
fed. Poland, says Hanna, is more
in need of aid than any other peo-
pie in Europe.
Governor Hanna did not remain
in Fargo. continuing directly to
Bismarck, where his family is.
The governor, since landing, has
been in New York, where he con-
suited with physicians. and in
Chicago, where he attended to
business matters. On arrival here.
Mr.. Hanna said:
am glad to be home. While
away my time has been spent in
Norway, Denmark, Germany and
Holland.
Their viewpoint of the war and
conditions generally is different
than ours.
Each of the so-caIled neutral
countries is trying its best To pre-
serve its neutrality. not an easy
thing to do when surrounded by
war-like neighbors like Germany,
France, England and Russia. Hol-
land has its colonies in the east
Indies, of great value, that she
might lose over night if she were
drawn into the war.
Norway. Sweden and Denmark
each have their reasons for pre-
serving a strict neutrality, and
yet knowing that at any time the,
may become involved. In all of the
neutral countries their armies arc
on a war footing. The increase in
the cost of government in every
country neutral and bclligerent
has been enormous.
AS All example take the country
of Denmark. In times of peace it's
government costs about one hun
drrd and thirty million kruners
per year. Now while Denmark is
not at war with any nation. yet
with her army mubilizrd and with
other expenses caused by he wa;
ii is costing Denmark two hundred
and fifty to three hundred million
kroners per year to maintain her
government. An enormous burden
to he paid by a nation of less than
three millions of people. That
which Is true of Denmark is true
as to the other neutral nations is
true i'm much larger degree in
the belligerent countries. There is
n strong nnd"rcurronL i'm tn" coun
tries visited for peace.
TIL" neutral countries each
seem to feel that they are not big
or strong enough to lead the way
or that the impression might OBJ
tain that il might seem tn favor
one side or the other. They wish
the United States to TAX" he lead.
In Germany he thought seems to
be that amy belligrr"nt country
that might take the lead in Il
peace movement. that such a step
would be taken by he world as an
evidence of weakness on the part
OF the nation making the first pro-
po>al.
Germany is being bInckadcd on
the sea 10y England and of some
things. especially milk, there is a
scarcity. but on the whole Ger
many has plenty of food for all
purposes except for the babies.
Central Eur"p" is open to her
from the North sea to Turkey.
While in Germany ! visited war
hospitals. civilians detention
camps and camps of war prison.
ers. They were we'll taken care
of, clean and plenty of wholesome
food. The prisoners are weighed
each week and he records show
that they have gained in weight.
While in Germany spent two
days in Investigating the coal br;-
quetting industry.
Germany has Ignite coal of the
same character and quality az
ours. They burn Ignite briquet'e
in their railroad engines. in pow
er plants. in hotels. barracks,
prison camps. i'm the private
homes. in fact everywhere.
North Dakota must briquettc
and use her Ignite coal and save
and keep in he state the four mil
lion of dollars that We now send
out annually for eastern coal. 7
shall take this lignit" briqurtting
coal proposition up with Dean
(Cnntinued on mage 81