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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

crisis was man of destiny, Kerensky is
that man.
A week before the revolution broke out
his name was scarcely known in Petro-
grad. Four days after the city had ridden
the red tides of revolution his name was
on every tongue.
Kerensky is the infant Gf not fenfGnt
terrible) of the Cabinet, for he is barely
thirty-fve He was born in Simbirsk,
where his father was principal of the local
high school He studied law in Petrograd
and became assistant to a commissioner
Of oaths there. At school he was noted
for his ready speech and his fervid ora
tory. When he began his law practice he
Immediately allied himself with the Labor
party, and often defended his colleagues
when the old reactionary government
clapped them into prison for the slightest
offence.
When the revolution began Kerensky
leaped TO the front He had participated
IN many secret meetings Of the revolu-
tionary workmen held during the last
year, and it was out of these meetings
that the first real organized movement of
the revolution developed. But with the
advent of revolution these scattered bodies
of men who had plotted in the dark
emerged as the now famous Council of
Labor which has been the thorn in the
flesh Of the Provisional Government. Al
though bound to radcalism by virtue of
birth, conviction and association, he
proved himself to be a constructive states
man Of the first rank when dissension
arose in Russia's new-found freedom.
From the moment that the first shot was
fred Kerensky was in the thick Of things.
He has all the Lloyd George sense OF the
dramatic, and he is n great stage manager
for spectacular effect. Among Other
things he did he made himself personally
responsible for the safety Of the royal
family, for Sturmer and for Protopopof.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

Many quotations are found from "Th,
Chicago Daily News" end The Chicaeo
Tribune" The whole is an extensive com.
pendulum of American opinion such as re.
ioices the Teuton mind, and the Chinese
reader must be persuaded before long
that Germany is not admired and loved
anywhere quite as much as she is in the
United States.
Gilbert Reid, who has been jailed for his
pains. had in an April number an article
on Americas Attitude to the War"
The Rev. Gilbert Reid, a person Of no
mean attachments, is known in New York,
where he gave addresses on Peace"
long before the World War. He is an
American missionary to China and was a
director of the international Institute Of
China. On June he was arrested for
seditiously libelling President Wilson, at.
ter being warned by the American Ambas.
sador that he would come into conflict with
the law if he continued to edit newspaper
supported by German funds. His active
work was editing THE Picking Post"
though "The War" also claimed his pen.
Bernard Shaw is a weekly reliance, while
the European correspondence Of "The Chi.
cago Daily News" forms the news service
OF this remarkable Oriental organ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

the defeat, one after the other, of the two
leaders of the Liberal party. 1t is a CO.
incidence that at that time, as now, Dato
succeeded Don Manuel Garcia Prieto, Mar
quis of Alhucemas, who was unable to
save the Liberal Cabinet, abandoned by
Don Alvaro Figuero Torres, Count of
Romanones.
Dato was in power when the war broke
out in Europe. He was the first to pro-
claim Spanish neutrality, and while his
government was considered pro-German
and some members of the Cabinet had I'M
mistakable sympathies for Germany, his
policy was strictly neutral and he resisted
Teutonic influence, which tempted him
with big rewards for Spain in the form
of territory and increase of power if he
only threatened France with an attack
on the southern frontier He succeeded
in managing Spanish affairs fairly well.
Whether he will meet with the same
success at the present time remains to be
seen. The Spanish situation is too COM
plcated ana 1ar more ulllIculI Chai IL was
a year ago. Besides the internal troubles,
the economic and labor questions and the
unrest caused by the high cost of living,
the international situation is becoming
acute. The agitation in favor of entering
the war on the Allies side is increasing
very much. Prominent and proud Span
iards think that unless Spain adopts
strong policy at once she may place her
self in the same position as Greece. Re-
Gently, discussing Spanish neutrality, Ale
iandro Lerroux, one Of the most progress
sive leaders, and strongly pro-Ally in his
sentiments, said that in his opinion Dato
was the only man who would place Spain
resolutely on the side of the Entente
Powers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

Great Britain-the largest single trade union
n the country, with a membership Of over
million men, and while the leaders Of other
powerful unions find their orders fouted, as
! has been the case in recent strikes, the min
crs will do to the full what their president
/ bids them.
His power will grow. Already he has
achieved in the labor world the sign mark
Of popularity and respect-he has ceased to
Re Mr.. Robert" Smile, and has become
Bob" Smillie 10 a million men.
who's Who sums him up in four lines,
merely recording his official labor position
and the fact that he lives at Larkhall, in
Scotland There is no list of achievements to
mis- name, and if he were asked his tavorite
recreation he would certainly reply that he
had never had any time for anything but
work.
He was mining in Lanarkshire as lad
forty years ago, and has lived all his lie IN
Scotland. In 1886 he was appointed secre-
.ary to one of the branches OF the Scottish
Miners Union, and became its president IN
1894, passing on TO the presidency of the
larger body in 1912. In the first year of his
Scottish presidency he organized strike
of Scottish miners that lasted for six weeks,
and although only vice-president OF the
Miners Federation at the time Of the great
coal strike in 1911-12, he was the real leader.
While the lesser leaders talked indiscreetly
he was silent; while they wavered he was
frm. He kept his own COUNSEL; he organ
ized, and beat Mr. Asquith.
His failures in life have been his defeats
as Parliamentary candidate under the ban
ners of the Independent Labor party. Of
,hese there have been seven, ranging from
1904 to 1910. To-day ne could enter Parlla-
gaent without difficulty.
His speeches have not been numerous, but
always concise. He has his facts clear and
oard, and sometimes seems to be carried
away by cold passion when speaking OF the
right Of the workers to fuller enjoyment
Of the results of their labor.
Physically he is the popular picture of
dour Scot. sandy-haired, with shaggy eye
brows that are drawn down when he IS
angry. At that sign of wrath at meeting
you may be prepared for a sinister, cynical
speech, beating down opposition
No picture of his physical exterior, how
ever. gives much idea of the inner being oil
he man. and as such Smillie remains some
thing of a mystery.
Harsh in some of his public doings, he is
genuinely moved almost TO tears by the SUI
ferincs of women and children when their
ren folk are on strike, underpaid, or out OF
work. and in private he is most genial
and kindly man, albeit always on the sur
face the cynic.
But everywhere and at all times those who
meet him feel an immense force of charac-
ter a pent-up driving power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

The financial interests which have loaded
themselves with British and other foreign
war obligations are beside themselves with
delight over the prospect that the American
people can now be induced to assume a great
part of the debt of these European bankrupts
And from "The Milwaukee Free Press"
it quotes at great length sentiments Of
which this is a sample:
Not one OF the neutral states in Europe
and South America approached by President
Wilson with view to securing their diplo-
matte breach with Germany has declared its
intention of following the American move.
On the contrary the foremost neutral powers
Of Europe and America have already taken
pains to advise this country that they con-
slider break with Germany undesirable and
uncalled for on their part.
In the columns of The New York Even
ing Mail" this outpost German vehicle
finds yards of comforting assurances,
laudations of the German army as demo
cratic institution" 1t is only fair to say
that, while issues Of "The War" at hand
are dated as recently as the middle of
April, some Of the American newspaper
editorial matter which it is quoting may
lave been published here before our dec
laration of war, though not all of it was
certainly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Robert Smile

EXX7HY not do what the Russian peo-
w pie have done" This interroga-
ton occurred in England and produced a
mild sensation.
Why? Because the man who uttered that
phrase commands the fullest confidence
and devotion Of a million industrial work
ers, who could, if they would, paralyze
the national mechanism Of the British
Kingdom at his order. His name is Robert
Smile. He is the president Of the Miners
Federation Of Great Britain. To more
than million men his word is law, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Eduardo u. Iradier

EDUARDO DATO TRADER, the new
II Premier of Spain, is the recognized
leader of the moderate faction of the Con-
sentative party. He is native OF Co.
runna, siXty-one years old, and one of the
most prominent lawyers in Spain. In that
capacity he was best known until about
ten years ago, although he had been elect
ed to Parliament to represent some of the
provinces.
He came into prominence as a states
man and politician at the time of the ex-
ccution of Ferrer, the noted anarchist and
reformer Don Antonio Maura, the Pre-
mier at that time, was the author of the
execution, which was the elimination Of
Q policy Of persecution, reaction and ultra
conservative tendencies. Although Maura
was the head of the Conservative party,
his policy was not approved by a good
many members of his own party, who be-
lieved it opposed to modern ideas and was
injurious to the progress of Spain. Dato
was placed at the head Of the opposition
and repudiated the policy that ultimately
caused Maura's downfall-in fact, his poll
teal death.
Since that time the Conservative party
has been split and the majority of its men,
bers have followed Dato's leadership. In
that capacity he was called by King Alfonso
to organize a Cabinet in 1918, following
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

DROM out of China issues a strident
r Teutonic voice, or rather an echo,
which repeats the soothing phrases
of American periodicals of pro-German
leanings, when it is not garbling the words
of American pacifsts and critics and MAX
ing all do service in the Orient as German
propaganda. -
This voice is 1.-The War;" daily news
paper, published in Shanghai in the Eng
lish language. The recent arrest in CHINA
of Gilbert Reid, the American associate
editor, for uttering libels against the
United States gives this Shanghai organ
additional interest. China is now in the
throes of internal dissension, fostered in
part by German intrigue among the Chi
nese reactionaries.
Thus, curiously, our own familiar news
papers Of a not too patriotic stripe are
made to do triple service, once at home,
once in Germany, where quotations from
them are eagerly read by the enemy for
comfort, and once in China, where, thus
remotely, they stimulate the Teutonlc
cause. Observe the indicated tone Of the
article in the adjoining illustration.
1.-The War" quotes with great gusto arti-
cles from "The Chicago Examiner" of this
sentiment:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

his influence is steadily growing over the
entire labor class Of his country.
"The London Daily Mail" writes Of him
as follows:
The importance Of Mr. Smillies utterances
''es in the character Of the man himself lie
is the most powerful labor leader in the
United Kingdom to-day. Other men have the
shadow Of power the ability to pass resolu-
tons and 20 issue orders through trade
Unions. Mr.. Smile has the substance. lie
can command the devotion Of his followers.
He Is trusted. His word IL Law. In their
opinion he has never lod them astray. He is
us president Of the MinerE' Federation Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
"Name Unknown"

OMEWHERE in France Too delicate he thought as though m'
y
in before that azed
Yet, onea Engands
and the
English sky He wondered he wondered how
Sinks IN the hea ana stays He! Then other
there, Unknown him, public places
Part of the spirit marveIousy fair
In London strees,f of and boys
And
With friends nights Of
thoughtful
Al Chrtm when filed
we M ~" the
l0uc"ins 20 sou ~ ~ with bundles munchns
F0'''
' Dc " ~ 'e' "N inc
By daylight the running With @ a b ia sndorand its
Z
All this back-in binding LIE O'"''ue' '' ~
~ Across which q far faint bell was
calling
said - ~ ~ 0 ' Andla amp it, and dusk "as
nidnight falling
wind wacr toward the hmt
thcu SO light left the grain unronoed ~
one
OF But spread abroad ire i"
sweetened "
DUSK
Forum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Elihu Root

ELIHU ROOT, one of the outstanding
IL figures Of contemporary American
history, has arrived in Petrograd on a mis-
sion of democracy 10 New Russia. The
choice by President Wilson of so noted a
conservative on such an errand to pro
visional government made up Of Work
mems and Soldiers delegates is made less
remarkable by knowledge Of his distin-
gushed achievements as a diplomat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Alexander Kerensky
Bv ISAAC +. MARCOSSON

Mr.. Marcosson, the lgeII-kno,0n Ameri-
can journalist, acas among the first to
reach Petrograd after the outbreak Of the
revolution There he met II. Kere''sky,
zone Of the men lCho made the revolution"
and the man Who has noC been appointed
Minister of Var, and ,orote the fOllOloing
sketch of him for "The London Daily
Mail"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

ndemnities" policy. This policy was for
mulated by the Council Of Workmen and
Soldiers, Of which Tscheidze is president.
"The Daily Chronicle" writer proceeds as
follows:
NJ Tschedze, in appearance, is our owr
John Burns in duodecimo. He challenges
the whole world by the carriage of his
head. He squares up to mankind, in genera.
He wears the same full mustache and
clipped beard as the old Lion Of Tower Hill.
And he affects a double-breasted, blue serge
coat. turn-down collar and bow tie.
Nature has done badly by him in the matter
Of inches, but his soul is as pugilistic as
you could wish He is rather Jewish in
features, with an almost disconcerting di-
rectness Of eye. His eyelids tend to draw
back while he is devouring you with his stare.
All his movements are quick and vigorous.
and so also is his speech. There were times
in our conversation when | thought he would
never stop. While we talked together in one
of the apartments of his worSmans fiat in
the next room his very beautiful daughter,
who had opened the door to me, sang an old
Russian love song, picking at the strings Of
a balalaika. 1t was an odd experience, COM
ing out of a sleigh and a snowstorm, to hear
NJ Tscheidze discussing the most modern
economic theories to a subdued obbligato o.
that eternal desire of the heart for tender
ness which is like to survive all systems OF
government.
After courtesies this brisk little gentle
man, sitting sideways on an upright chair,
with both hands clasped on the back of it,
announced that while with all the will in the
world he would answer any question about
Russian Socialism which ! cared to put to
him, he would first of all be greatly obliged
if / would allow him to address a few ques-
tions TO me on a matter Of very first rate i'm
portance.
Some Important Questions
His questions did not at that time seem
TO me of very first rate Importance. | now
realize how important they were-nay, how
important they are still. Indeed, the future
OF our relations with democratic Russia may
turn upon the answers which Britain makes
by her policy to these questions Of ~.
Tscheidze.
Briefly his questions come to this: Is it
not true that the war has destroyed English
Liberalism? Is it not a fact that we have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

rgresbc incident not regards the war but raher only
regards the future relations between two great peoples who had
no cause to quarrel and whose historic mutual amiy Ia,
uselessy been interrupted.
The approaching debace OF our enemies Is written Ia
every message that comes from their countries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
The Approaching Debacle.

There is perhaps no suer sign Of the Imminent 'u'
Of the Enente.Powe than the mass OF scary Reuter-
reports re things German and The revival OF the aocy press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17


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Douglas Island news., 1917-02-16
RETIRED FOR TWO MONTHS

John Anderson is not hard Co please and what he does he does cheer fully. Only last Saturday John smiled when be paid SEQ iu Mag.s- trate Brie's court for being "d and d and on Sunday when arrested for giving whisky Co Indians. be marched Co Che Iau In high glce. Monday he was arraigned before q. $. Commits sioner Henson and when the charge was read Go him. he admitted hts guilt and asked that he be given .m- prisonmeut not Goo long a term but enough Co hold him until che t.sh- Ing season opens iu che gay and glad- some sprinEtimc. When his honor said thc fatelul words "tvo months John said thank you Hc was hummiug something as he was tak- eu back Co jail which sounded like
 "This is Che way ] long have
 sought
 And mourued because
 found it not
 He is serving out thc prescribed time in che Federal jal at Juneau
Douglas Island news., 1917-02-16
RICHARDSON
 IS BOOSTING
Head of Alaska Road Commission Still Has Hope for that Cas-
 tineau Bridge

Yesterdays issue of the Juneau Dispatch contained the following which is cheering to people on both sides of the Channel:
 Col W. P. Richardson, chairman Of the Alaska Road Commission, yes tcrday wired Harry J. Fisher, pres idcnt Of the Juneau Commercial Club, that he would endeavor to have the item of the proposed bridge to span the channel between Douglas and Juneau, incorporated in the appro- priation bill. before final passage, by the senate committee.
 Douglas and Juneau bodies re- gently telegraphed the Colonel, who is now at Washington, soliciting his aid in having the present congress make the appropriation for the bridge, and 1t was in response to sajd wires that the Colone's gratify- ing answer came yesterday. It read:
 Harry J. Fisher, Juneau, Alaska: Express my thanks to Juneau Com mcrcial Club, also F. E. Smith and Douglas Island Club for telegrams tenth instant Will do all possible Co have item in reference to channel bridge restored by senate committee. "
 The bin carrying annual appro- priatious for bridges and other im- provements when under discussion in the house of representatives re- gently failed Co carry with the channel bridge appropriation therein. lts elimination by the lower house actuated the citizens of the channel towns in importuning Colonel Rich ardson Co have the appropriation in- cludcd in the bin as it will pass the upper house.
Douglas Island news., 1917-02-16
NEW TRIAL IS
 DENIED KRAUSE
Will be Sentenced Tomorrow Morn ing for Murder of Captain
 James Plunkett

Tomorrow morning at co o'clock Edward Rrausc. convicted of mur- dcriug Captain James Puukett a former Juneau steamboat man. will be sentenced by District Judge Rob ert ". Jennings. new trial having been denied Che prisoner The yer diet of The jury was not qualified and Che laws oC Alaska provide che death penalty for murder iu Che first degree.
 Krause is already under sentences aEErcEauug 5S years for crimes ot which he has been convicted 1s fol- lows. Forgery, 2o years. traudu- lent use of Che mails. convicted on five counts. five years for each. % years: Kidnapping. 70 years. and im- personatiuE an officer years These sentences are Co run cousecu- tively-not coucurrcutly and when one expires another begins iu che order iu which they were imposed.
 McNcus Island pcuiteut.ary u the state oI Washington. win bc the future home of Erause provided che sentence passed upon him tomorrow morning does not Include che death penalty At any rate. his future seems Co be pretty we'll arranged for him
Douglas Island news., 1917-02-16
PROMINENT IN
 YUKON AFFAIRS
Men from Interior Visit Douglas While Steamer Princess Sophia
 Is in Port

Four pioneer residents Of Yukon none of whom have been there less than IS years. were callers at the News office Wednesday while the steamer Princess Sophia, on which they were passengers from Vancou- yer Co Skagway, was discharginG freight at Treadwell The party was composed Of J. P. Whitney who, pre- vious to twenty years ago was a resident of Juneau; Chas. H. John ston. a Whitehorse hotel man; George Wilson, postmaster at whitehorse, and D. c. Campbell, master ship builder for the White Pass Com lany.
 J. P. Whitney, for many years head of the firm of Whitney & Ped lar now with the larger firm of Taylor, Drury, Pedlar < O.. io one of the pioneer quartz miners and promoters of the interior Hc iq principal owner Of the Copper HLg mine and it was for the purpose of purchasing machinery for the oper- ation Of that property that his re- cent visit to the outside was made. He expects to operate extensively as soon as the new machinery is in- stalled.
 Chas. II. Johnston has been out side on a sad mission. A month ago his partner in business at White horse, Lieutenant Edward A. Dixon of the Yukon Volunteers, accompan- jed by his wife. was crossing a street in Vancouver, B. C., on the eve of his departure with his troops for England when they were both run down by an automobile. Mrs. Dixon was almost instantly killed and the lieutenant was badly cut and several bones were broken besides being rem dcred unconscious for IS hours. In answer to a telegram, Mir Johnston hurried Co Vancouver from White horse and accompanied the remains of Mrs. Dixon to California where they were buried, her husband hover ing between life and death in a Van couver hospital at the same time. He is now out of danger.
 While he was absent from Yukon Mir. Johnston was placed in nomina- ton for the Yukon council, the cleo ton for which takes place in March.
 Postmaster Wilson spent six weeks with his family in Vancouver where his daughter and two sons are with their mother, the children being in school.
 Mir. Campbell had been on a visit to relatives in Medicine Hat, AL berta.
Douglas Island news., 1917-02-16
NOMINEES FOR
 LEGISLATURE
Democrats and Republicans Both Name Candidates to Succeed
 Late John G. Held

For the election of a representa- tive Co the Territorial legislature Co nu the vacancy caused by Che death of the late John c. Held, which elcc- ton win take place three weeks from next Tuesday. March 6, thcrc have been two candidates placed in nom nation. Isaac Sowerby Democrat and John Rcck, Republican, both of Juneau
 Mir. Sowcrby is an oldtime resi- dent of Alaska and has been in the insurance business for several years and is wcllkuown as a careful con scryative and honest business man. He Is close student of affairs and has always taken a deep interest in the development Of the Territory
 John Reck, the Republican caudi- date. Is also an oldtimcr in Alaska. For a long time he was manager of the Fryc-Bruhn meat company ot Juneau where he has served repeat edly os mayor of the city. At present he is president of the Hrst National Bank of Juneau and Is wellknowu as a business man, safe. sane and popu- lar. He was placed in nomination for member of the first Territorial legislature and was defeated by only a few votes.