Valdez daily prospector., 1917-10-24

where would they be fighting hand to hand for their own way; TO one would be safe, no ones property, home or family would be secure from attack by those who were so misguid- ed as to mistake license for liberty.
 'The law recently passed by the congress of the United States requir- ing every male inhabitant between the ages of 21 and 3 to register is a law of the very highest importance for the preservation of our nation. Some of you as foreigners have sought an asylum in the United States during the past three years. safe from the wars which have devastated and des- troyed your native countries. During all this time you were free to leave this land and return to the country of your birth. You have chosen. how ever, to live under the protection of the laws of this country and now in it's time of national peril. you must obey the laws of this land. in order that it may continue to he able to afford refuge and asylum for all the oppressed people of the world. and to assist in driving oppression and military despotism from off the earth.
 Ut is the boast of the United States that it's laws are just and humane and not harsh nor oppressive. It is true our laws are not perfect, but that is because you and all of us are i'm perfect. When We become better our selves. we will have a better govern ment and better laws However hu- mane our laws are, it must not be thought for an instant that they are weak, because they are not. but they are very strong and firm and at this time, above all others, it must be constantly and seriously kept in mind tha liberty can only be preserved by self-sacrifce and devotion to law. or der and justice.
 ''lt may be that nearly all of you have violated this law in not regist- ering through ignorance or indiffer- ence. thinking that it did rot affect you. In this, however. you are great ly mistaken. No man can any long CT evade the responsibilities which the irresistible march of events has thrown upon us all
 ''In view of the fact that your fail ure to obey this law was probably due to ignorance or carelessness and in view of the further fact that the law further provides that you shall be registered. anyhow. l am going to impose very light or nominal sen tence upon you. but I want to impress upon you most earnestly that disobed- fence of the laws of the United States will in the future be nose severely punished and repressed. As I stated before men have different. political views and convictions. but the United States is now in this war and it is too late to talk or discuss the matter of whether it is right or not. If ma jority of the people of the United States were opposed to the war. of course. we would not be in it. but we are in it.. and every dollar of wealth in this great country and ev- cry weight of energy will be put forth by the greatest democracy the world has ever known. and dislOyalty at home cannot be tolerated for an in stant.
 "I therefore urge you most earn estly to strengthen your hearts and minds. with a firm determination to assume the obligations and responsi- bilities that this worlds struggle has brought home to us all"
 Just before noon the grand jury returned not a true bill, in the case of the U. s. vs. Carl Lind. bound ov- CT from Anchorage on the charge of assault with intent to commit rob bery. The defendant was released from custody and his bond exonerat- ed by order of the Court. Court ad- journed until 10 a. m., Oct. 26.