The Nome daily nugget., 1917-12-06

-111-rT--z-- Scc-:-5-:----- .--t:- material disadvantage which the Amcri-
 can air He?ts might place Germany ur-
 dor if she were unprcpared. Hence,
 the Major deduCcs. even in the field of
 aviation. we aIr Maucht nichts aus!
 The Hoff person may be a prophet
 but thank the Lord, he is no. infllli-
 blc. We admit that he may not be
 far of the mark when he figures that
 we are hardly up to tho standard of
 GeImanys redoubtable warriors. No.
 having lived in a state of humble ser
 vilitv and being a trihe too proud to
 bow our heads at the behest of any
 man. especially when we are ourselves
 the donors of his digniues We are ad-
 mittedly no. partial 10 dicipline. Also
 net having been trained to ignore
 honor and disregard the first princip-
 les of right: We must also admit that in all cases where such virtues are
 required of the warrior we are hardly
 up 70 the German standard. Having been taught that Wanton butchely of innocent Teople and harmless non com-
 batants is an indcfonsihlc crime. we
 cannot expect to emulate the prowcss
 of he German fighter at those mar
 tia pastimes. And we have never been
 ruincd to decimate the enemy by
 ombarding his hospitals or attacking
 his undcfendcd towns and slaughtcring
 their narmed inhabitants.
 In these as well as in other respects where lying and deceit, haseress and shamelessncss are the prime requisites
 Of the soldier, we cannot hope to meas
 urc up to the German fighters. In fact.
 lf we are measured by the qualities
 demanded of the German troops, the
 Major is doubtless right and we are
 probably no better than the poor little lighters of Roumania who lost their capital and most of their country be- cause they depended on German honor when purchasing their artillery only to discover when to late that the would be 'cnlighteners of the world" had fix ed the sights so that they would not work when brought into high attitudes thus effcctlnlly preventing the Eou- manians operating in the mountainous sections along the lower Austrian bor- der and making it practically impossi- ble for them to conduct an effective against Gormanys ally
 But in spite of these failings. the pompous Major should. in our humble opinion. grant us the credit of having thr1shed old England to a stands.ill-- by the way. that GeTmanY's warriors have not been able to do, even after spending nearly forty years in preparation for just such an event The Ma tor should also remember be- fore he proceeds to eliminate Amcri- ca from the war Wi:h a stroke of his pen that no less q supcman than his own Emperor Bill once sneercd at the little British ar1ny"-and has been regretting il every since The Ma j0r forgot too. when eStima ing that he has never run up against simon pure American loaded to the sunnels with righteous wrath at something that it dastamlv and and abhorrent to decent Germany for instance and. therefore. does not really know what q rip roaring. hell whooping bag of cusscdncss he is when his lander is up
 The Major may be right about Amer lea not being able to land a very large army and he may also be right when he asserts that Germany will be able to handle the Americans in their aerial But we are certain of one thing and that is that. whether the force of Americans in France is large or small. whether they arc poor fight CTS or not when measured by German