The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-09-30

Today IS the day to buy those bonds; It you can't pay cash, don't let that deter you Make your appropriation; take out as many bonds as it will cover, and then pay for them out of that appropriation each month when the payments fall due. You can do it. Take your courage in one fist and your cash in the other and buckle on load of Liberty bonds today, before you change you mind.
 BULGARIA READY TO QUIT?
 Is Bulgaria ready to throw up the sponge and get out of the war game for good? It would seem so and time alone can tell how much the peace overtures which have been made in Macedonia will really amount to- The French commander-in-chief reports that the Bulgarian foreign minister has asked that a meeting be arranged to perfect plans for an armistice and eventual peace. The French commander denied the request, refusing to halt the successful operations of the allied troops. He said, however, that he would re- ceive duly qualified representatives of the Bulgarians and hear what they had to say Berlin does its best to cover up Bulgaria's action by saying that the foreign minister acted without the sanction of either the other cabinet members or the king. We strongly suspect that the sanction that the Bulgarians did not get was that of the imperial govern nent at Berlin, and that would be heart breaking to the kaiser.
 As events disclose themselves in Europe it will be possible to judge just how sincere the peace move on the part of Bulgaria will prove to be. It is certain that the Bulgarians are getting sadly whipped at present, and it wouldn't take much of this sort of treatment to throw them out of the scale against the allies. They are good deal like the Turks for their enthusiasm has been waning for some time
 Time will tell also how the allied nations will receive any proposals from Bulgaria. It IS sure that Bulgaria will not dictate the terms of peace, for she is now in no posi- tion to do anything but ask for mercy.
 Every day things look more and more favorable for the allies. Every day come en- couraging reports from the western front Peace may not come soon, but it looks more promising than at any time since the war be- gan. And when it does come it will come suddenly. Germany will be ready to quit just as it looks as if Bulgaria were ready to quit at the present time.
 LIBERIA is offering the other cheek to her enemies with vengeance! The negro republic is officially at war with Germany, and Monrovia, the capital, has had its wire less apparatus destroyed, but the government will not take defensive measures by the erec- tion of Notifications. It prefers to rely upon international law and The Hague convention which exempts unfortifed ports from bom- bardment! It is certainly refreshing to find that such confidence and trustfuness still exist somewhere in the world, in spite of all that has happened since the beginning of the war. One wonders if Liberia has really read the newspapers.
 A PLAN is on foot to combine all the allied flags with the Stars and Stripes, making one standard for Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and the United States. The wonder is how, under the "work or fight" law, people have the temerity to waste their time on such projects. Germany's sad experience in the matter of interfering with the affairs of other nations does not seem to have taught the flag peddlers anything worth while.
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 MIR. WICKERSHAM in his recent lecture said he did not blame the attorneys of the N. C., the White Pass and the Guggenheims for opposing governmental railroad, because that is what they were employed for; that if he had been their attorney he'd have done the same thing That looks to us like bid for the job. Also like a threat to the electorate that unless retained continuously in the employ of the people he will join hands with the despised Interests" Query: But would they have him?