The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-25
DOUGLAS AND TREADWELL NEWS NOTES

 gave orders for it's demolition. l make you homage also of the princi- pal key to this fortress of depot ism. It is a tribute I owe you, as son of my adopted father, as aide dec to my general, a missionary of liberty to it's patriarch And the historian tells us that Washing ton received the key with reverence as a token of liberty over despot- ism"
 The spirit of liberty, ladies and gentlemen, strengthened, if not born, on the battlefield in your country, has spread it's blessed seed over the and seas. AS missionary, of your great patriarch, Lafayette carried it with him to Europe and, thanks to the genius of immortal France, it has enlightened the Old World No other nation has re- ceived it with heartiner hallelula than our own; no people has kept it's flame alive more religiously than nave our forefathers This, alas, has brought us misfortune. The auto erats and despots surrounding us, the Teutons and the Turks, have rushed upon us and have crucified Serbia, nay more, our whole race, he Jugosalava We have believed the moral and in the political gospel which Washington preached md which he was confirmed by his life, We shall arisea again. The argonauts whom General Pershing commands in Europe will complete he work of liberty
 Bastile Transferred to Vienna
 Destroyed in Paris, the Bastille, as you know, was transferred to Vienna, where Metternich installed himself as the jailer of the nations, and his successors in Vienna and Berlin still hold the key thereof, in ending to imprison within it the whole human race. Associated with he Allied armies, your heroic sons will wrench that key from their hands, bringing it back with them to the United States. That day the glory of Washington will spread it. self over the planet as a glory to mankind.
 When he left the Presidency and withdrew from public life the House )f Representative addressed him these memorable words: For our ,ountry's sake, and for the sake of republican liberty, it is our earnest wish that your example may be the guide of your successors and thus, after being the ornament and safe. guard of the present age, become the patrimony of our descendants" This wish has been fulfilled. His glorius he United States from success to success, because his successors have ievOtedly followed in his footsteps President Wilson as closely as any of his dignified predecessors.
 America at Zeinth of it's Grandeur
 Your beloved land stands at the zeinth of its grandeur, and through no fault of your own you have aroused the envy of selfish, ambi tious and Prussianized Germany. You are of the stature to face that enc my, the more so, as in this gigantic struggle you have with you the frank and honest among nations. Jerusa lem and Mount Vernon greet each other today. Here have stood their representatives of nearly six hun dred millions of people, and others will come Marshal Joffre has bow ed before this tomb. We do so in the name of our venerated, democrat. ic King and his heroic son, in the name of our beloved and martyred fatherland, in the name of our deci. mated, but still unvanquished army hopeful and confident of better future. By this sign and token we shall conquer With gratitude and with reverence we salute the mem ory of Washington!