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-I'M iimi'll in I i I 111 MI I-I M III III I M H 1 : i 1 H'H '
:: Comment on Bryan's Resignation: |
i; Generally Uphold President Wilson ??
?t-i-ri' i-i-i-i-i-t'T'i i"i -i-i f i i r-i-t-r't-fi
Strengthen# Cabinet
New York Sun.-?In almost any oth
er circumstances the country would
have rejoiced to hear that Mr. Bryan
had given up a place for which his
fantastic unfitness has long been but
too apparent. He has chosen to make
his leaving as unpleasant as his stay
ing. Though Mr. Bryan's resignation
strengthens the cabinet, it will be long
before Americans forgive the man who
sulked and ran away when honor and
patriotism should havo kept him at
his post.
Sorry Service To Country
New York World.?Mr. Bryan's res
ignation at this time and in these cir
cumstances is a sorry service to his
country. In his letter to the Presi
dent, the Secretary of State declares
that "to remain a member of the Cab- j
inet would be as unfair to you as it
would be to the cause which is near
est my heart?namely the prevention
of war.
We cannot believe that this cause
is nearer to William J. Bryan's heart
than it is to Woodrow Wilson's heart:
but even if It were Mr. Bryan has
done the one thing in his power most
likely to bring about war between the
United States and Germany.
Bryan Devoted To Ideals
New York Times.?Mr. Bryan has
done well in resigning. It is perhaps
the wisest act of his political career.
Differing inconceivably with the Pres
ident In respect to the form and sub
stance of the reply to Germany's note.
Mr. Bryan finds himself also in irre
concilable differences with the vast
i"l"f i l t fm-rrr. . i fi-iT
majority of his countrymen. It was
out of the question that he should con
tinue to be Secretary* of State.
In forcing an issue with Mr. Bryan
and compelling tho latter to offer his
resignation as Secretary of State,
President Wilson has performed a high
public service. He has sacrificed per
sonal comfort to patriotic duty.
To Mr. Bryan's credit is must bo
said that his devotion to his personal
Ideals overcame his eagerness to re
main in public office. If he mcaont
to live up to his professions a rupture
between him and the President over
the Lusitania correspondence was in
evitable.
The trouble with Mr. Bryan is that
he has failed to realize that there arc
things worse than war. He would
have arbitrated the outlawry of the
seas and the wanton murder of Amer
ican men. women and children. It is
impossible to arbitrate with a Cap
tain KIdd or a Jack the Ripper. It
has been Mr. Bryan's dream to serve
through President Wilson's adminis
tration as Secretary of State without
going ?to war. The important thing
that will cause a great feeling of re
lief. mingled, of course, with a feeling
of concern, throughout the country to
day is that the President has stood
up firmly, strongly, courageously for
those principles for which the gov
ernment has always contended* The
nation is behind him like a wall.
Unfitted For Statecraft
Seattle Post Intelligencer? Wil
liam Jennings Bryan's retirement
from the Cabinet, unimportant in its
self, la weighted with deepest Import
by the circumstances attending It.
With "stand by the president" tho slo
gan to which tho country promptly at
tunes itself In any crisis affecting the
nation, the Secretary of State, a paci
ficist temporarily bereft of reason and
lost to sense of patriotic duty, breaks
with tho President. A statesman
would have resigned before tho Issue
was made. The episode must nec
essarily appear to Germany as ovl
dcnce of a divided country.
Mr. Bryan?and tho Post Intelli
gencer speaks with the respect duo
to a conscientious, high-minded, Chris
tian gentleman?Is unfitted for state
craft and has been only a misplaced
figurehead from the beginning. His
usefulness lies In other directions. On
Incomplete analysis of tho Jarring In
cident, the manner of his going Is
the least becoming act of his unprofit
able career In diplomacy. In every
other aspect Woodrow Wilson, tho ad
ministration and the country are the
beneficiaries of that act.
People With President
Seattle Times.? The break has
come: Bryan quits, the issue is made.
It may in some quarters be Interpret
ed as forecasting a divided country
on the German question. This is tho
one unfortunate phase of the first
Btagos of the Incident.
But Mr. Bryan cannot reconcile hiB
views with those of the President. It
is commendable, then, that the break
come now. The regretful feature is
that it did not como sooner.
The American people arc for the
President to the man. They will back
him at all events and at hny sacrifice
to the end that the lofty policy touch
ing international law and tho rights
of neutrals under it bo upheld.
Was Good Secretary of State
Seattle Sun.?Whatever the actual
cause of Secretary of Stato William
Jennings Bryan's resignation, it is to
be deeply regretted Just at this time.
This action Is sure to have a marked
Influence on the negotiations ponding
between tho United States and Ger
many. While the press reports in
sist that President Wilson's premier
'is leaving the Cabinet on tho most
friendly terms with his chief, it will
be impossible to make the world out
Blde believe it. especially the particu
lar nation with whom wo are now hav
ing a controversy. It will naturally bo
looked upon abroad as evidence that
there is division of sentiment nmong
our people on the proper course to
pursue in the premises.
But, entirely aside from the ques
tion of what other nations may think,
Mr. Bryan's resignation from the Cab
inet is exceedingly regrettable. In
spite ot the disgusting vituperation
which lias been heaped upon him and
the effort to belittle and embarrass
him which has beon indulged in by
a narrow minded and blindly partisan
press, the fact remains that Mr. Bry
an has made a good Secretary of State
and that. too. in the face of more per
plexing problems than have arisen in
a single administration since the Civil
War. That he is a man of remark
able ability cannot be honestly denied
even by his bitterest political ene
mies; that he has been a veritable
tower of strength to the President dur
ing the troubulous years of his incum
bency is equally evident to all fair
minded people.
In spite of this unexpected split
in his Cabinet, we wish to urge every
loyal citizen to give the President
his most unswerving support. Disa
gree as we may among ourselves,
when there is a controversy between
our own country and any -foreign
country it behooves us to stand now
squarely behind our national spokes
man, who. in this instance, arc the
President and his Cabinet.
Wilson Is Gainer
Portland Oregonian.? Mr. Bryan's
resignation as Secretary of State is
in event of momentous Importance in
Its relation both to the foreign affairs
md the domostic policies of the Unit- '
;d States. In both connections it is
in event of such gravity that with
iifficulty can the one be dismissed
Yom the mind while considering the '
ither.
The effect ot Mr. Bryan's resigna- 1
ion on Internal politics iB only slight
y less important than its affects on
tur foreign policy. 1
Mr. Wilson may havo lost the Bry
tn strength, but he has won immcas- i
irably greater strength among that
fast body of Americans, tied only
oosely to any party, which values the
lational honor and the national safe- '
y abode all else.
Praise For Bryan and Wilson
Portland Journal.?.Mr. Bryan Is
rent In his retirement. He parted s
rith his chief on a supreme Issue. 1
'he point of difference Is not a party ^
uestion, but a world question. If ^
Is view Is so fixed that he could not ^
ssent to his chief's view, it is to Mr. S
iryan's credit that he places his con
clence above tho premiership in the
abinct of tho United States.
Mr. Bryan's retirement will not P
hake the confidence of the country C
i President Wilson and his adminis- P
?atlon. The constructing powers and S
ir-reaching vision of the chief exc- N
ative are universally confessed, and B
le confidence of tho country will fol- C
tw him almost implicitly in the B
aursc he has chosen in his negotia
ons with Berlin.
People Trust Bryan More
Los Angeles Tribune.?News of the P
jtirement of William J. Bryan from N
le President's Cabinet will bo recelv- C
i by. the sober-thinking, peace-loving K
merican people with profound'regret. B
[r. Bryan's genuine devotion to tho Si
tuse of International peace was not B
> be assailed. The sincerity of his B
tterest in tho welfare of the great
asses was unquestionable.
Baryan entered with honor and dis
nction the Cabinet of one whom ho CI
ade President of tho United States. D
e leaves It now with honor unlm- B
;ached and distinction unsullied. It N
not that the people love and trust CI
'ilson less, but that they love and W
ust Bryan more. St
Bryan Has Turned Maverick PI
Log Angeles Times.? Mr. Bryan
is turned maverick and broken out
tho administration's corral. No
ud expressions of grief are heard in
ly quarter. The Secretary's resig- di
tion seems to have been accepted ye
the President with considerable sti
omptitude; and the country so far
heard from, is resigned to it.
President Wilson is to bo congrat
ulated upon this breach In his Cabi
net. Secretary Brynn was the weak
est man in his line, and now he can
strengthen it.
It Is said that Bryan will now de
vote himself to the grape-Juice brand
of politics. If so, Othello's occupation
has not gono, but has come. Ho hns
hit upon a Job for which ho is exact
ly suited. Ho is likely to bocome a
candidate for' tho Democratic Presi
dential nomination against Mr. Wil
son. it is said?and no friend of pros
perity will worry about that. "
Tho President's attitude toward
Germany is right: ho could not have
boon and cannot bo less firm or more
yielding while maintaining the pres
tige of this great nation. He is as
much a paclfcist as Mr. Bryan, but
has more sense and better blood,
Prosit.
Has Followed His Conscience
San Francisco Examiner.?Bryan in
ills letter of resignation, flatly names
as its cause the tone of tho note to
Germany. He declares himself to be
animated above all things by a desire
for peace and even his detractors will
not question the sincereity of the de
votion.
He ascribes to the rreswent a like
devotion, but questions his method on
attaining It. and refuses to bo a party
to that method.
Many who have boon little In ac
cord with Mr. Bryan will spare that
doubt and applaud the devotion to
principle that has led hinj to cut
clear from a policy which ho Justly
approhondB may end in war. For it
is a matter of devotion to that prin
cipal, that duty to which Mr. Wilson
so frequently refers, that Mr. Bryan
has acted in this matter.
"He has followed his conscience and
his convictions. Believing as he docs
in universal peace, ho refuses to iden
tify himself with a policy that may
involve this country in the calamity
which has overwhelmed Europe.
MACHINE MEN
ARE INDEMAND
While a few of the copper proper
ties are idle, there is still steady de
velopment of many other mines in
the Ketchikan district and it has
been there has been a scarcity of ma
chine men for several weeks, accord
ing to Robert Graham, a Ketchikan
businessman. Mr. Graham declares
the oporators have been short-handed,
as enough expert drillers could not be
shcured.
Mr. Granam says tnat tno u ran ay
smelter people are doing much for
the district. They are working about
40 men in the Hadley mine, and about
30 men at the It mine, Kasaan Bay.
The Mt. Andrew mine is being reop
ened by Superintendent Rogers. H.
R. Plato is in charge of the examina
tion of .several properties in the Port
land Canal section, where there is un
usual activity among mining men, he
says.
The Sulzer mine is not being oper
ated but work will be resumed short
ly.
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BIQ LEAGUE BASEBALL.
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YESTERDAY'S SCORES
Northwestern League
At Seattle?Aberdeen, 10; Seattle, 3.
At Spokane?Ta'coma, 5; Spokane, 4.
At Victoria?Vancouver, 12; Victoria,
4.
American League
At Now York?New York, 12?5; St.
Louis 7?4.
At Boston?Boston, 4; Clevelan, 1. ?
At Philadelphia?Detroit, 2; Philadel
phia, 1.
At Washington?Chicago, 8;-Washing
ton, 2.
National League
\t Pittsburgh?Philadelphia, 4; Pitts
burgh, 1.
\t Cincinnati ? Cincinnati, 5; New i
York, 5. Gamo called in the 10th j
inning, owing to darkness. i
It St. Louis?Brooklyn, 2; St. Louis, 1
1. ;
U Chicago ? Chicago-Boston game (
game postponed; rain. :
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Federal League. (
Co Federal League games scheduled. I
(
Northwestern League t
Won Lost Pet.
ipoknne . 27 20 .574 c
'acoma 27 21 .563 (
Ictoria .- 24 23 .511 c
rancouvcr 24 25 ?.490 i
.berdeen 24 26 .480 c
-eattle 19 30 .388 p
National League.
Won Lost Pctg.
hiladclphia 25 17 .595
Chicago ? 23 19 .548 A
Ittsburgh 20 21 .488 fi
t. I.ouis 21 22 |488 P
ew York 21 23 .477 ti
oston 20 22 .476 b
inclnnatl 18 ? 20 .474 p
rooklyn 17 22 .436
M
Federal League s
Won Lost Pctg. li
ittsburgh 24 21 .533 d
cwark ! : 27 24 .529 p
hicago 24 22 ,522 a
ansas City 24 22 .522
rooklyn 24 23 .511
L Louis 22 22 .500
uffalo 18 24 .429
altimoro 19 20 .122 tl
p]
American League tl
Won Lost Pctg. r<
hicago 29 17 .G30 ir
etroit 30 19 .612 E
oston 22 17 .564
cw York 21 21 .500 JI
levoland 20 22 .476
'ashington 17 22 .<35
. Louis 17 27 .386
lilndelphia 17 28 .378 fi:
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NASH LEAVES HOSPITAL 1;
??!?? ar
A. D. Nash, the mining man, was b(
scharged from St . Ann's hospital vc
aterday. He is regaining his
reugth rapidly.
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Empire ads v/ors an the time. "? ir
FIRST DIVISION
TO HAVE $30,000
FOR ROAD WORK
?
The Alaska board of road commis
sioners have -tentatively alloted $30,
000 for expenditure on roads in South
eastern Alaska this year. This will
include $5,000 for the portage road
across Prince of Wales Island, $4,000
for tho Stickino trail, near Wrangell,
funds for tho construction of a board
walk from Petersburg to Scow Bay,
funds for a bridge at Mcndenhall, a
bridge across the Skagwny river and
for other purposes, including road
work in tho vicinity of Sitka, the
Hines-Porcupino road, and roads in
tho vicinity of Juneuu and Douglas.
These appropriations have no con
nection with tho $11,000 appropriat
ed by the Legislature from the re
ceipts of the National forests.
The plans of the road commission
ers for Southeastern Alaska are set
forth in a letter from Col. W. P.
Richardson, president of the board of
road commissioners, to Senator
Charles A. Sulzer. The letter fol
lows:
"Honorable Chas. A. Sulzcrf
Sulzer, Alaska,
Dear Senator Sulzer:
'Referring to our conference at Ket
chikan and in the same connection to
the Memorial introduced by you in the
Territorial Senate, respecting certain
work in Southeastern Aluska and re
questing tho Alaska Road Commission
to expend $50,000 in the First Divis
ion, I have now to advise you that
our Board has mndc a tentative al
lotment of $30,000.00 to take care of
the projects mentioned in your me
morial. This embraces an allotment
of $5,000 for tho Portage Road, which
tho Board believes to bo sufficient to
put it in shnpe; and $4,000 for the
Stickine trail near Wrangell, provides
for the construction of a walk instead
of a wagon road from Petersburg to
Scow Bay; takes care of tho bridge
across Mendenhall river and embrac
es the extension and improvement of
tho Government road near Sitka; pro
vidwes also for the construction of a
bridge across the Skagway river at
Skagway, and for the proper mainten
ance of the Haines;Porcupine road
and the roads in the vicinity of Ju
neau and Douglas. This distribution
of the fund is contingent upon the
application, as proposed by your com
mittee, of the entire amount of the
Forest Reserve fund for the construc
tion of the road from Charcoal Point
to Ketchikan, and it is believed that
the amount will make a very satis
factory showing for the season upon
the various projects mentioned. Am
sending a copy of this to Mr. Heck
man at Ketchikan and Mr. Shoup at
Sitka.
"\V. P. RICHARDSON".
"Colonel of Infantry."
NO BRISTOL BAY
RADIO STATIONS NOW
In a letter referring to the House
Joint Memorial No. 12 proposed by O.
P. Hubbard. Secretary Josephus Dan
iels writes to the office of the Terri
torial Secretary that the Installation
of the Bristol Bay stations requested
in the memorial would seriously delay
tho completion and equipment of the
system of naval radio stations de
signed for tho purpose of national de
fense. It is believed that for the pres
ent no diversion of funds can be con
sidered.
The letter adds: "The Department
would be glnd, however, to supply the
needs of the community in the vicin- j
ity of Bristol bay by erecting suitable ?
radio stations should, the necessary ?
appropriations bo forthcoming.'
ALASKA-GASTINEAU CO.
SUES ALASKA-TREADWELL
Two suits havo been filed by the
Alaska-Gastineau Mining company
against tho Alaska-Treadwell Com
pany one to recover possession of a
Small tract of land approximately 22
by 6G feet located on tho Homestead
J Lode claim and adjoining the post
affice at Thane, together with dam
igcs to the extent of $500 which it Is
daiined was done to tho property in
lucstion. The Alaska Gastineau com
iany claims that it was "wrongfully
lusted and ejected' by the Troadweli
:ompany.
The second suit, n case in equity, f.
lontcsts the right of the Treadwcll r
lompany to locate lode and mlllsitc I;
dairas on the property alleged to be ?
dentical with the Homestead No. 3 |
laim located by the Gastineau com
any. ?
ANNEX CREEK ACCIDENT
Sam Roth well was brought in from
mnex creek yesterday afternoon suf
aring from a sever cut on the foot.
Lothell was chopping some hoavy
Imber and liis axe slipped, cutting n
ad gash across the instep. He is at
resent in St. Ann's hospital.
Pat Mooney is also at the hospital
?1th a badly poisoned hand as tho*ro
ult of a large splinter. Infection set
l almost immediately and present in
tentions are that developments may "
rovo serious. Dd. P. J. Malionc lit ?
ttending both patients. | ?
DANCE BIG SUCCESS
W. D. Gross' big ten-cent danco in **
io Rink Saturday night was a com- ??
lete success, a largo crowd enjoying X
le event. The dances will be givori 4
jgularly. There will be a grand ball
i Elks| Hall Thursday evening, the
Iks having the affair in hand. sv
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JNEAUITES LOCATE ti<
WATER POWER SITE
Notice of water location has been
led by Charles Goldstein, P. B. Hy
>r, A. D. Nash, and-J. T. Welch for
OOO cubic feet each in Grindstone :lf:
id Rhine creeks. The water is to
: used to generate power for the do- ka
dopment of claims in the Taku groujr> tIi:
The Empire will make advertising
ntracto subject to proof of largest Cu
?culatlon of any newspaper In Alaska. Ini
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238 MAIN STREET JCNEAO, ALASKA |
IenamelwareI
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| Only a limited quantity at these prices |
1 Our stock of Aluminum and Graniteware %
t is the most complete in the city. Also Chinaware
t for the Home or Hotel S
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IC. W. YOUNG COMPANY
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i When ordering BEER
insist on RAINIER PALE j?
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t Second Hand furniture that looks like New at Second Hand Prices }!
I WE BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE. GENERAL REPAIRWORK \\ 5
! ALASKA FURNITURE COMPANY |?
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Scandinavian Grocery phone an. opp.otydock ?
SOLE AGENTS FOR PEERLESS CEMENT BRICKS 1 a
Wholesale and Retail Groceries, Rshing Gear and Supplies *!
Ladies' and Gent's Furnishing Goods j tc
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Groceries and I
Men's Goods |
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Alaska-Gastinean fining Co. J?;
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| SUMMER GOODS |
Waist Underwear combinations?Night Gowns R
I; Just Arrived?Long silk gloves, all colors, $1.25 pr. \>
$20.00 Balmacaan Tweed Raincoats, $17.50. ' <?
|| MRS. BERRY'S STORE ||
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Let Me Run Your Sewing Machine i:
:: FOR VA OF A CENT PER HOUR
Apply to G. E. MOTOR, Care of
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i ; Everything in the line of Wines, Liquors, Cigars;;
^ JUNEAU LIQUOR CO.,Inc. |
! 'The Family Liquor Store"-Phone 94-Free Delivery !
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Distributors of High Glass, Double ;;!!
I!** Stamp Whiskey, Wines and Cordials ;;!!
Olympia and Rainier Beer ::J
ii;; 95 front street telephone no. 210
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CHOICE FRESH GROCERIES
? FOR FAMILY TRADE =
PHONE 385 J. M. GIOVANETTI Prompt Service
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rheidelberg liquor Go.-, I
INCORPORATED ~ [
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Largest Stock Best Brands ot ] J
Imported and Domestic Liquors ,,
and Wines for Family Use. <?
Free Concert Every Evening 7 Till 12 ?
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Free Delivery. Mail Orders a Specialty. Telcphono 386 A
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Beer 10c
a Glass
Louvre Bar
Freo Moving Picture Shows Every
Afternoon and Evening
WILLIAM SCRIBNER, Mngr.
FINE POULTRY ?r,CE If
Full lino freeh and cured meats-Government Inspected. Try our Wild Roso Lard
Frye-Bruhn Market ArU,s'JZZtZr'
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Juneau Transfer Go. [j
;I; PHONE 48 v J
WE ALWAYS HAVE ** '
GOOD COAL |
Moving Carefully Done
STORAGE
:: To and From All Boat* u
37 FRONT STREET j
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OCCIDENTAL
HOTEL
AND ANNEX
Rates?75c to $2.50 Per Day
Weekly Rates on Request
Phone 11
?H-H I H H-M'H-Ml M'H M-l 1-4;
A. Benson Si
Stand at Wilta' Grocery Store *j"
Ph.nen A-9 or 3-8-6 j.
ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED *j
l-l'M 'M I MM I M-M-l
bitched whenever a left-handed
tctaer goes to the mound in opposi
ng
HARRY BRANDT LEAVES.
Harry Brandt, general passenger
ent for the Pacific Coast Steam
ip Co., left Saturday on the Spo
no and will continue to Seattle on
it vessel.
MINK SETS and Furs of all kinds,
rlos and baskets at reduced prices,
julre at Wills Store. 5-12-1m
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IK. D. Mac Lean
Carpet Layer and Upholsterer. |
Carpets Cleaned, Refitted and N
Laid; Furniture Packed
for Shipment.
138 Front St. Phone 285 fl
< I Baggage and General Hauling ?
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TelepHonei: Office 258; Bern 226 <>
An "ad" In Tho Emplro reaches ev
erybody.
Watches, Diamonds
Jewelry, Silverware
I.J. Miarick^
Jeweler and
Optician
Peerless Concert Hall
Wines, Liquors
f and Cigars ?
CLas. Cragg - - Proprietor

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