prevailing jingoism in many American papers to sense the rising aggression among United States citizens. For example, the New York Sun published an editorial in 1897, shortly after news of the Klondike find circulated and after confirmation that the gold lay on the Canadian side of the boundary. The editors decried Canadian royalties levied on Klondike gold claiming that such action was an organized plundering of American miners, exacerbated by the support of a European monarchy. The editorial went on to propose annexation of Canada arguing that "it is as manifest as destiny that when the United States really wants Canada, Canada will belong to the United States." Despite the best efforts of Henry Woodside and the support of William Ogilvie, Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, the Department of the Interior did not stray from its original position on the compensation question. P.G. Keyes, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, wrote to Woodside in July 1901, explaining that "no departure can be made from the decision already arrived at in connection with this matter. "In an earlier reply to a letter from Commissioner Ogilvie, Keyes stated explicitly his reasons why no variance from the original ruling was possible and why compensation was impossible: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th March last, File 2348, submitting an application for four placer mining claims in compensation for the loss alleged to have been sustained by him owing to his not having received sufficient benefit from the