Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-17


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Tha q. PssI PiOnssv Press rsniDas
snssses osnssally, and sblsssl Wa go
tsuriata rsmoyina to canasA p paFt.s-
a.ss. tlssf ths sxtradiiion treaty Esssnily
nenosinssd with 0rsat Bxitain Dc nos
go rejected bat u ntIil psndinE SO
Z llsi,se 20 b Fatl6sa hy the Heaais -
a. nan ssmion. This VII Be anwsi-
eons news % he AmeEican solony .
aasntrsaI, sss. b ssss q Ne faatszsios
a. ne tsssfy, the exiIsd AmeEissns
um 20 longer Be- joined b kindred
egfdss uhoss pgsssnss VII esrvs = -
iIevs ne nuonotony u thsir.sxils-
Hha huzning disgrace that = has -
luue ben posabls fos Amesisan ssln-
alsss % esoaps punishnent for thezE
crimes b siznply esoasinz ths boundary
IEns and taking up thsif residences =
oanada and fer Canadian swindlsEs %
aafy ne law with equal success b.
eroasina lnto the Uniisd Htatsa I've
nations % enllahtensd and % advanced
Il sivilizatisn e are the Doulinson Of
Canada and he United siaass shoaia
Iona slnes have ooms 70 somplsas an
aerssnndine IN regard 70 ne ezifadi-
ten d fueifiVss from tusties. TIE
hneriosn people osrtainly have 10 D.
sire 70 make thsir eoaBtTy 90 asyium
for Canadian criminals. nor b q - al
likely that housst and conservative
Canadians wslooms New York bank DE-
faalssrs and aboodlsp aldermen with
he sxsssaive warmth which newspaper
hnmorists ere wons 70 attribute 20 them.
me psopIe Of Washington Territory,
from the close rFoximisy Of the Terri
seEy 10 he boundary Line betwssn TIE
natiens. hays had sspsoial eaoss %
lament e. veil a. 70 wondsE 81 the laek
q : debate understanding between ne
asvsrnmsuts ID this importsnt MATES.
Thsrs have been - many instances Of
nssaFioas criminals apparently stalking
o. their debt 70 The Law b. eroseinR
from Washington Territory 70 British
Columbia and ptcs versa that tbs frss
smpulna Of The offender against lhs Law
N elthsF oosniry Il 70 break fer the
hoandaEy Hns. The colony Of dissin-
aulshsd AmsFiean criminals IN Non
tEeal has q promising branch IN the
Iaaass colony In British ColumbIa. En-
cert 60 rara instances. the fugitive FROM
iastiss Who has crossed The boundary
& almost e. safe e. Il be had crossed
aha Gsyx.
Ths prejudice against the psndinR
areasy Is largely due 70 the erroneous
imprsssIsn which ihs public bad formed
regarding e before iia text had been
nsads public. This suppression Il due
laresly 10 NE absurd uktsFanoas ef the
1.ondon papers. When thar learned
thai al extsaditIon treaty was In pro
esas Of negotiation, they Immediately
iumpod 10 the sonclusion thatit was de-
signed entirely for the beneht Of the
British government and for the diseom
fturs Of Erinh-AmsFieAns. They formed
The Impression that after the treaty bad
been ratified the British governments
uOuld BE- entitled 10 demand and re-
ealye any Iriahman Who dWelt on Amer
lean coll and whom Il believed woala
Be safer behind the bars Of an English
pFissn. They made this idea 50 pFom-
lnsat that American public sentiment
was aroused against the treaty. Before
the instrument was fully negotiated, Il
became evident that u would receive an
exceedingly cool reception In Ameriea;
and the more the London press excited
over lee supposed provisions. the more
hostile 10 u Gid American sentiment be
come.
When the treaty was made public u
became evident that the exaliation Of
The London press and the appFeben-
niona 81 The Americas people had alike
been gFounaless. Il is a harmless. sad.
n many respects. an admirable agree
msnG The beaenta which Il esnfsrs
ere not By any means entirely on the
British side. While 10 is not 50 sweep
Ina an exiEadisioa treaty ~ the ciFenn-
stances seemed 10 justify, II would
make the loi Of the defaultsF . less
happy Ona than a. present. u would
prevsna sueh sooundrsls as Emo fsem
living IN shameless opulenes while
bidding defiance aliks 20 the lAW and to
the victims Of their hsAFtless svindlss.
II shoT,, !, would make Canada ~ IN
desirable retreat for fugitives from
American Justice, and the United States
an undesirable retreat for fugitives
from Canadian iasiics.