The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-22
RELATIONS WITH CANADA.
zrsJTwoNT TAKEN BIZ THE SELEoT
coMMITTBE OF THE SENATE

I.rsrdins the Military Situation Gen
Mile. GIves Facts of Startling Interest
A to EnGIand's strength aAd Our Weak.
,sss on The Paoiac CoRst-The Complaint
n-.,,,t Canadian Roads-Ars the Sesl
r,h.ries Really Worth PressrvinGs
WARRINGTON, July 21.-Mr. Hoar offered
...outlon In tho Senate to-day which was ro-
,srrsd 20 the COMMITTEES on Contingent E1-
p.nses. authorizing the Select Committee on
R.lations with Canada to continue its Invests
cations during the coming recess and the next
ssssion. The testimony already taken by the
COMMITTEES covers all the points OF vital Interest
A 10 the relation between the United states
and the dependencies OF Great Britain In
North America. The first witness examined
vns Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in command on the
Pacific coast His testimony Is valuable con-
tributon to tho military situation, and one
massage OF II. at least. will be read with start
ling interest By all Americans. Gen. miles.
commenting upon the deienceless condition OF
tbe Uuited States upon our Northwestern
border. said:
II viii state what is we'll known In regard
10 Canada. believe that the railway system
~ British Columbia could be occupied by
American troops in ten days: In other words
that the principal part OF British Columbia
oould 30 occupied by American troops-not,
however, through Victoria That 10 on the
island OF Vancouver. occupied ty British
forces a place where tho British Government
has expended millions In building dry docks
and navy yards, and has made some surveys
for Notifications They have there at this
time q feet OF war ships under the COM
nHnd Of q British Admiral. / think IL Is
fair to say, what every Intelligent man
must know. that during that ten days
the British fleet could destroy every
town and city on Puget Sound destroy our
railroad system there. and occupy our outlets
for that Northwestern country. They could
also send ships up the Columbia River and de-
stroy the city of Portland and that railway sys-
TEN. There is not o gun or an earthwork on
Puget Sound. nor a single artillery soldier.
There are few obsolete guns ut the mouth OF
the Columbia, at Fort Candy; but that Is not
now occupied by troops. That is the condition
Of affairs north Of the harbor OF San Francisco.
South OF the harbor OF San francisco there Is
not gun in position round Of ammunition,
nor single artillery soldier to defend the har-
and san Pedro. the terminus Of one Of the rail-
roads, and from those poiL Is small force could
destroy the railway system In southern Cali
The testimony contains an account OF the
British fertilization at hs9uimault, where It Is
tilGe6cies in Behring Sea-, 4 great number
Of IS discus IN al Its Fsla ems P bae
have been subsidized By Gre2, Britain IN CON
And which constitutes a continuous subsidized
line from China 10 Liverpool over the Can adian
1"ca TaS ssneTpH 1o POLICY na sSs
The United states railroads is discussed by
hs friends and oPpo99Pnhs Of that system
continental Railroad system set forth at length
their complaint at the competition OF the cana.
see w5e6 s made naf * the
great many different remedies for the evils OF
s SSe sS oM oss to 3%eresa raxss
MANAGERS maintain that the canadian Pacific
tho@ 10 saEeSst hat tse ons and mort
haul and tho pooling sections OF the Interstate
Commerce law should be repealed. The advo-
their cases al length.
a. Some very curious information t. given as to
q Tho hshermen engaged IN the food fishing on
the North Atlantic coast insist that the seals
ere very destructive OF food fish. and that 1t
would be benefit 10 the country when they
9hall all disappear. There is abundant cyl
dence 10 show that seals are destroyed in the
Of the ssaSon.whic6 ought TO be regarded as
close, And even when seals are IN breeding sea
son; The testimony contains duii lnt1rmSt ion
Wooen mapufacturinGindustry on the Pacific
coast and along the Northwestern border The |
tic and Pacific coast are not set forth. Ono Of |
the fishermen Of the northwestern coast said |
i REQUIRES over forty million pounds Of food |
may become, necessary on that coast to get rid
ot the seals In order to preserve the food fish
for mankind. Some OF the fishermen predict |
that. with the existing methods Il hunting the
seals, there will not be any seaD In Behrlng
Boa In i've years time.
The testimony contains a vast deal OF de-
Lallea in ormaton as TO the resources OF the
new Northwest The advocates OF commercial
pnon; OF reciprocity of free raw material.
have been permitted to state their views at
length. The complaints OF the New England
yiSSnd IN CANADA nG are eOS detailed There eS
haustive information as to tho material and
political condition OF Canada. There is com:
Pee information as 70 the vessel fisheries OF
nnshermen under the several treaties with
Great Britain are considered. The ubject Of
annexation OF which SO much has been said.
DISADVANTAGES which 1t IS assumed
ESSd oop pssqs from sxna nio9 Of the
well as Americana The COMMITTEES itself
makes makes NO abatement upon this subject nor
gee II communicate any conclusion OF any
cone luslons. as has already heen stated. are
ttseSeryed Tor Subsequent period, after addi-
Honal testimony shall have been taken.
greet deal OF Information about tho Dominion
o. Canada from official Canadian and other
s S,Sa which Is hardly to DO found In any
Esndlf tho prosent excl! H race aSestSn In
Canada between tho French and English
fpe'STking portion Of the Dominion is explained.
andt he polit ph yslea al and materiai relations
q the Dominion Of Canada are contained In
NO appendix and throughout the testimony.