The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14

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private yards iaci.idc two iroa,lIi
battle ship, two aruIorad crui-ars.
$50 tiIird-cjas, crsi>c.s. l. is,t-lia-s
torpedo boats, two >c;@oiHG torpedo
boats, and two v~c:!citr boats.
EXGLAHD-s oE.D GAME OF D3GsIN-
SE.i-.JE.
Sir John Macdonald anl Sir Charlie
Tuppcr, who aye manipulating Cana
dian affairs nj The ,.at.on OF Premier
Salisbury. are hoping to gain their de
sire! end by Discrimination and dccyl-
t:on.
The Canadian people are berg
rousei, however, to Il sense of the
emergency an! TO All apprcriatiye
recognition Of tie character of TIE
diplomatic game which '.:csc i;-;in-
@ni,haI 'ricH-ter> are playing il o.
dor 10 keep III iowor. ana AT the same
time 20 avoid The necessity 81 mailing
any couccs ior. 50 the Liherdiiarty
in C&Had@. or to tie conditions Of NJ.
Elaine, reciprocity policy il the
United states.
Is liz indication oftac present FL
ing ~pcrvading a not incon-idcrabic
portion of the Canadian press and
people. the Toronto GIgLe said edito-
rally in lis ISSUE of the 9Th inst:
Our Washington correspondent
states tina! the State Department al
! Washington is somewhat surprised iii
Sir John Nacdnnald's conduct in ina
king public his proposal for partial
1 rcripr"-ity before it had been cofn-
mHnicaicd by the British Government
10 Iir. Blaine. The question of HiplD-.
matte etiquette involved may be IN
important one for dipipini>ts: hmf il
i still more important. in our iude-I
mrut. tia; the attention of III" United
States Government IN" called to the ,
gross deceit Ia which il j. bcih" made .
Il uariy bS the Ministers al Ottawa
aud their newspapers. The Canadian
people are told in subsistence Tia; TIC
Government is willing to a@rIH 20 .
modified version OF the treaty OF ISL. .
and are asked 10 ~rc-@i"c, sir John
Macdonald on that understanding. |
BlaiHc's letter to Congressman Baker
i sufficient 10 convince any intelligent
person that he Administration at
Washington VIII not entertain -r,h d
scheme. Nevertheless, the Ministers
and their oI -aii- speak ~ II ti,. kHcw
better than Sir. iilainc."
There are. 40 doubt. many vhovil
be shocked by this imputatioa OF III
territorial deception and systematic
trickery on the part of such di-;in-
%ui~hcd dipiorni>ts. But their L.ia,k
has been penetrated and further lie
fusion is impossible.
Although English history IS most
captivating reading. as written by the
pun%cnt hume and the brilliant Mac-t
aulay. ho!din" the rest Of the world
in Il trance of interest. i; Is evident
that il English statesmen read it they
derive 10 instruction from is perusal.
The severely restrictive policy
adopted Icy the imperial representa-
tivcS in the Dominion Government.
50 iGcoasiateat with ;hc English doe
t::He of free trad aE& @ :u"a,mra.iLi. :
': It'll Canadian i:.tc.e..s, j, in p,rlcc: ,
wifi the earlier short IA "a 8.
which led t o the Independence .
INC original American Coion;o- AID
ne foundation Of the United S,a. :;
1oycrEHncnt.
Tho following is 4 most pertinent ~
nd trcnchan; continent by the Y.ic- :.
gu@l. the organ OF lie Newfoundland.
government, published February
Ia: p
At seems tina: The mi-chicfhas been .
wrought at London. rot III washing "
Canada has no influence with II
lac American Government, not a per- c,
,nnt :, -, %'.rin- :.
iyHard and Sir Charles Tupprf. who -
re IN ''irr' H." i'"".ihion ""Fc'l-
:" l'Ie I'' =
,yrcn The initc5 S.a;cs ami T."
,undIand womb he detrimental 10 "
&c interests OF Canada, and 50 her IL
iaJ,-'' assem- l., "~nha',o- we d" "
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