The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-11
TORIES WANT.A BOOM.
Behring Sea and EsQuinalt Their Text
to Work Upon.
DESPERATE ACTS FOR AN ISSUE.
Canada Too Close to the United States
to be Trusted
DESPERATE ACTS FOR AN ISSUE.
Canada Too Close to the United States
THE NOISY HOUSE OF COMMONS.
What Uncle Sam May do in Case the
Tory Element Force the Issue
---Other News.
to be Trusted.

LONDON, March 10.-The question of
on Vancouver Island, was raised in the
house of commons this afternoon, and
was discussed by several liberal mem
bers, causing a very, lively breeze.
Hardly had this commotion died out
when the Behring sea controversy was
brought before the house by the questions
addressed by Edward Temperley Gour-
ley, the advanced liberal member from
Sunderland, and answered for the gov
ernment by the Right Hon. James Will
liam Lowther, under secretary of the
foreign office. Ronald Craufurd Monro
Ferguson, liberal member from Leith,
led off in the matter of Esquimalt's de-
fenses by asking a series of questions of
the first lord of admiralty. While max
ing interrogatories, Mr.. Ferguson was
interrupted frequently by cries of "Oh,'
"Oh, y ironical laughter, and other noisy
demonstrations of the ministerial ma
jority. The impression left by his in
quiries and by the emphatic, hear, hear,
With which some of them were greeted
from the opposition was that he intended
to say Canada had drifted too far toward
the United States to be trusted to. CO.
operate with, the mother country in case
of trouble with the American govern
ment. This was Hamilton's view of the
matter, and he declined to answer any
except those in reference to the harbor
itself. In the matter of the Behring sea
controversy, it is intimated strongly that
should the American government at
tempt retaliation against Canada, Eng
land will withdraw the arbitration and
meet any issue the United States may
choose to raise with the plain assertion
of the right of English subjects to hunt
seal outside the recognized limit of the
United States jurisdiction. This position
is urged by the tories who are desper-
ate for an issue that will arouse
jingoism and rally the country
to the support of the government.
The tories are playing pretty
bluff game by printing all manner of
bombastic letters, forged perhaps, but
alleged to come from Americans contain
ing menaces against England. There is
reason to believe they have been written
to order, as tories regard the time favor,
able for an anti-Americap demonstration
on account OF the irritation that exists
among numbers of the working people,
who had their wages reduced, or have
been deprived of employment on account
of the Mckinley law. This feeling is
especially strong in the manufacturing,
districts. In naval quarters it is stated
the British squadron in the Pacific. can
be depended upon to do its duty in the
event of any encounter with the Ameri-
cans. On the other hand, from Wash
ington it is well understood that in case
Great Britain declines the proposition
for a renewal of the mOdus vicendi this
government will no doubt send all avail
able vessels to the Behring sea soon
enough, if possible, to control its ap-
proaches and prevent the entrance of all
sealing vessels, American as well as
! Others The vessels available for this
service are Z. The Charleston, the Balti-
/ more and the Ranger, at San Francisco;
/ the Mohican, now on her way to Port
Orchard, with the Nipsic in tow, and the
Yorktown and the Boston, en- route to
San Francisco from Callao. The revenue
cutters Bear Rush and Corwin, now
fitting out at San Francisco for an
1 annual cruise for the Seal Islands, will
i also assist. ~. tazl15 z t3fssa47f
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