New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
Join BULL GROWING WEARY OF THE AN
TICS OF HIS OBSTREPEROUS WARDS
NR CHARLES TUrPER'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE
oATsPAw OF LORD sALIsBURY-CoMMENTs
OF TIE PRESS - GLADSToNI,N
ENMITY TOWARD AMERICA
THE COPYRIGHT
esr CABLE TO THE rxrsusr,

bury too well, and their Canadians much too we'll
The most marked result of the Canadian pro-
ceedings thus far is to give rise TO some rather
sury calculations from John Bull not entirely
fit for publication. England has long under
stood that Canadian union with the British En-
pire is but a thread. II she is going to make
trouble, he would rather see the thread snapped
This is Canada's quarrel not EnGand's. Behind
Lord Salisbury is the warlil,e form of Sir Charles
Topper. What is there behind Sir Charles Tup-
PER- Who can say? Not, it is safe to say.
united Canada: still less united England.
The recent outburst OF Canadian loyalty is
very pretty thing TO see and hear The state
mcnt of the Canadian Minister of Finance reads
well as it is transmitted by cable: reads, in fact,
as if it were made 10 be transmitted by cable.
Canada will endeavor. says Mr.. Foster to draw
more closely the bonds which unite her to the
mother country Then will she ask the practical
minded people Of this mother country. viii she
repeal her duties on English goods? If she
will, Mr. Testers language means something II she
will not. il is so much tall talk, and instead OF
strengthening will weaken those same bonds. Inc
offer of what he calls preferential terms to the
mother country is here thought rather impairment
- Canada would stop pooching in Behring sea,
stop fitting ont sealing fleets with certainty OF
coming into collision with United States ships. ana
stop irving to drag her beloved mother country
into diplomatic difficulties with America, her pro
s.ssions OF desire for closer union would he much
better received in England.
should like, in strict confidence TO tell MI
Foster end his colleagues ana the poachns par"
IN Canada. a secret which Sir Charles Upper mas
ror disclozed T., thcm 1t is not much of a Sc
ro, e;+ber You cannot converse frankly with
o,v ENGLISH Statesman on this SUBJECT w'tho"'
rercciviup that he thinks Canada a nuisance
lie must not say so in public. lie would not Say
So AZ all if this restless colony would cohuuc'
herself like other colonies, and abandon the poncS,
now pursued for many years, 81 entahglln9 hhsi"""
IN disputes with America III which England mas no
real interest solely for the benefit OF the mackerc
6sbers and sealcatchers of the Dominion. John
BuI does not like pulling chestnuts out OF Ihe
fire or fish out of The sea, for other people lie
1o.S not ol,yavs know when he is made TO do It, lie
is n little slow But he does find out after a
while and when he does, the Canadians who
think they are using him 50 cleverly VIII near
the plain truth.
Sir Charles Tupper is believed to have some
influence in Downing Street. lie has audi
ences Of Lord Salisbury, is consulted, naturally
enough, in the Behring Sea and other CANADIAN
interests, and has had some hand IN inspiring
though not in framing, Lord Salisburys dis
matches He is bitter partisan, and certainly no
friend to America or to the American policy. lie
ia for Canada and for the Tory party in Canada
fret last and all the time. We need not COM
plain of that. But the Canadian Tories are, to put
IL mildly. mistaken if they think Sir Charles Iup-
nor ia going 10 run the British Empire under the
stimulus of daily kilograms from Washington ana
Eew-York
A norton of the British press has at last woke
I'm 20 the fact that there is such thing as the
pahr;ng Goa question 1t would have been Just
as we'll if these papers or some OF them, had re-
manned asleep They add nothing to the general
knowledge Of the facts They give neither souhd
opinion nor prudent counsel. They arsne' o"V
not wisely, unless it he the part OF VISION 10
sav ditto TO Lord Salisbury. Such argument no
there is proceeds on the theory that Lord oaiis
bnrv,s refusal TO renew the modus vivendl is
ACCOMPANIED BY an offer of various reasoha''e
Alternatives The alternative which seems most
o..orable IN the British mind is the proposal
che, tho United States should be at liberty "
catch all the poachers il can, hrst pieugins i"
N make reparation in case arpltratloh sno"i" ~
ride that posching is legitimate ihuu'"S'
tho latest telegram from Washington gives ~.
ant version Of Lord Saisbury's latest ho'e: " 80
be- now urges is that poaching may co"', rIn. 10
Oh. no.cbers give security for damage. n""0 "
' ,.n...n, nronositiop. and perfectly illusory,
- EncIand makes herself answeraDie ioi
g.. ao,naoes If she be answerabe. or DE VIII
a.. .. assu,ne liability for her Canadian cnen'o'
tbere seems no reason why she shouio hoo W.
into an express engagement 70 'haV tn con-
hear nothing Of such an engagement 81 ,ho
ten,ion is. however, an attempt u o'"'
facts Of the case. $50
Van, M,srert il the line of The Times wiz"
-, oro. more 10 the stale ana vulgar p
,.xt tia, President Harrison. being s
Gov election il &c determined not 70 iose '"
,,y;etjnu the lions tail. We can a'ioi' ~ ,,.o
th., cor, Of talk with Indifference lnc
Grst
-. = unmarried by both the chiel oreais ~
81. rn'on;st ra,ty and second, that he iin'c'
49, o>nr.ssIv admit that if the unitcd o'a'
,,.r. .,,;,led 70 damages as agalGst inc N".
schumacher. this country II uhe piopT' n5
accented would be bound to recover ''en' r "'
nov them over to the United States ,,i.o1
admission NAV 20 on record. IL does noo "
lord Salisbury but it binds the author o. ~ ''-
Is notice to the Foreign Minister Oh "A'V mo
supporters will expect him TO 40 die
The tcmper in which the En2lleh Prc'' VIC
- 49, ao,craI question is, with the eXcep-
ton have noted. not heated. not angry ~,
o,.molso,. IT, is rs usual, the Engllsh ha'iV"'
rbo ;s most offensive in his reference u "'S
difficulty between England and Amen'a' 80
and Buster is the polite ana 'e"pciN ;.1irtio
line under which evening organ " ", C",da
Psdicol;am considers all troubles with Cai""d
The editor of this sheet is Professor James oVua'r
one Of the band of idola'efs WHO "u," -
10 Mr. Gladstone and one of his most cohs'ah'
associates lie is the man who led Mr.. GLADSTONE
into tina. amazing Doping blunder; put even
that did not induce the great Home huiri
withdraw his confidence from his lndlecice. ~
lower. The article Is another example o, ~" o
Gadstonan gift of riding two horses at once T vp
ing different ways There is nothing aoo S,ua,o,
Blaine except the title, and nothing about oi's'o
except Canadian buster. II IL really ."p 'n-
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