New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-30
no ASK FOR ARBITRATION.
proBABIE ACTION OF THE CANADIAN
GOVERNMENT.
rur CANAL RETALIATION oUEsTIoN-coM

rHr CANAL RETALIATION oUESTIo ION COMMENTS
OF THE DOMINION NEWSPAPERS.
Kingston, Ont. July o0.-NcKenzle Bowel. while
.ss,ng through this CITY on his return to Ottawa
,.sterday aid that in view of the passing Of the Re
,atn bill respecting canal tolls by the United states
government the Canadian Government wvuld not
to matter to the English Government. claiming that
the American Government had violated u treaty with
Canada The Canadians he continued. would ask
Aha, they be protected, In other words that the
americans he requested to pay Canadian vessel own
ors any damages they may sustain through the passage
~ the retaliatOry measure. This will bc a Of
orh,t-ation to ascertain II the Canadian Government
had Disseminated against American vessels the
II Lawrence River. II the Canadians guilty
thew will, have to pay damages to the people who have
had 10 pay the tolls. II the rebate Is sustained the
Americans will have to stand the loss.
Toronto ont, July 90" The Globe to-day. I'm m
article on Retaliation Measures. says: The Mon
,rea Gazette has article the subject of canal
tolls and commercial reprisals. with the spirit Of
which. It Would be hard find fault. The position
taken seems to be that the tolls proposed be levied
OH the sau ste. Marie Canal excessive, but that
thsy propose to enforce on that canal only
such a system of discrimination Canada enforces
on the weand Canal, namely, discrimination
in favor OF ports and that such
discrimination whether exercised by the Canadian OF
American Government. is jlst!fable under the treaty
The Gazette is an influential friend OF the Govern
n.p and IL this article expresses their views we
nav expect settlement of at least one OF group OF
troublesome international questions The feeling OF
business believe is that the question should
he settled speedily = to put an end to the I'M
certainty which Is now seriously designating business
Our representatives ought TO be friendly. yet firm. not
standing upon tccnicalities, but not surrend"rlng
any undUibtcd right substantial interest,"
THE Empire" says: "The most extraordinary con
tcntion vet made is the assertion that the American
of wi have bpp ed
importance to the Canadian The only canals OF which
the United states have given use are two compare
lively insignificant ones. The most important OF the
two that ut Sauh ste Marie, IS less than mile IN
length, with single lock. The other. the st. CAR
Flats Canal is simply "a drcdgcd channel Of some
LOO yards in length and. even II ii Is not on Cana
dian territory Canada could dredge another channel
for herself The Canadian system. on the other hand
embraces no less than seven distinct canals, com
pnsing seventy one miles of artificial navigation. All
OF these Canadian canals are absolutely necessary To
the navigation Of the chain of lakes and rivers, and
beirr wholly within Canadian territory, the United
States could construct nothing TO take their places.
"Tle News" In editorial. says:
a few journals are advising the Canadian GOV
egumergt TO accept with meekncss whatever PUNISH
ment may be inflicted upon our maritime Interests
at sault, and above all to avoid anything having even
ths appearance Of retaliation IN kind at the Wellan1
II this advice is accepted an important Canadian IN
dustry will sustain very serious injury while Only
inconvenience suffered BY Americans will be that nj
tending the loss of competition freight ia'es Tn"
conclusion will thus be justified that Canada Is ehcr
afraid or unable when smtcn 10 strike back a.all'
and the hostile neghbor, naturally believing thai
further measures of like nature 10 that now adopted
can he hdusei in with safcts. will then proceed I"
Impn-o harrassnc conditions upon our railways dong
business in the United states. and so. step by step
the policy Of coercion will 60 until annexation Is
practically forced upon MS"
"On the other hand. blocking the Welland 'anal 10
American shipping. forcing United sta ., vessels {"
report AT the customs every time they pass Amherst
bura and other similar measures. will Impose initeN
greater los on Americans than We viii suffer al 'du'
The result will he therefore 10 stop At once all con-
liberation of other schemes intended 10 annoy ana
barrsss the Dominion. unless, indeed. the Washington
Government ha, deliberately resolved 10 sedIe the
canadian QUESTION once and for all. and by force Of
arms II necessary. We do not pretend % deny Glat
there is danger In the policy hereiA suggested Isu,
thare In course even IN sidhulhe f'lii
ntji ehf after right hae been taken away, unLl one
H3itional life /, no longer worth having
There is a certain element Of risk even In protect
ing our Atlantic fisheries or In the assertion OF thc
n INT OF orr vessels TO navigate the open >ei III lhc
Pacific. But these latter risks are lnscparaDc II III
distInct national existence II. therefore. VIC are ho
nrenared 10 project our fisheries in the Atlantic ana
dur dap on the Pacific, If not prepared. "A,
means Of preventing further 'lgerrssioi 10 Anu, n.n
American vessels Of our canal,, when thrf d'ny
n, access theirs. then II !, better 10 aghhoon 'a
nationality at once and sink our identity III the
American Union