New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-08

T,n no protest Whatsoever from the Canadian
That both the roTTla D19er Channel and The Hhm
r'"o ''g, were ven knowa ana wcrr noted ana
sng IN. Of the treaty OF i'. AMI have been since
Miner "; Truce, the wel-known Aaskan cv-
rinrrr white In this city recently. said; "Thc
aanadlans have always proceeded very cautiously
d!an maps have changed the Nlaska boundary ne
country has bren sa STINT ' whh means mo me-
10. ,,9F America or Americans. IT mas been sa,i
why, then. shol!d Canada be SO anxious to secure
,ro, WY should surveying parties be 1 sent ont at
whrh England Is endcavorng to secure Is The key
ID 'he gold mines of the Yukon ana me Interior
the people at Washington city are snpremcly ~.
vclI-Lnown American diplomat. at the national
capital has said that Alaska had never produced
Alaska has proirccd more than Sc. COCOON since her
purchase by the Cntcl states in the fishing and
mines The commerce and trade Of the country have
als3 been much grcater than the casual observer
=, G. S Johnson. during ne Harrison Adm,r:s'ra str,
In . lengthy interview on this matter here. sad:
Why. we VIII lose the famous rreadweii m min.
Ing property. the Hayward-Llne property which q
und3ubedIy the riches, mining rrcp9riy IN tnc
PROPER ana wa the viii Se sc S S cs snd
passes. the only three available nlcts into the w
kon. Why: we viii not have anyiihnE leit TO
prGperss and in my opinon T,l chyS no s,,1S
spen i've times as much money as we have, and
done times as much work II ;hey win they
will also obtain possession Of the coast which. IN
time OF war would be Of indispensable benefit 10
them The feeling is simply intense up there an1
number would leave the country rather than be
under British rule"
The Rev. W. Duncan for thirty years a mission;
airy in the far Nor;hwcs in letter Just receivS S
by General = Mcicaf Of hs is city, 90 givs. inG
undispued right 10 the territory that the BRUSH
In 1851 was located at Fort Simpson. and was
IN constant daily intercourse with the affairs o. me
the comntrv at that tine. From this in;ercoursc /
learned that all the country north 81 Portland
Of trading with the Indians from that point. as far
as Chilkat the company Paid rental to the KuI
ions as the Hudson Ray Company would consent
tainty to ownership That company would mos;
assuredly he well acquainted with the maps which
assigned the territory TO Russia. or It would have
never made the agreement with Russia whicn II
did. have known lawbrcakers 20 escape 10 Ton
gass from justice. being while there. out o; the
Jurisdiction Of British Columbia -,
Enslanl is Of far more mp9rianc,e than may be- a,
SS&6rn Gy ne MAKE hs ster paner II @
ca, attention to the fact that the only Goa up
chc Coast is on Puget sound The Alaskan coal lie
posts proved 10 be very extensive. not yet hc' ns
opened up to the commercial world. England now,
through the Dominion Of Canada. has vas, Goa feds
in British Columbia The only OCEAN inlet to nc
the shores of United States territory on the S1hih
and the British possessions on the north. II may
English Government is now AZ work on mighty for
tinca lions on the shores OF the strait fOrtihcationS
thar will cost millions Of dollars and vii not b" eX
ceeled for imprcgnability by any fort In the world
With these the Strait OF san Juan he Fuca VIII Do"
practically under British control and win the
Alaskan coal fields owed by England. the United
states would not have coaing station In the entire
Pacific waters BESIDES this. England AZ al t.rcs
has a liberal fleet Of warships NJ Esqulmali, van
couver Island the point Were the great fort ~ now
being constructed 49,,
The revenues now derived by the British from their
inland possessions bordering on Alaska are of such
extent that she is looking Win jca on eye upon re
rich country the harbors the lumber. the coal me
mineral wealth. the fishing ana zeal INDUSTRY al.
within the lands and waters now IN" properly %.
I'ncle sam ana for the continued own"r'n,p or
which the Americans on this coast are rchly 10
,ska M arms II the Government at Warrington
snail WELD as readily 10 British Gains as IN Inc late
Hchr!ng Sea awards