The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-11-20
NEARING A SETTLEMENT
Canada Will Send a Commission
to Washington.
ALL QUESTIONS AT ISSUE
Experts May Be Required Reciprocity.
Fisheries. Labor. Mining and Other
Matters Win Be Taken Under
Consideration by Them.

Washington. NOV. 1s-Dispatohes
from ottawa announcing that the "a
madam cabinet has decided 30 send "A
commission TO Washington To- consider
all questions at Issue between the
nitcd States aud Canada has had the
important effect of drawing from her
Tor the first time statement ~ the
exact propositions that was laid before
the Canadians i'm Washington a few
days ago IL can now be stated that "A
proposal of Mr.. Foster. representing the
United States. which the Canadian olh-
cials took home with Them to submit
la their councils. was: Fiist that both
nations agree to cessation Of killing
~ seals next season in Eprinp sea. Ia go
into effect on The first uf nest month,
second. that representatives nf the gdN-
trnmcnts OF the United States and
Great Britain. Including Canada, be in-
Yited To enter upon the consideration
of all unsettled quostions hetw~'n Can
ada and the United States with view
of their settlement by tr,nty. this to
Include the sealing question and other
matters which th,y may choose to bring
forward So far the state department
has not been ad, is,d that the Canadian
council has acted upon the proposition,
but an early reply Is expected.
one important faCt not clearly dis
closed In the Canadian dispatch is that
a modus must be agreed upon positive
ly before our government consents 90
the commission. In other words there
must be no killing of seals while the
commission Is AZ work.
The position ~ uur government has
been 80 explicitly stated that the fact
Of the Canadians appointing cummis-
| sion means thai they have decided Ia
adopt mudas viyrndi. Mcssrs. Fos-
| ter and lSassnn aud possibly MIR. Ham
I lin viii he nn our side. and owing 10
/ the nature ana oomploXity Of the
/ questions that Nlli come before the
/ commission und,r the liberal p,tmis-
7 siNe CLAUSE. Other members might be r"-
I uuircd In the nature of experts In par
/ ticular lines. such AS the fisheries rrri-
/ prncity, labor. immigration questions.
I mining and timbCr issues aud surh
matters.
A dcfinlte feature of IN. proposed
commission is that Sir Julian paunc,
fnte the British ambassador. shall bf
NJ the head % the British Canadian
commissioner. and I'm all probability
| that Sir Wilfred l.aurier shall bc asso-
ciatcd with the ambassador on tn
commission This choice of the British
! ambassador is significant as showing
the purpose of this government to fully
recognize the imperial character Of thf
/ negotiations aud TO conduct them oHiy
| through the aut huri2oa rcprcsc niativ,
of the British government. tn" dis
| patches from Ottawa fail ~ state TN.
/ ,asj. ana TO this extent are said 10 b,
I misleading
There can be no Canadian commits
sion ana nobody rcpres"nicd can cou-
! duet negotiations with ihc United
] states government. This was fully rec
apni1rd during the recent mcpiings.
and II took form in the propositions
submitted. Al least one uf these prop
osltions distinctly states that the nr-
4 rangcmcnt for the commission shall br
made bpiwcrn the government of her
BriianniC majesty aud the Tinted
states, and that the British ambassi
Dor should hu AZ the head vi The com-
mission representing the British
Canadian -iar Much apprehension was
caused during the recent visit nf the
Canadians by the unofficial character
ul the discussion as II was recognized
that Official negotiations could come
only between the United States and
GrUui britain. THIS apprehension can
not arise. II is said. Thr commission
determined "u ui Ottawa would hav" q
first De- submitted to the colonial Of
uce al I.ondnu, and II submitted tn III
that quarter, Il would assume at
rucial form as between "a" United
states aud Grrnt Britain. The action
~ the Canadian cabinet Is not, there.
fore. nual, but expressive ~ the wlsht'
ur The bumiui N ulhDriiles.
! In 80 the present timc there ha,
been uo iutimaiiOn as to how tn
. Butish government would Wow th'
/ formation ~ a commission Mr.
Adams. ~ Ola, British embassy, wa
I ur,srnt AT the mcotlng at Mr Foster
Duusr when ih" question ~ IA" com
mission was discussed. II Is under
.sH#f. huNrVI that Mr Adams NJ,
tendance was unofficial, and not ~ !
rspr.a,ntatiNe q the British govern
nm. IL