The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-27

American institJt-on-ar5i,ra How
ever. the boundary question is not set
te.ed yet. and the British lion is even now
roaring a little and angrily swiShing hi,
! tail because Of a diplomatic CHE British
| call IL undiplomatic) note from Secretary
Of state Sherman demanding that Brit
isl vessels keep off the grass" as II
| were. in the seal fisheries grounds.
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
II was not expected. OF course. that
the discovery OF gold in the KIondyke
region would revive in a measure the old
! question OF the boundary line between
| Aaska and the British Northwest Ter
| ritory. The fact TIA, gold was dug from
| British soil and carried over the line into
/ TIE United States aroused the dominion
| government at once and the report Is
| on: that the authorities al Ottawa are
| discussing the advisabiity OF excluding
! diggings.
TIE Kl0n1yke fields are in British ter
| ri,ory. % be sure. and there is no doubt
| OF the right Of the Ottawa governmen;
! to take me proposed exclusion step. The
mines are considerably east Of Fort Gu
I -
are on British soil. Into the new region.
though. American miners first ven,ured
and made the first discoveries OF gold
Since then hundreds 81 them have troop
ed over the border. siaked out tbei-
claims in the rich bills and begun 20 Dig
Should the Canadian government pass
an exclusion act al % iaese miners, "
course. would Be dispozsessed
TIE difficulty of enforcing SUCH an ac..
especially on miners who nave siaksd out
,Heir claims Is AZ once apparent. Tne re-
suit in retaliation by the gOvernmen; Of
the United tstes * also easily irnpsgin-
ed. The dominion government has a.
ready established q cus;o-n-nouse on me
border. and IL doing fair business col
lec-Ing dI;y on the goods thar x inio
the new country, sld miners taink they
viii be satisfied With that Tire exclusion
O: Americans woud practically c,o=e the
country Tor a tine. for me nes, q ne
means % transportation - that frozen
region are owned b. American comos-
MES.
n the past miners q any nationality
have been free . enter any new GigYluSs
md stake out their claims ~Ita0u. re-
s;riction- Canadian miners are uox zee
= w0rk across tse border = re Alaskan
feds WAT tie res3l. q al exclusion
al would mean - Canada IN 8 retsla-
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