The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
hHTI-hMERIchN FEELING IN CAN.
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Rric,ious over the I<iondiEe Rush Used 4,
necioad Importnnt MATTERS.

Rrictiouu over the NioRdire Rush Used 4.
1eciond Important MATTER.
MONTREAL, March 11.-Thcrc appears to be ,
disposition at Ottawa just now 10 try and sth
mp Canadian feeling against the United States
During tho disc useions on the proposed All
Canadian route to the Yukon gold fields in m,
Ottawa Parliament early in the week there wa,
quito an outburst OF truculcnt oratory. In
which violent denunciations Of tho American
Government and people woro INDUCED in,
The cause Of complaint is in the custom,
regulations In force at Fort Wrungol. M
tho mouth OF tho Stickcen River, on which
the Canadians claim the right Of free naviga.
ton. Members Of tho Government md lead.
crs of the Opposition We'd with oacb othor
in hurting defiance at the Government Al
Washington. which several OF tho latter osps.
cially tried to show was guilty OF somcth.-u
very like a breach Of faith, and acting contrarv
to the spirit OF the Washington treaty by which
Canada obtained the free navigation of the
Stickeen River. Sir Wilfrid LAurier and Sir
Richard Cartwright both asserted tho deter
minntion OF tho Government to stand by those
rights and, II necessary, to call In the aid Of
England In maintaining them. Sir Charles liit-
bert Topper, ono of the lights of the party led nv
his father, went so far as to contend that
Canadians should not found any scheme for Ca.
madam development upon n basis that depended
for its utility upon the good will Of the people OF
the United States. They were hostile to tho
people OF Canada" He said much moro to tho
same purpose, declaring no was not afraid to do
so openly. and that there was no use concealinR
or Disgusting the truth In the matter.
1t is not easy to say how far the distinctly
anti-Amorican tone Of the discussion alluded to
was sincere and how much Of 1t was intended
for the lingo gallery In London in the hope OF
drawing English capital into the hundred and
ono schemes to which Klondike gold has given
birth. There is probably hardly a single mem.
Der of the Ottawa Parliament who is not di.
rectly or indirectly interested in something con.
nected with the Yukon gold fields, and they are
naturally more Cdnadense. trying to turn all
tho currents their way. They know that neither
the American Government nor the American
trucuient talk, While at the same time they are
sido they expect the capital to como from.
1t is Significant that only. a short time back
telographed to his paper that the relations be.
tween Canada and the United States were be.
ters. He did d" SO saying M,sH st that he desired es aT to- c %ns
no alarm. hut that there was no use Disgusting
the fact that there wore grounds for 1t. It
pose on the part of the Canadian parliamentary
EElSnalESest to % t sir a Wilf raise 1 trouble q wand and the
strong enough to resist. There are signs that
the CANADIAN people, arc firing Of the way in
which nc ottuNh. pOllliclunS. Oh HI SnEQcS are
trying to draw their attention AWAY from SC.
Ontario. which has been in power for some
twenty years. only escaped defeat at
tho elections tho other day by n very slender
majority, and their patron allies, who were
elected to form an independent party. but be-
came mere Liberal partieans, were simply wiped
out. This has raised greatly tho spirits Of tho
Conservatives in the Ottawa Parliament, who
think they sec a good chance OF retrieving
the defeat Of 1896; but IL they do they will.
different policy to that of that year. There have
been q good many changes in public feeling
since then. and the increasing pressure OF taxa
tion and debt is not mitigated in any way 10
those who have to bear the burden of them. 1t
is true there was u largo increase In the exports
of produce toward the end of last season, but
prices havo not satisfied the producers of lato,
cheese, for instance. being at this moment al.
most a drug in the market at 9 cents a
pound. That, OF course, is satisfactory TO tho
British buyer. but is not cOrrcspOndingly so
to the Canadian producer. who secs "A good mar.
ket Just across the border closed to him. whlle
he has no power to force the hand of his only
customer, to whom also no is heavily in debt.
The situation may. l think, DO summed NJ ina
few words: Politicians and their friends. en-.
Enthusiastically loyal. waving the "old flag" over
the Klondike, and the producers and taxpayers
disconnected.
A telegram received hore from Washington
states that tho British Ambassador there. Sir
to President Mckinley that If the Summit Pass
on the Alaska frontier. which has been occupied
by Canadian police and on which the British
flag has been hoisted, is found to DO in Amcri.
can territory. tho flag will be promptly hauled
down and tue police withdrawn.