Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-14
IDEAS or ANNEXATION.
jamaica Nov Wants 10 be Joined 10 The Do
minion Of Canada,
REASON IS IN COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.
nut Canada Does Not want Guiana. witch
Gould Readily Come TO the United
States, with Advantage 20 An


spOndent Of ihe Times. For a week or
two the matter has been talked over:
talked 30 death and allowed TO drop.
This has NJ been owing 70 the lack u
sympathy from che better Informed
coionis,s and those whose material In
tsresis are Involved In the future 81
The Island. Il may safely be- said that
these. 10 n man. favored the PROPOSE
lion. Otherwise. indeed. it would never
have reached the Importance tina; %
lid at the outset But the color preju-
dice proved too strong and even those
who realized most clearly he mlgnl-
iude Of ,he crisis and the Completeness
% the solution that annexation would
anurd. dreaded o. face the personal am.
taEonlsm that their support VI .hs
moyemen; would Invoke. Hence. when
the Full strength " popular opposition
was fglt. open sympathy promptly van.
lshed."
The gravity Of the crisis remains I'M
altered. however, and fhe darkness "
The shadow VI Industrial gloom ctsi
over me Island BY the prospective au-
neNati1n " cuba and Porto Rico TO
the United States ls Ia no way relieved
by tha concession 60 an unrclslnlng
popular prejudice.
In bcst Informed circles % IL fsit,
that. facing a demand TOT annexation
TO the United States as an alternative.
no presentations that che barbados
conference may make 20 che imperial
gNernmgui viii produce the ltas, 81
feci on the policy % the home author
liltl, For this reason there j. 'e1dy
on loot an alternative uuurNHtlon pro
p1sil which, while not nearly 10 prom
islng aH mat Tor admission 90 the Unit.
"a states. yet holds out some prospect
tgr r.llei' from the crisls ihat surely
threatens the island.
The proposal now q 10 seek udmls-
sion into tho Canadian Dominion.
While The sugar markg there o. not 10
largo az that " the unked States, 10
u better Than none al all. on he
other hard shore will be- NJ chars. ln
nationality AMI the color question
would not b. touched. There
arr ewo cardinal points az H.
SUI, ani u could be that Canadian
annexation would ~ aaHlmiilto thrm
ana reconcile all conflicting Interests
- al 60 De- thc most practicable sliu-
tiun lftalnahle. on this thfrr seems TO
- on agreement ~ popular sentiment.
II u not proposed. however, - fake
any drnnte Fiepa 10 The natter uaili
she hlrha Hoes conference ms pr0ssa1
~ utility - otherwise. And 90 idea
OF me outlook can BE- formed here until
mall adyiccs are received ~ the course
W me deliberations oi the conference.
Ihls viii not be until iht enl Of thls
week Tor although there DE- a Telegraph
Hoe 20 barblducs. the Tolls are ~ pro-
hlhlilNe a. 10 preclude To- use. That
hr hamlnNn government and che PEG.
PIE or Canada are fav1rably disposed.
-! only 10 the annexation " Jamaica,
but OF The British Wts' indies a. a
Nhp,e' " a strong point in the propi.
kAhdai ana the CANADIAN agent here.
ono Of the brlFhtssi aud most popui,f
business men " Kingston. o. jusi ~
1rt OF q man 10 work up The move
mont It's popularity at both ends /.
thl best hugury q lit ultimate slircea.
The Canadian agent. Geo. 4. Burke.
IN on interview, explained that The an.
., Natiun " ne Island 90 The Dominion.
VIM" annliinE INN, dlate relief and
We possibility Of future expansion ~
them, would bring 10 ihs great norm.
crn country Just precisely Nsat she
most nttda. That la a tropical an.
neNation To England 10 would moan
ihnt While she retained her a0verelFntv
nor ministers would 10 once be relieved
or The problem u PROVIDING for the IA.
ture u the iniands-l problem thai mas
~ % the present time been barilng
Them and for which 90 other solution
u ubtainahle. AuntSniIun would nun
thsfmore be but a fuller DEVELOPMENT
or the negotiations tlat are actually
now IN progress between the Dominion
aud 'ireat Britain licking 20 the ss-
tahllshmrnt " brttpr wade reiltiana
bstween ih' CORNER and Tho West In
dian colony Isiusu'afly ~ the matter
Of sugar
Mr.. Chamberlain. the piit Nh colonial
secretary. could with ease fettle Inc
VII iia West Indian pr"blen on these
limos. dd he 80 rlrasr. bui for aome
reason he does not appear L. approve
" tbs s9ursr. u lu. h"Ncvef. believed
that hts fuN'f'u ~ d'l' n"r.ng infiu-
ence may b. enlisted by ~ f,c, NJ pres.
sure 10 tn fam u tcn' rinE argu-
menis IN - ~ ufh' hrai. i'ho Weat
Indies would be easily swallowed un
la the Dominion. Their entire land area
Is not more than thrce-nfths OF Thar
OF the province of Nova scotia, while
the aggregate population 10 but mill
lion and half. and that OF Canada
IL about nve millions. The present ox-
pendilure II 81 1000 900 as against a rev
onue OF ~, 800 900, but the readiust-
ment under the Dominion. together
with the Impetus Eiyen 20 Industry
and commerce, 10 regarded az afJfi-
ing a sure promise OF an immediate
turning OF tho balance.
prltlHh Guiana remains 10 be con-
sldcrtd ~ d by no means certain
that Cunadh would care 10 be bur
Genrd With that enormous extent Of
additional undcycluped and scarcely
even explored territory She already
has enough and 10 spare OF thai sor,
at hams, lnt provision must be made
tor the magnificent province.
With hut Litle encouragement from
the United states, Guiana could be Sc
cured for The United States. Its utility
IL The Unitfd siates as foothold IN
the great southern continent cannot
BIZ oyerestlmated, although It's positive
value 40 such appcrlalna 10 the future
rather than the prusent-ihe lnevila-
Die future when the United States will
have 10 assume authority over the tur-
bulent states of the South.
So Tar ns can be- learned, there would
be no strong, II any opposition In the
colony Itself a. annexation 10 the
limited States. There the color quea-
iion il solving Itself By slow emlgra-
tlon ana the c0alie would not prove a
factor FOR consideration. For the rest.
the population ia u a polyglot nature.
such as would render 10 readily sus-
crptlhie 10 assimilation with tho
United states. The acquisition Of the
colony could be- arranged readily
enough either by purchase or ex-
change. England has no Interest In
south America that Guiana can con-
serve moro p1tontly Than Trinidad,
while the concession OF conllng sta
lion 10 England al some point In the
Pacific would prove ample compensa-
tlon FOR the Guinese territory.