The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-07
HBRSCHDL'S PREDICTION
War Between England and the Uni
ted States Impossible.
SUCH WAR WOULD BE FRATRIoIDE
Evidence That the Work of the Arbi.
trntiOn Commissioners Is Proceed
ing Smoothly, and That Mutual
Benefit VIII Result Therefrom.

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Benefit VIII Result Therefrom.
Quebec, Oct. 1.-The members of the
| International joint high commission
| will take their leave of old Quebec OH
Monday next to resume their work in
Washington Nov. /. Joint sessions will
be held today, tomorrow and Monday,
| and the subcommittee will continue
| their work.
Just what the commission has
achieved up to this point can only be
| inferred from outward evidences. Since
the first day of the first session, Aug.
23, with the exception of recess from
Sept. 2 to Sept 20, they have been
constantly at work. holding joint ses-
sions nearly each day. with the sub
committees at work upon the various
questions almost incessantly.
In view of the fact that the COM
missloners are about to conclude their
work in Quebec, Senator Fairbanks,
chairman of the American commission,
was asked by reporter last evening
to make a statement for publication.
1.-The commissioners have not deemed
1t wise hitherto" he said, ito make
public any facts relating to the work
of the commission. The reason for that
is quite manifest, and the policy has
been strictly observed. Therefore,
wish to say that any and all statements
relative to what the commission has
determined upon with reference to any
question under consideration are ab-
solutely unreliable and without any
official warrant"
"This is as true of the representative
about the settlement of the Alaskan
boundary question as about others" he
was asked.
at is,'' he said 1.-THE Alaskan ques-
tion has not yet been settled, and so
far no proposition of compromise or
settlement has been made by either
side The time of the commission has
been engaged in the consideration of
other matters. and some time may yet
elapse before a settlement of that
question is attempted
Can you state how much more time
will be required for the commission to
complete its work."
THAT I cannot say; we shall resume
our work in Washington soon. and hope
to make good progress
AT a banquet given last night by the
United States representatives on the
joint high commission speeches were
made by Lord Aberdeen, Senator Fair
banks and Lord Herschell. All eX-
pressed satisfaction in the friendly re-
latiOns manifested between Great Brit
ain and the United States, and the be-
lief that the questions of difference be-
tween the United States and Canada
would satisfactorily be settled by the
joint high commission.
Lord Herschell said his work as n
member of this commission had been
the most satisfactory of any public
work of his life, and he felt confident
that in the end all questions before the
commission would be equitably adjust
ed. "One thing" he said, has been
demonstrated to me since I became a
member of this commission, and that
is that there will never be war between
these two great English speaking ma
tions. Such war would be fratricide,
and, thank God, I have seen enough
of Americans, and know enough of
Englishmen. to be satisfied that 1t will
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