The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-06-10
CANADIANS ARE OFFICIOUS.
They Are Causing All the Trouble
In the Boundary Con-
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A Washington special says: Feeling
is to be necessary at this stage in the
exchanges between the United States
and Great Britain respecting the Ca
madam boundary controversy that the
exact attitude Of the American COM
missioners should be defined and that
the people not only Of the United
States, but of Great Britain might
have opportunity to Judge for them.
selves of the comparative rectitude Of
the actions OF the United States and
Canada, respectively, the following
statement has been obtained:
Canada continues to be a land Of
surprises. The friendly protocol OF
Washington was signed on May 80,
1898, for the adjustment Of all differ
ences between the United States and
Canada in most amicable spirit. The
ink OF that proetocal was only we'll
dry when the province of Ontario dia-
covered chance to exhibit her idea
Of international equity. American
umbermen had been invited to take
lumber limits in that province with
the privilege of cutting logs and ex-
porting them to the United States.
The provin cial government, after Civ
ing them their lease and taking their
money into the treasury, passed de.
cree prohibiting the export Of such
logs, with the result Of causing some
bankruptcies in Michigan.
"During the sessions of the COM
mission the same peculiar idea Of in
ternational justice was exhibited in
another province-that of British
Columbia. This time it was the min
ing interests that were involved. The
authorities of that province took the
money of the American miners who
had made the discoveries of gold, al
lowed them to spend thousands Of
dollars in constructing a roadway to
the scene of their interests and then
proceeded to change their laws to con-
fine such mining privileges to British
subjects and British corporations.
"Auother such issue OF this kind Of
practices worked out to American nur-
serymen. They had taken contracts
to supply certain stocks to certain
Canadians when under the pretense Of
fear of San Jose scale, the Canadian
authorities prohibited any further i'm.
portstion of nursery stock. At the
same time the Canadian courts held
the Americans liable for violation of
the contracts to which their own laws
had caused to be vacated.
"The dominion government also
seems to share these peculiar princi-
pies Of international intercourse in re-
spect to boundary Of Alaska. They
protested Indignantly against any con.
ditions saving the existing right Of
Americans to the country to be arbi-
trated. Years before the commission
met United States citizens without any
question or protest against their right
to do SO, had occupied the head waters
OF the Lynn canal and established
towns and settlements there. Canada
had never asserted claim to the region.
The Americans had built paths over
the passes from the Lynn canal be-
yond the mountains and established
communication with the Yukon by in
tervening lakes and streams. This,
too, was done without protest or ques-
ton Of their rights to pnss over the
mountain SUBMITS.
"Under these circumstances the
United States commissioners thought
it right to withhold such tidewater
| settlements from the arbitrator's ju-
risdiction, and it was against this
Limitation that the Canadian commits
sioners SO vehemently protested. Now
it seems that Canada is protesting with
equal vehemence against arbitration
unless the United States shall agree to
give them in any case the Pyramid
harbor region, to which they never
before the meeting asserted any rights,
which they had never occupied with
flag or constable or Canadian subject
or even O canoe.
How they reconcile this claim with
their proposition in the commission in
respect to referring the boundary
question to arbitration remains to be
explained to the British government.
There seems little prospect of adjust
ment Of the boundary question il 1t is
left to the control OF the Canadians.
II they are to control the action OF the
imperial government it Is important to
that government that Canada should
bring her ideas to conformity to those
which have hitherto guided Great
Britain and the United States in the
paths of peace and friendship"