The record-union., 1899-08-27
DISPUTE over
ALASKA BOUNDARY.
The Czar Said to Have Taken a
Hand in the Matter.
Assisting In Preventing a Settlement of
the Controversy.
Asserted That the Russian Govern
ment Will Do Everything in It's
Power to Prevent Practical CO.
hesion of the Two English
Speaking Nations.


Speaking Nations.
| Copyrighted 1899, by Associated Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 26.-Upon authority
of unbounded reliability a reporter of
the Associated Press has ascertained
that into the Alaska dispute there has
crept the craftiness of Russian di-
plomacy. Russia, it can be stated. will
do everything, with every possible
energy, to prevent the practical CO.
hesion of the two great English-speak-
ing nations. In all her Embassies in
structions have been received to
thWart the Anglo-American under
standing. A prominent diplomat who
| is intimately acquainted with the de-
tails of the negotiations OF the past few
years. said to a reporter of the Asso-
ciated Press:
In any agreement looking to a
working agreement between England
ana the United States, Russia sees the
! defeat of her dearest projects. I be-
lleVe her intense activity in China is
to no small extent due to her fear that
Anglo-SaXon power, once realized, will
| sweep everything before it in the Far
| A1etSl' 111CduIu the rapid reallZdt1On
OF this nightmare she is making hay
Whlle the sun shines, in the meanwhile
intriguing to the utmost to tie the
| hands OF those who are working to
materialize Anglo-Saxon sentiment.
The latest evidence of this is in the
Alaska affair. Though, strictly speak
ing, it is matter of internal politics
ana would have been settled long ago
II left solely to Great Britain and the
United States, Russia has managed to
suggest motives never dreamed of be-
fore by America by distorting facts. It
| 1t impossible for me to divulge exactly
| how, or to what extent Russia got her
! paws into the dispute. But the atti-
tude of her press, official to the core,
Is quite sufficient to show her motive"
! The report that Sir Wilfred Laurier,
! the Premier of Canada, and L. H
Davies, Minister of Marine and Fisher
les, are to come here in regard TO
Alaska is thought by the Canadian
/ High Conn u F~ner TO be quite prob
/ able, but nothing is known definitely of
the matter
| Both here and at the United States
Embassy it was said the state of ne
| gotiations have not changed and is
| spoken of rather warily The caustic
| remarks of Sir Charles Tupper, for
merly Canadian High Commissioners, in
an interview the Associated Press
had with him August 18th. when he
said the United States was purposely
delaying the settlement of the Alaskan
| dispute on account of the pecuniary
benefit accruing to miners and coast
| cities through the delay and had re-
| fused to have the boundary delimited
! as was being done in Venezuela Gre
ated considerable dissatisfaction at the
! United States Embassy 1t was claimed
! there that Sir Charles Tupper quite
| misrepresented the facts and that the
/ dilatoriness was entirely due to the Ca
nadians. It was also said that his dec
larations that the commission proposed
! by the United States provided for no
umpire, was deliberate evasion. as the
! facts are the United States proposal
! included an umpire, to be chosen by
! both sides from North America
Though this was not committed to writ
ing, it was thoroughly understood The
! hitch came through the absolute re-
! fusal of the Canadians to accede, they
! insisting upon an European umpire It
may be said that the impression exists
! that Canadian politics are chiefly re-
sponsible for the Alaspan impasse. This
/ is not only the American idea, but 1t
obtains among some of the British Of
ficials, though most of the latter are
! inclined to believe the United States
should make vast concessions in order
| to convince the British of the sincerity
of their friendship and as a return for
war services. In other words, the
British rather expected a quid pro duo
! an expression not common in these
days.
Congressman George Edmund Foss
of Chicago has completed an inspection
of the Armstrong; works, the Thomp-
sons works. the Fairfield, Liverpool
and Belfast shipyards. and the Wick
ers- Maxim works. The United States
naval attache. Lieutenant Colonel
Wells, accompanied Mr. Foss They
were afforded every courtesy by the
manufacturers and shipbuilders. Mr.
Foss said to a reporter of the Associ-
ated Press:
II was much impressed. especially
with the Vickers- Maxim establishment
Their facilities for manufacturing and
placing guns on board ships are not
equaled From the results of my trip
/ have come to the conclusion that the
Europeans are far ahead of us in ma
val stations, yards and docks We are
not the only people on earth, though
we are the best One of the first meas
ures I intend to introduce is for ma
tional reserve body upon which the
nation can call in the hour of need
without having to consider the feelings
of each States organization"
Mr.. Foss is going to Portsmouth,
Devonport and Plymouth next week
He sails for home on the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse Wednesday.
Joseph II. Choate United States En-
bassador, is staying with Mr.. Phipps.
Andrew Carnegie's partner, at Beaufort
Castle, Scotland.
Henry White Secretary to the United
States Embassy. is still away, and
James Carter is in charge of the En-
bassy.
! A curious craze has cropped UP for
the protection Of landmarks and places
of historical interest against the as
saults of American millionaires Stone
henge is the latest monument which is
alleged to be threatened. and the news
papers are marshaling the public into
a patriotic fever. subsequent to the
announcement that it is for sale.