The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-06-02
BL0CrkED NJ CANADA.
ReEaFdin1 Alaska
Reach q Hopeless stage.

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London. May %. The foreign Of
fee officials confirm the statements
made by the New York correspondent
of the London Times to the effect that
the negotiations with the Canadian
government on the subject Of Alaska
have reached an almost hopeless stage,
owing 10 the insistence Of the Cana
dams that they receive slice Of Alas
ka, which apparently precludes any
agreement being reached on the sub
ject between the American and Cana
dian high commissioners. The even
Ing newspapers here reproduce the
New York dispatch with comment gen.
orally regretting the situation, but OBJ
jecting to the conclusion that Canada
is blamable.
The Globe says: "fhe Canadians
would be far less patriotic than they
are If they yielded to what they con-
slider to be an unjust and indefensible
demand for the sake of the establish
ment of more friendly relation with
their big neighbor."
Continuing, the Globe remarks that
the Times. by publishing it's CORE
spondent's injudicial summing up, has
adopted the surest way to intlame pub
lie opinion ON both sides of the Attain
TIC"
The Westminster Gazette says: I'VE
sincerely hope a better face can be put
Oh things. so far as we are concerned.
but the deadlock seems very serious"
The st. James Gazette thinks that
American politics is playing an i'm
pOrtant part in the situation, and saws:
The Republicans are disposed to a
friendly arrangement with England
but it must be on terms so favorable
to America that the Democrats will
have no excuse to say they yielded
their interests to Great Britain
Retaliation Against Canada.
Washington. May 28.-There is little
doubt that our government is inclined
to retaliatory considerations against
Canada by the discOuraging results of
til enegotiations in London, looking to
the clearing Of the field for the reas.
sembling of the joint high commission.
tbs gathered that the British foreign
office, which had seemed DESTROYS to
meet Mr.. Choate's advances in the
spirit of compromise which promised
we'll, has been again influenced by
less than Il concession of all their de
mands, which has stopped all prog
ress
The department of state has referred
to the treasury department arrange
ment of Il plan to protect the interests
OF the United States and Il decision
from Secretary Gage is expected very
soon. The treasury department has
now two courses, both being retali;-
tory. The first is the preparation of
an amendment to the tariff; act largely
increasing duties OH lumber and forest
products imported into the United
States from Canada.
There is possibly another course. A
section of the Dingley act authorizes
the United States government. in cases
where countries impose an export duty,
to add the equivalent of such duty to
the import on such goods coming into
the United States. The Canadian gov
eminent is not imposing in so many
words an export duty on logs, but it
has prohibited their expectation. The
question before Secretary Gage is
whether this prohibition may not he
regarded as in principle the same thing
as an excessive, therefore prOllibitiyc.
export tax.
Ii this view is found, the treasury
has already at hand measures of retail
alton it seeks in the shape OF an order
prohibiting the importation of Cana
dian logs into the United States, which
would bear very heavily on the other
provinces in Canada outside of On
taro.