The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-17
CITY OFFICIAL PArER.
sEATrLE. MONDAY. sULY ~.
sormIsG no AasITnArE.

NOTMIxG TO ARnITRATE.
TWO leading Chicago newspapers. the
Tribune and the Times-Heraid. are sug-
gesting that the Alaskan boundary
question be left TO arbitration. or that
the United States make some concession
20 the Canadian demands. such as was
made along the coast OF Maine when the
boundary there was in Dispute. The
Tribune declares that IL may turn out
20 be expadient 10 compromise this
Alaskan boundary dispute BY giving II
Canada little territory. OF small value
IN itself. 10 which this country has bet
ter title" The Ttmes-Heraid says '.it
would seem that no International dis
pute Of the century has 10 strongly
pointed To arbitration as the best means
OF satisfactory settlement
To both these papers, the plain and
common sense views OF DIR. Shaw.
a. oppressed Ia the July Review
of Reviews. are To be commended
Az DIR. shaw points out for the
benefit Of his multiple readers Of all
sections OF the United States, there II
nothing that Canada has right "a
claim as concession. either for the sake
Of compromise or coercion. and nothing
that the United States should arbltrate.
The boundary as II now stands. espe-
utaity with reference 10 the Lynn canal.
Was never seriously disputed until Can
ada made up her mind TO try to befooi
the United States into giving her some
thing that she knew she had no righs
to.
Rights and Jurisdiction az they were
exercised by the American authorit e,
and pnpuiace up 10 the time of the
kiondike discoveries were not question
ed during the long period Of the Russian
control OF the Iisiare strip. nor again
during the various renewals OF the
treaties regulating the respective own
ership. Canadian claim To the Benin
canal was only pressed while the Cas-
STAR mining excitement was promising,
and WAS totally forgotten until the
prospeetors hogan to find gold in the
Northwest Territory. No record exists
either British. Russian or American. II
claim other than American or Russian
prior 10 1897 To the headwaters OF Lynn
canal or To the western exposure Of the
mountains. Canada now demands these
new declarations with no serious convic-
ton al Its right 10 them and In ne
other spirit than that OF hazard. II is
play Of blur against American official
! tenderfeet.
Thanks 10 their recent journey north.
ward. Senator Fairbanks and Congress
man Payne and party ~ the American
membership in the Joint high commits
slen ami Of tho influential party in con-
sress now realize that Ia yield To Can
ada Is to give away not only few
miles ef territory. hu, To concede a
paint Of strategy both in business and
In military administration. and to grant
that international courtesy and consid-
Grafton are due TO a totally adventurous
3 and inslnccre aggression
The eatlse Canadian contention Ia
iudserous. Il IL trnmped up "a grounds
not even speefaus. I, IL entitled neither
10 such waste Of DIPLOMACY as has
already been expended upon IL. nor. In
any contingency, tn arbitration. Give /,
a response unuatxed With the fear If pos
siele ofrense and hraced with the hack.
bone Of little ordinary American de-
termination. and IL viii all vanish am.
the Canadian shortly declare tina, he
never SO maeh az made contention
II would not he amiss sor the Tribune
and the Tine&-ueraIa. ferecast!ag =
few naonths or wears ahead te call "a
mind she famous utferanee II their con-
temporary. the New York Trihnne. In
1881. when Canada vas trying IL hfng
the United states into a rrsrtie-s arhs.
traiioh upoa the sealing question SAL,
the Trihssnes
''T'he ret results sa the Canadians a
all shis sgrseins, prsclslusing. warning
ana naval hlppgsirornins - thzs shey
have stolen "a mary ~ cur seals a.
ever"
The PARALLEL 10 the Alaskan cuess!os
o. fo.iay Is obvious.