The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-09-02
on THE ALASKA BOUNDARY
SAYS RUSSIA Is INTERVENING.


London, Aug. Upon authority Of nm
doubted reliability q representative n the
Associated Press has ascsrtained that into
the Alaska dispute there has crept tho
craftiness Of Russian diplomacy.
Russia, i can be stated, viii do every
thing, with every energy, to prevent The
practical cohesion Of the two great Eng.
lish-spea6ng nati0n& In ali her en-.
bassies instructions had been received 70
thwart the Angio-American understand
ing. A prominent diplomat, who q inti-
mately acquainted with the details Of the
negotiations OF the past few years, said to
q reporter Of the Associated Press.
In any arrangement looking to . work
ing agreement between England and the
United States, Russia sees the defeat Of
her dearest proiect& / believe her intense
activity in China IL to no small extent due
to her fear that Anglo Saxon power. once
realized, viii sweep everything before It In
the far east. Dreading the rapid realiza-
tien OF this nightmare she IL making hay
while the sun shines, in the msanwhfis
intriguing 10 the utmost to tie the hands
Of those who are working 10 mateEializs
Angio-Sa sentiment
The latest evidence Of this q In the
Alaska affair. Though, strictly speaking,
it ID matter Of international politics and
would have been settled long ago Il left
solely to Great Britain and the United
States, Russia has managed to suggest
motives never dreamed Of By America, by
distorting facts II Is impossible for me
to divulge exactly how, or to what extent
Russia got her paws into the dispute. But
the attitude Of her press, Official to ths
core, Is quite sufficient to show her mo-
tive"
The report that Sir Wilfrid LAurier, the
premier Of Canada, and L II. Davies, min
ister Of marine and fisheries, are to come
here in regard to Alaska il thought by the
colonial Office to be quite probable, but
nothing is known definitely Of the matter.
Both there and at the embassy Of the
United States il is said the status Of ne
gOtiations has not changed and h spoken
Of rather warily.
The caustic remarks Of Sir Charles Tup-
per, formerly Canadian high eommissiOner,
in an interview with . representative Of
the Associated Press, held with him Aug
ust Is, when he said the United States
we're puTPosely delaying the settlement Of
the Alaska dispute on account Of the pc
cuniaTy benefit accruing to miners and
coast cities through the delay and had ne
fused to have the boundary delimited, a.
WAS being done in Venezuela, created con-
siderable dissatisfaction at the United
States embassy.
1t was claimed there that Sir Charles
Upper quite misrepresented the faeta,
that the dilatoriness was entirely duo 10
the Canadians 1t was also said that his
declaration that the commission proposed
by the United States provided for no
umpire, was q deliberate evasion a. the
fact is the United States proposal includ-
ed an umpire, to be chosen BY both sides
| from North America. Though this was
not committed TO writing, it was thorough
1 " understood. The hitch came through
| the absolute refusal Of the Canadians 10
acoede, they insisting upon European
umpire.
II may be said that the impression exists
that Canadian politics are chiefly responS-
bic for the Alaskan impasse- This 10 not
only the American idea, but it obtains
among some Of the British officials, though
most of the latter are inclined TO believe
| the United States should make vast con-
cessions, in order to convince the BTitish
of the sincerity Of their friendship and -
a return for war services. In other words.
the British are now expecting quid pro
quo, an expression not uncommon in thsse
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