The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-21
THE CANADIAN COMMISSION.
ALASKAN QUESTION DROPPED
FROM DISCUSSION.

resumption of the Commission VIII
Not Depend on 1.-THE Alaskan
Dispute Has Grown More Acute
Concessions for OutIanders Will
Probably he Demanded From the
TrnnsvaaI-Annivers of Glad
stones Death Caused No Demon
strntion.
Copyright, 1899, by the Associated Press)
London. May 2O-The fate of the Anglo
American Canadian commission is natural
~ regarded here as a matter OF great
/ Importance. and the various rumors and
reports on the subject attract much atten-
ton
A dispatch from Washington to the eff
feet that che resumption of :he commits
sion's labor depends upon a settlement of
the Alaskan boundary dispute has been
prominently published in this city. and a
representative of the Associated Press
made inquiries at the center of the nego-
uations in London. From an unimpeach-
able source he obtained the following
statement:
The thorny nature of the Alaskan ques-
ton makes it probable that on the resumn-
ton of the sitbngs of the commission it
viii be withdrawn from discussion to be
taken up later should circumstances be
favorable. The Alaskan question, in fact.
has practically been dropped out OF the
discussions, and the statement that It's
discussion and settlement viii be made
the sine qua non of the resumption of the
slttings of the commission is inaccurate"
Inc representative of the Associated
Press was assured that the matter has
been discussed in the most conclBatorv
spirit on both sides. The newspapers
here express regret at the fact that the
Alaska dispute has grown more acute at
time when the relations between the
two countries are so cordial, and the news
that the conference will probably be re-
sumed IN the autumn has given satisfac-
ton.
Was No Demonstration.
The attempt to make the anniversary of
Mr. Gladstones death (May 19 the occa-
sion for great party demonstration sim
liar to the Conservatives Primrose dav
must be written down as a failure, The
Liberal organ urged the wearing of a
white buttonhole. the white flower of a
blameless life as it was chrstened bv
the parry papers but the idea did not be-
come popular, and hardly citizen in Lon
don was seen wearing one, while even in
the Liberal and Radical clubs few people
adopted the idea
Trouble in the TransvanI.
The great johannesburg plot against
the Transvaal is cassed as having fzzled
out like a damp frecracker. Il
is claimed that the Boer organs first
tried to magnify the affair into another
Jameson raid but now have abandoned
the attempt in despair. 1t is further as
serted that the men arrested comprise
couple of Boer agents, who, some people
claim, probably engineered the whole
scheme
Nobody tn nks that President Kruger
knew anything of the Matching of the
affair, and he Is looked upon as being
too shrewd not TO see a iasco.
An interesting insight into Boer meth
DDS was given in report that most of the
barmaids at Johannesburg receive hand
some rewards from the Beers secret SER
vice fund for spying upon customers.
Much Importance is attached to the
coming meeting between Sir Alfred Mil
ner, the British high commissioner of
South Africa and governor of Cape Colony,
and President Kruger at BloomfonteIn
capital of the Orange Free State.
There is general anticipation that Sir
Alfred Miner has been instructed by Jo-
seph Chamberlain, secretary OF state for
the colonies, to put forth certain demands
in the shape of concessions to the TJitland-
ers, In form practically amounting to
an ultimatum and that the Beers will be
required to accept and carry out the Brit
ish demands within a specified period. or
the Transvaal will be occupied by Brit
ish troops.