The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-16
AGREEMENT WITH CANADA
in a Bad Way, Vet No
Homeless

Washington, D. c., Feb. 15-Whether or
not the negotiations looking to the settle
ment of the dozen or more issues between
the United States and Canada by means of
the joint commission now in session uti-
mately will fail entirely. can scarcely be
fOretold here at this moment But. re-
CARELESS of the outcome. it can be stated
on authority that the American commits
sioners have not. as represented. refused
the concessions asked by the Canadians
o nthe contrary, the American commits
sioners have listened with the greatest pa
thence for the past six months to every
argument that the Canadians cared TO pre-
sent in support of the important conces-
siOns they desired and. so far from refus-
ing these. the Americans have granted
some of the most important concessions,
which, it is admitted. are so broad as TO
make il difficult for the American commits
sioners to assure themselves of the sup
port of their government and congress in
allowing them. II is said further, and this
statement is borne out by the open declar-
atoms of the officials OF both the United
States and Canada that while a number
of propositions. nearly all Of Importance,
ments as proper subjects 10 be considered
by the joint commission with view Of
their inclusion in the projected treaty or
series Of treaties, it was not expected, al
though Of course it was hoped, that final
agreement would be reached on all these
subjects. Agreements have been reached
on some questions of the first Importance.
including matters that have been the cause
of constant friction between the United
States ad Canada for very may years. On
some other questions the commissioners
have not been able to get together; II is
even probable they never will. The ques-
ton is, whether in view of this partial
agreement the two governments will con-
slider it worth while TO attempt 10 base a
treaty on those matters that have already
been agreed upon. The commissioners are
not bound TO do this unless they see fit,
as it is understood that in such negotia-
tons there must be always more or less
trading" and it remains TO be seen
whether both the United States and Can
ada will regard the agreement so far
reached as constituting fair adjustment
Washington. d. c. FeO. 15-The Ameri-
can-Canadian commission was in session
today and when the session concluded the
members announced that another meeting
would be held tomorrow. They denied that
there was any probability % the imme-
late, dissOlution Of the commission. as had
been reported. but admitted that foT a
time yesterday the situation was precsr-
ious They reached a point IN which there
appeared TO be irreconciiable differences
and concluded 70 allow the disputed point
70 rest for the present with the hope that
a solution might be found later couse-
quentIy they took up other questions to-
day.
Today's session % the commission was
one-sided affair After few minutes in
Joint session the British members retired
and the Americans remained a half hour
longer than usual N conference. This i'm
rnadiately set sf9ot the report that the
British side had presented an ultimatuH
which was being considered by The Ameri- 4
car. comm sslore-s This vas fl a gen
eral line with the story tslegraphed this I
nozning from London that the negotla- 4
tic7s - entirely fallen through A';eT
the session. however. a prominent mem
Der u the commission whose attention
was called ~ tne I11r5on dispatch. ex-
pressed surprise and declared that taere
vas no truth either 81 this OF Il the report (
thar az ui,imstu,n mad been presented To- I
szy The negotiations we're. ne sid. u
a critical stage but there Ess 10 reason %
believe that they had ssne6. AID 1hat Ess
al that could b. said q; present