Washington sentinel., 1899-03-11

widespread sy stem of technical institu
tions de signed to educate the native
into becoming more sSiful, and
therefore, more profitable producers
We in England cannot follow all thes'
| methods, though at the nth hour it may
be we haYe evolved fairly good system
for technical instruction, But Govern
ment subsidies for freight, carried eithei
| by rail or steamer, is one that we will
never see in England. In the States
we may. And herein lies the danger
not only to us but also to the Americans
themselves. When it was deemed
necessary, the Great Republic did not
hesitate to erect a barrier wall of pro-
hibitive tariffs to raise revenue and pro-
tect the native manufacturers from the
competition of the oreigner-English
of course included. The next step was
distinct advs nee on this policy. 1t
sought. by still more vigorous tariff
enaCtments, not only to protect existing
manufactures. but to create new ones.
How this policy has affected British
producers the recent history OF the tin
plate trade, and certain sections of the
Yorkshire woollen industry, amply
illustrates But then the question arises
how far can this line Of action be fol.
lowed with impunity? There must be
a limit, beyond which lies danger. And
that the United States has very nearly
reached this line OF demarcatiou is obvi.
Gus. AS we have before pointed out
the great North American Republic can
not retreat snail.like into its shell and
belittle its inter-dependence on other
countries. It is absolutely imperative
to the commercial solvencN ofthe United
States that we should continue to take
her food ,stufis, her corn, her provisions
and her cattle, aud last but not least, her
cotton. And yet in return for this Gus
tom, the policy which is adopted towards
the British manufacturer is that of shut
ting him out of American markets
wherever such can be done.
The A-GLo-AMRRIcAN COMMISSION. |
TimeS-London, Feb. 2s,
TIE official statement disposes Of some
spG culations as to the points upon which
divergence has arisen. It is not upon
Tariff regulations affecting lumber and
other commodities in which Canada IS
Substantial progress, we
are told, has been made towards the
of many outstanding difficult
ties, but the British and the American |
have been unable to |
come to an agreement on the compli- |
Gated problem of the Alaskan boundary.
= If there is disposition to settle
he matters in controversy, either by |
concessions or by arbitration on
reasonable terms, :he commissioners, |
when they meet again in August, will |
lave time to prepare a plan for submis-
ION to the Senate IN December, which
would come into operation as early as
f it were presented now.
Dailv NeVS-Londou, Feb. %.
The Alaska difficulty as a whole may
,e summarily stated in this waV. When
he Americans acquired Alaska by pur'
hase from Russia they took with 1t
wedge shaped strip of coast bordering
he Northwest Provinces of Canada.
This was an unconsidered tuhe at the
ime, but subsequent developments OF
Canadian enterprise in that region have
made 1t Of great importance. The
american coast strip, in fact, cuts off
his part Of the Northwest from the sea,
nd even to some extent bars the way
0 KIondyks. The question Of its exact
therefore, becomes OF much
This, of course, is only to
e determined by a reference to our
riginal arrangement with Russia, from
,hich power the United States acquired
S rights.
Our terms with Russia were that the
oundary was to follow a supposed line
f mountains running parallel with the
ca. Mountains or no mountains, it
,as, however, never to exceed a distance
( ten marine leagues from the sea.
hat was considered near enough when
he boundary was drawn. In conse-
uence the political geographers sadly
&C mped their work, cried Mountains"
there there we're no mountains, and
enerally dealt with the coast in a highly
way. One difficulty is that
he Canadians insist on regarding certain
,lands which hug the coast as coast
ne, while the other side maintain that !
ne boundary must bs dI IaSvn ia all cases
n the mainland Canada, moreover, |
rgues that the ten marine leagues is
,erely a maximum, and that Russia,
nd, by consequence, the United States,
ave no right to claim strip Of terri
1ry Of that Uniform breadth, along
early the whole line in dispute.
'HRowING THs MAHDIs DEAD BODY
INTO THE NILR-
7fVles-London, Feb. ar
According to the Information at the
isposaI OF the War Office, the remains
,ere taken from the grave and thrown
Ito the Nile. Thereason officially given
substantial, but. in our judgment, not
deuuate. "It was held that the super
titious reverence which attached to the
Iahdi's memory might cause a recru'
escence OF troubles in the Soudan,
which, in view of the history OF the past
ixteen wears, it was necessary 10 take
measures to avoid"
Everyone will admit the force OF the
1ducement. No doubt the ianatical
,rabs are not susceptible to the con-
iderations which would affect the
Western intelligence. The fact that we
re masters Of the soil in which