The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-02
Our Sister of the North.

If the Toronto World Is a true re-
Election of feeling existing on the other
side Of our border land to the north.
Canada is trembling on a rrecipice.
The people over the line have been
watching the progress of the annexa-
ton fever which began its dangerous
developments subsequent to the cap
ture Of Santiago, with a great deal of
apprehension. The Canadians have
good deal Of the blood of John Bull In
them and know what it means when a
nation begins to indulge in the Guilt
walton of an appetite for more terri
tory. They know, also, that there
is some of the same blood In the veins
OF their neighbors to the SOUTH and
probably they have read biographical
sketches Of President Mckinley, the
lHustriouS Alger, and others, and have
recognized traces of the same corpus
cles in the veins of the American
statesmen of which the two officials
named above are representatives
Canada, or the people of Canada,
has a sort of a self-rel;ant feeling,
and the bump of vitativeness on the
colonial head is sufficiently prominent
to manifest itself in the desire not to
be appropriated and literally swallowed
up by political neighbor.
But that there is CONSERVATION ex-
listing among the Canucks there Is no
doubt, and this is what the Toronto
Ncrld has to say on the subject:
Mess Canadians are fully alive to the
Sltuation and speak out In no uncertain Wsy
they will find themselves between grasping
annexation movement in the United States
haElhg for its end the domination of the
whole contInent, ard a great party in Eng
lsnd prepared TO make almost any sacrifices
10 the United States in cons ideration of some
KIND CT support of England in her race with
Hussea, France and other European powers
Allusion was made few days ago. in
The b e, to the Expansive speech"
delivered by Gen. James H. Wilson. on
his recent trip with President McKin-
ley IN the South. Gen. Wilson entered
upon a prophecy, and in the outline
which he gave of the future he ex-
pressed confidence that before the ex-
pnation Of President McKin!ey's next
term the flag of the United States
would Hoat over all the territory on the
american continent, from what he
styled the frozen north to the Gulf of
Mexico, and including Central America
Or course, if he located his claims upon
the frozen north he undoubtedly adj
vanced his parallel as near the north
pcle as American explorers have ever
approached. This would include Cana
da. 1t is no wonder, therefore. that
the citizens of that colonial possession
of Great Britain should feel a little
apprehensive, as they Hook into the
mouth of Gen. Wilson during the de-
livery of this utterance and contem-
plate the enormous capacity~of the
NAV of the Mckinley administration.
which can take in Porto Rico on one
eide f the earth, and Hawaii and the
Philippine islands On the other. all in
one gulp. and then stand up before the
world with a face all wreathed in
smiles that indicate internal satisfac-
ton.
The Canadians, according to the
Toronto World. seem to realize that the
inevitable is at hand. and that they
will be obliged to walk the plank, so
to speak, out from under the shadow
of the English Jack and enter into the
realm of protection afforded by the