Arizona republican., 1899-07-14
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No Probability Of Its Early
 Settlement.
No Ofher Harm Though Will Result Than a Long Postponemenf of an AdJuSfmtnf Which Will Have to Be rade SOmefime,

Washington, July 13.-Mr Choate
 has not communicated to the state | department the result of any repre- sentations he has made to Lord 1 Salisbury in London respecting the Alaskan mOdus vivendi, under his in sttuctions of yesterday. Even at the best these negotiations move slowly,
 owing to the multitude of important foreign questions requiring the per- sonal attention of Lord Salisbury Be- sides, the latter comes to London from his Hatfield home only once each
 week, necessitating adroit manage
 ment on the part of the ambassador to
 secure speedy communication with
 him.
 Now, althogh it is believed that it
 is almost hopeless to expect a sue
 cessful outcome of these direct nego-
 tiaticns with London, it is not regard ed here as inevitable that a hostile clash will follow the failure to secure a modus, as has been intimated. It is admitted freely that the situation is serious, but confidence is expressed in the sufficiency of the present arrange ments, backed by the sound, common sense of the officials of the United States and Canada, now in the dis puted territory in Alaska. to prevent a collision.
 As matter of fact, the two nations the United States and Great Britain, lave been working under a tacit.y understood modus viVendi, though this has never been reduced to terms or taken formal shape. The existence of an understanding on this point is manifested ID the ready acQuiescence by the United States government in the suggestion by the British foreign office that it might tend to prevent trouble if the war department. aban- doned its plan of sending a garrison of troops to Pyramid harbor. On it's part the British goyerrmenk shaHed its disposition to maintain status quo and prevent encroachment by quietly, but firmly restraining the Canadian customs officers and mounted police, who were greatly harassing American miners passing over the trails.
 If that spirit continues to be ex- hibited on both sides there is little reason to fear that the failure of the London negotiations will result in anything more serious, so far as the mining communities are concerned. than another long and disagreeable postponement of the final settlement of the boundary question. There may be other consequences affecting some of the important issues that figured before the joint high commission, and whose settlement depends upon the of the boundary question, put it is too early yet to bring the Canadians to reason according to that view. BRITISH EMBASSY WITHOUT ADJ
 VICES.
 The British embassy is similarly | without adyices from the foreign office l Ls to the direction of the recent nego- iations in London, and the officials l lere positively decline to discuss any | 'hase Of the Alaskan question. Until | ecently Secretary Hay and MT. | Tower, the British charge. shaped the | in Washington, which ater took a formal shape in London, ut within the last three weeks the egCuations have been removed en- rely to London, and the embassy off ials here have not been called into he discussion. The general view has revailed from the first in British uarters that a satisfactory adjust lent would ultimately be reached and hat the delays and doubts arising rom time to time were merely ups nd downs in the adjustment of diff ut diplomatic situation. There con- nues to be this hopeful view of an ltimate adjustment
 It is believed now that the two gov have come to a point where
 must be admitted that their present representatives must abandon their forts to agree upon a bounda~.y line, ven though the latter be but tempo ary and subject to correction by sub -quent negotiation. Whether CT rot rbitratio- will be the last rescre can1 ot be foretold; at present that rem l. ly has not been offered in such shape : tc be acceptable to our government. nd it is feared that the effort to ar inge the limitations of an arbitra- ( on would be beset witE as grave faculties as those in the way of di- 'c, negotiation
 COL. PETIT REASSIGNED. [