Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-29
HITCH IN THE FARLEY
Why Meg citations Between Can.
ada and the United States
Are Hating.
LADY OF THE SHOWS" Is FREAKY.

Wants TO Catch Some Alaska Real Estate
Coming or Going, So an Authority n.
| Washington Says-London Times Praise
of Our Legal Astuteness, Luminous In
light, and Grasp of Fundamentals
Apropos of ting Peace Conference.
Washington. May %. - The London
Times this morning, according to press
cable. publishes a special article ex-
planning all aspects of the Alaska
boundary dispute. 1t BELIEVES that Eng
lands case is very strong and that
she has every interest in going TO
arbitration provided the terms of refer
ence are satisfactory" adding that
those of Venezuelan precedent might
fairly be accepted on both sides" The
article speaks favorabiy of the COM
promise plan for Matchmaking the
wharf at Skagway and the White Pass
road as far as the Canadian frontier.
Aprcpos of this dispute a statement is
made here that Is declared to be from
the best OF authority of the situation as
it stands today.
Proposal to Afbitrate Is Accepted.
When the commission adjourned some
months ago it was because il had
reached an apparently insurmounta bic
obstacle in the shape Of the Alaskan
boundary question. After the adjourn
ment the two governments took up this
particular question with a view to set
ting it, and thus removing it from the
path of the many other important is
sues involved. NEGOTIATIONS proceeded
until a proposal was made from the
British side the main point of which
was that a separate tribunal of arbitCa-
ton should pass on the boundary ques-
ton 1t was communicated to Ambas-
sadOr Choate and by him To the state
department. and there is little doubt
that it would have been accepted; but
the president was absent and it was
laid over TO await his return.
Canada Springs n Curious Scheme.
Just as it was about to be accepted,
says the authority quoted. Canada i'm
posed another condition. This condition
was that in any event Canada should
be given Pyramid harbor and a strip
of territory on the Lynn canal. without
reference TO the general conclusions
reached by the tribunal of arbitration.
This condition caused not only surprise,
but some degree of indignation among
the officials here. After canvassing the
situation il was decided not to accept
this condition. and a peremptory refusal
was given to the proposition. Thus the
matter STANDS.
says We Are Taking 1t Easy"
Another cable from London says that
George ". Smalley, the New York cor
respondent of The Times, commenting
upon the 'easy-EOing attitude" which
the American press takes regarding the
Canadian matter. contrasts these eX-
pressions with those used a the time of
the Venezuela dispute. and says: There
could not be a more convincing proof
of the change in American sentiment.
There is no sign OF a disposition to take
q hostile view. 1t is assumed that Eng
land Will ultimately do what is right,
and will nOt,suffer the wishes of Canada
to outweigh her sense of justice"
PRAISES OUR GRASP OF LAW.
Times Expects Mnch from Our Men in ths
Peace Conference.
Iondon, May 29.-The Times. in an
editorial dealing with the prospect that
the result Of the peace conference will