The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15
Liquors ~ HOND.

The arbitrary assumption Of the summit
rs the boundary line by the Canadians,
and the still more arbitrary action on their
plrt Of turning back American officers as
,anvoyS 10 liquors in bond, coupled with
the prompt action OF O.putv Collector An
drews in holding al liquors landed here Tor
trlnSit 10 the inferior. NAV vet be the
means Of arouSing the Washington gov
eminent 70 speedy aston and forcing an
understanding with the Canadians for
temporary boundary line pending the set
Element cf the question bv the two pow
ers. These liquors, arriving here for all
points in the interior, have been accumu-
lating in the bonded warehouse until today
Il contains nearly one huujiet tons OF oil
brands anl make. OF coarse, It works
hirdship upon the owners, who. beside
having il locked up i0- an indefinite peri
%. will have % paw storage on d at so
much a tlv. There is n5help for it, how
ever. and NJ. Andrews position is not only
well taken. but he IS sufficiently patriotic
and conscientious lbou, /, not TO receei
from il and 90 hold every taSe OF liquor
landed in Si,lswly until the Canadians
either remove the embargo PLACED on Amer
icln officers NJ the summit OF he receives
instructions what 10 90 from his superior
Officers. Mr.. Andrews hlS the sentiment
Of the Americans on his side, ana il is safe
to assume that he vii. stick 20 the text Of
his position Thirty miles from the head
Of Lynn canal has ALWAYS been the accept
e. boundary line Between Al ska ana Brit
ISL Columbia. and that will so remain un'
al the commission declares it otherwise
The encyoachmeut Of the Canadians to-
wards me coast was made stealthily. from
Lake Bern 20 Log Cabin, then a bold
dash 90 the summit ana the British flag
raiSet. That was the time for Uncle sam
10 have sen, company OF soldiers up
there AMI driven them bI,> 20 Log Cabin.
Il was not done however. and bv tacit
consent thew were allowed 10 Stlv, and to-
dav they hold il tv right Of conquest, and
we are PLACED in the hJm.iating position
Of having 20 submit until 1t pleaSeS our
government a, Washington 10 afford US re-
let. The Canadians are now making a
flank movement on Dvel. md, according
TO last reports. have succeeded in meas
ure. and liquors are going in over the tram
way ana are being landed ut Crater Lake.
which is something lie O mile beyoni and
within ,h- alleged British boundary linz,
where 900 American ofice- is stationed TO
receive 70. Il 90 reports are true, this
American deputy to..ecto-, who was orig
inally stationed al Lirde-mlnn At a point
about where the true boundary line exists,
has allowed himself 70 be driven bltk 20
Crater Lake. where the tram lands rs
packages, just on the other side Of the
Chilkoot Piss Liquors are shipped in
buckets on wire over the ,rlmway. and as
persons are not carried .u these buckets, the
liquors in bond are sent over in them, ana
the convoy has 20 walk over the trail 10
Crater, and there cheek Oft his plc< ges
and turn them over Mr. Andrews has en-.
deavorei 10 Se-ure the cooperation Of Dep
uty Collector Beegle at DyeI and TO have
him refuse to forward anv liquors, but
Beegie claims that his conveys are not mo-
Tested, as Sinoe the Lintermann deputy was
driven back 10 Crater Lake the convovs
only have about a mile Of alleged British
territory 70 cross. Again. as the conveys
over there have 10 walk over the trail,
while the liquors, supposed 20 be In their
charge, are out Of sight travelling by wire
overhead. the Canadians conveniently
claim they cannot tell, whenever such a
man crosses the summit. whether he is a
convoy or not, and as he has nothing in
sight, they lei him pass on. This, Of
course, is a Subteriuge. 10 other words,
over on the Dyea trail, owing to some
weak-kneei American official, the Canldi-
ans gained their point and drove him back.
Here il is different, the deputy at Log
Cabin proposes to held the tort and Mr.
Andrews also proposes 90 maintain his
stand as against the summit, and it is to
be hoped tina, he will not allow himself to
be eajolled into any compromise, but insist
upon a free passage for his men to Log
Cabin.