The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-04

sEAsrlE. "WEDNESDAY. OCT. =.


II Correspondent Slauson IN correct
and he usually is--the state department
n all at sea as to the exact status OF its
negotiations with Canada relative To the
Alaska boundary. Representative Cush-
man had q talk with Assistant 6ecre-
tsYy Adee. and Was informed that II
Sas ccntempiated to give Canada ware
house privileges on Lynn canal and q
railroad right -of- way across the Ameri-
can strip 10 her own soil. d concession
tantamounf to granting free port
Secretary Adee claims he was nfsun-
derstood. and says IL had merely been
suggested that there be granted limited
warehouse privileges and facilities for
access and transportation by railway.
Now comes the very highest authority"
and declares that nothing In the modus
sivendi contemplates giving Canada or
the British government access to tide
water. We are left To surmise that the
very highest authority" IL Secretary
Hay himself. who may have returned 10
washington. and. finding what a mess
Of u his amiabie under secretary had
made. concluded TO say word himself,
There has been some little talk" II Is
now Gaid. ''of giving Canada access to
the dominion from the Pacific, but alb
soluteiy no concession OF this character
has been made by the United States and
this q . matter that has been left en-
tireiy 70 future negotiations" Mr. Adee
says there may be eome concession to
Canada The highest authority. says
there has been none. And there we are.
In this connection. II may be interest
ting 10 refer to the British Columbia at
titude as to the boundary. Our contem-
porsries across the line are still loud
for arbitration. They cannot under
stand how a proposal on It's face so
reasonable can be opposed. Says the
Vancouver Province commenting on re-
cent editorial expressions of the Post
InteiiIgencer:
"Aii Canada asks ~ that the tine should
be determined, by impartial judges Why
should our American friends be So much
afraid Of submitting the case TO impartial
arhitrations The question has often been
asked. but 10 far no answer has been
given and this silence on the other side
81 the border IL surely significant
The Province Is In error. The answer
Hn h.a ..x4 ext,- xxsft A.
and without hesitation. Arbitration inn
plies compromise. This Is not a matter
which the American people feel can, or
should be. compromised They do not
think that Canada has. or ever has had
any purpose In raising an ear-spsltting
clarsor over the Alaska boundary but
to force IL into the hands OF SEINE out
side tribunal. which would make 1. its
chief business 10 reconcile conflicting
claims Out ~ the great mass OF con
tention. the dominion would on general
principles naturally expect that on
some rcint II would secure a favorable
dceissen. Canada has everything 20
gain. and nothing. whatever to hose, by
arbitration. The United States has
nothing Ia gain. and much Ia lose.
which 1t Is firm in the conviction it
should not iose. briefly, the United
States regards II "a a matter not open
10 dispute, II has possession because
IL has what IL deems clear title IL gs,s~
session, and II Is net going - surrender
because q auarr~isssme ueighhor has
raised row over nothing