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4 Necessary Induction.

The Canadian Prime Minister'S state
ment OF the Canadian case on the boun-
dairy question is eliciting good deal of at
tention in this country. This is natural.
Sir wilfrid Laurier is not only an accom-
plisAed statesman. but he says some things
that differ materially from what has here
tofore been known as the Canadian side OF
the pending controversy.
The United States has everything in this
matter of the boundary that Russia had
Sir Wilfrid well says that the Zine should
be so placed as to place in American terri
tory the strip of territory which was given
to Russia by the treaty of 1925 beyond and
above all headwater." In that year Great
Britain conceded to Russia just such a
strip as he described, beyond and above
all headwater."
This expression. 1T is clear as sunlight
includes the Lynn Canal. But it is possible
the Prime Minister OF Canada does not in
tend that the whole thing shall go with the
statement quoted. If he has a reservation
it would appear to be conceded in the re-
mark that the Canadian view of the treaty
of 1925 is that the boundary line should
follow the crest of the mountains. That,
| too. is the American view, with the ad-
dendum that such range shall be found
TO exist at a distance of not more than ten
marine leagues from The coast. Between
the Lions Head. where Mount st. Elias
peaks stop. and the region where the Cas-
| cade Range begins. that is from opposite
| I ol 10
River. there is no range parallel with the
coast for two hundred miles. The Rocky
Mountains are inland that distance. There
fore the treaty means that the line shall
be drawn parallel with the coast and at a
distance from the same of ten marine
leagues. This is the contention of tie
United States, and the Liberal Premier is
frank in putting the matter so plainly.
Sir Wilfrid's reference 10 the Venezuelan
case as being satisfactory to Canada is in
teresting. 1t is understood that the Ven
ezueian treaty's provision of fifty years oc-
cupancy CT territory TO constitute a valid
title not to be questioned by the arb,tra-
ton tribunal will be entirely agreeable to
this Republic. The United States has oc-
cupied the disputed territory under her
Russian title. II. as Sir Wilfrid says.
speaking for Canada. the boundary line
should be SO placed as to give the Ameri-
cans the strip OF territory. which was ceded
to Russia by Great Britain in 1925, beyond
and above all headwater." 1t would be i'm
possible to avoid the conclusion that the
United States must have the free benefit of
the fifty years provision OF tho Venezuelan
arbitration treaty. Ergo, ouc claims are
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whnt the West wnnts.

(From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat)
The West wants TO put a man in the Speaker
shin who is in harmony with the sentiment OF the
Republican party in this section on all the i'm
portant questions of national concern IT wants
to choose a man who stands with the Administra-
tion. Former Speaker Reeds hostility to the
purposes of the Administration on several ques-
tions Of urgent interest embarrassed the party
seriously, ana gave aid ard comfort to the De
mocracy. Apparently General Henderson is in
line with the former Speaker on all these ques-
tions, except possibly the construction of the Mic
aragua Canal. 1t is necessary that there should
be entire harmony in Republican councils At the
present time. We are on the eve OF great na-
tional campaign. True, the Republican party has
such an immense advantage over the Democracy
in many particulars that it could win even ii it
should make few tactical blunders. Common
sense demands, however, that it should avoid
blunders and cmbarrasSments wherever possible
In choosing Speaker man should be selected
who stands with the majority OF the party ana
with the Administration the great ISSUES which
are before the country At this moment, and which
will be before it until after the election.
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nurse. and her work deserves unqualified
praise. 1t could not have been better
Miss Helen Morgan. as Lady Capulet, was
iairiy good. Eugene Jespsons Capulet is
one Of the best lately seen. and Campbell
Goiian played the 'thankless part CT Ty-
oalt in very satisfactory way. W. II.
Thompson did his usual good work as
Friar Laurence. There is a certain ad-
vantage in choosing for the part OF Paris
youth who puts ms much spirit into his
acting as orrin johnson. This is some
thing OF an innovation. for Paris is usual
~ represented as a mere boy of no par
ticular character. hr. johnson plays him
as man who is not likely TO be satisfied
with any merely nominal possession OF
ms wife; and this portrayal strengthens
the work OF Miss Adams considerably. OF
the minor parts there is nothing but good
to say. All were we'll played. and the cos
TUNES and staging were. as might be ex-
pected OF Frohman company. nothing less
than magnificent. Altogether. this pre-
sentaticn of very old drama is one. which
deserves serious attention and study.
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VISITS SECRETARY HAY.
Spain,s Minister VIII Present His
Credentials Tomorrow.

The due d'Arcos. the new Spanish Min
lister to the United States. made a call of
courtesy on the Secretary of State yester-
day afternoon. during which arrangements
for his formal presentation TO President
Mckinley were determined. The Minister
will present his credentials to the Presi-
dent at the White House at IL o'clock to-
morrow morning. He will meet Secretary
Hay at the State Department shortly be-
fore the hour set. and will be accompanied
by the Secretary to the White House.
where the usual speeches will be made
The dues visit TO Secretary Hay yesterday
lasted only seven minutes. The Secretary
and the Minister had known each other
pleasantly several years ago. and were able
to meet without the embarrassment which
might have been caused had Spain's dip
lcmatic representative been an entire
stranger to Mr.. Hay. Their conversation
was OF a very agreeable character. and
there was nothing in it to mark the fact
that Spain and the United States had re-
Gently been at war.
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Friend Piatt.
From the Hartford Cuurant

Senator Tom Platt, who has larger legislative
interests at Albany than at Washington. has
issued review OF the work OF the special session.
He labors hard to save his face, the Chinese
say He pretends to be well pleased with the re-
suits He adroitly tries to absorb the credit for
the changes made in the franchisetax bill. He
pays perfunctory compliment or two to Gov
ernor Roosevelt, and remarks that the original
bill--which Governor Roosevelt would have signed
if the Legislature had refused to make those
changes-vioated every principle of sound legis-
lation, and adds that there is nothing dema-
gogic" in the amended bill which has now be
come law. Remember" he seems to be anxious
ly saying, "Tom Plat is the friend, not Roose.
Volt
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The Cause.

(From the New York Commercial AdyertiserD
There is nothing peculiar in the present marked
access in immigration TO this country. 1t is the
result OF improved business and increased wages
in the United States. \ similar movement was
witnessed during the decade preceding the last
panic when this country was prosperous and there
was great demand Tor labor. The present in
crease in immigration has been beipsd also by the
shortage in foreign crops during recent years.
Cost OF living has been increased abroad without
corresponding increase in wages, In time the tide
OF immigration will again diminish There is
very little land now open to cultivation in the
United States, and when the present demand for
labor in the various industris shall have been
supplied there will he les.ened incentive Tor per
sons in the old country to emigrate. The matter
is one that win probably work itself out in a
nntura! WIV
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GenernI schwan Going to Manila.

At the request of Major General Otis.
Brig. Gen. Theodore Schwan, U. s v.
Colonel and Assistant Adiutant General, L.
S. A. has been ordered to Manila for such
duty as may be assigned to him. It is
supposed at the War Department that
General Schwan will become chief of stan
to General Otis. During the war with
Spain General Schwan went to Porto Rico
in command of a brigade adm had taken
several important towns before the sign
ing of the peace protocol put an end to
hostilities. Since his return 10 the United
States he has been on duty in the War
Department as principal assistant to Ad-
jutant General Corbin. General Schwan
has risen to his present position from the
ranks Before the Civil War he was an
enlisted man in the Regular Army, He
will sail for Manila from San Francisco
on the transport Pennsylvania which is
scheduled to leave on June 20. or on the
Hancock, which will not depart until three
weeks later
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A STRIKE AT BALTIMORE.
ShipbuiIders and Boilcrmakers Want
Shorter SOurs.

Baltimore. June 1.-About 500 men en-
ployed as shipbuilders and boilermakers in
various establishments throughout the city
went on a strike today. The following
firms are affected The Columbian Iron
Works, the r. NJ. Spedden Company. the
E. ]. 'Codd Company. the James Clark
Company, and Charles Reeder & Sons.
The majority of the strikers left their
work at the Columbian Iron Works. where
it was estimated this morning that 400 men
had gone out At the office of Charles
Reeder & Sons it was said this morning
that about eighty men had struck. About
thirty-fiye men left the E. J. COdd Com
pany, and at the factory of the r. NJ.
Spedden Company about 100 men stopped
work. few men also stopped at the
James Clark Company. The men up to
today have been working on a ten-hour
schedule. and they want to reduce their
time by one hour daily. keeping the same
scale of wages. They are now working
from O'Clock to noon and from 1890 to
$50 O'Clock. Shipbuilders receive $3.50
and S275 daily, while boilermakers get
s.. %. $3.50. and S2.75. according to their
ability and skill.
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A Latter-nnx Notion
lErnm An unrtfnrd Conrnnt l

tFrOm Inc II1rtIoTd CouTant.J
The veteran Indian fighters duty in
Luzon must view these negotiations at Manila
with silent wonder. In the old days, when our
troops were after Sitting Bull. Geronimo. the
Apache Kid, and those other copper-colored
George Washingtons OF the great West. there
were no benevolent gentlemen from civil life
around to hold up the pursuit and offer the
weary ''hostiles" self-goyernment, the suffrage
trial by jury. etc, If they would quit shooting
and become good Indians again. That's mod
ern improvement
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FaIsu. in uno. FnIsus in Omnibus

To the Editor Of The Times:
Webster Davis, in his Decoration Day speech at
Arlington said: ''And the nation country that
can grow men Of such character and such loftinesi
of soul, that they will 90 down to death, il need
be- for an idea, for a principle. rule the
world For these are the men which make a
country great and nation strong and invine-
ible."
1t is evident from Mr. MeKinley's recent order
crrrtailinc the civil service to the extent OF some
5000 Offices that he is not the Kind Of an Amer
lean that Mr.. Davis referred to.
1t is almost beyond doubt that Mr. Mckinley
would never have been houored with the Office Of
President Of the United States had il been
thought that he would have yielded to the spoilS-
men Of his party in the way that he has done for
the past year or SO.
The Republican party having always been the
champion OF the merit system. it viii now he
forced 10 seek another candidate than Mr.. MCkin-
ley for its standard bearer in 1890 or else suffer
defeat at the polls. j. r. HAMILTON.
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Although there is a slight divergence
of opinion among the Nicaragua Canal
Commissioners as to the cost of the york.
there is not any either as to its feasibility
or national necessity. Their report, which
will be laid before Congress at its next
session, viii recommend the adoption of
the Chllds and Lull routes; the former
from Brito to Lake Nicaragua, and the
latter from the lake to Greytown. Too
much time already has been wasted in at
tempts to bring this great national work
to the point of accomplishment. 1t will
rest with the Fifty-sixth Congress to make
the great canal dream of the American
people reality. And the Fiftysixth Con-
gress will do it if its members have any
abiding faith in political or any other
kind Of a hereafter.
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A typical rnri,inn AgItntor.
From the Baltimore SunO

tIoW he i..'i4'i'"u4N sum
The acuuittal OF Dcrouledc who was charged
with melting, French soldiers 10 revolution
at first sight somewhat remarkable in view OF the
severity shown toward Picquart and Drsytus. De
roueda did undoubtedly. II appears. Try 20 get
General Roget 10 lead his soldiers To attack and
dcposc President Loubet hut the extravaganza Of
his conduct at all times seems 10 indicate that he
is insane and not to be taken seriously. At his
trial he did hesitate to declare his desire and
purpose to overthrow the Republic ii be can. 1t
was thought to be absurd to make martyr of
him-a sort OF second-eass Drryfls. 10 he the sun
ject Of another popular crusade for justice The
best way to deal with noisy agitaiurs Is to LEI
them have Chance 10 disgust their hearers by
their own extravaganza.
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A backward step.

(FrOm the haiisaS tltN STAR
This civil service order Of the Presd nt's is 4
long step backward. 1t loses to the people some
of the important results of many years OF agita-
ion and hard disinerested work. It Is victory
for spoiIs which comes at a significant time, Tor
a rational election is hardly more than year dis
tant. In issuing this order the President has
welded to the pressure brought by his political
friends and the rampant Office seeking lobby.
Counter to these influences was the earnest plea
of good citizenship that while there were defects
in the present civil service law these could be
remedicd without sweeping away the barriers TO
, I,rae mart OF the public service.
The times., 1899-06-02
WASHINGTON MEMoR1ALIsTs.
4 Meeting to Further the National
University Project.

New York, June IA meeting of the
George Washington Memorial Association,
which was organized a year ago to arouse
interest in the establishment of a ma
tional university. was held this afternoon
at the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs Henry R.
Mallory presided. and speeches were made
by Prof. w J McGee. of the Smith
sonian Institution: DR.. Egbert Guernsey.
Mrs. Calvin S. Brice, and others. The as
sociation hopes to get Congress to pass
bill at the next session establishing a
university at Washington and providing
for its maintenance. Meanwhile fund
is being raised with which to erect an
administration building for the university
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pencc-nnd Mnr.
lrrom The PhiladeIplia LEDGER }

u FIVTII INT 7 I1IIIa1' IFI'II I171-V''V
II General Wheeler spoke his raj sentiments in
his Boston oration, as no doubt he did, it is just
as well that he not sent as one Of our repre-
sentatives 10 the Disarmament Conference. IIe
gave it as his opinion that that nation whost
people ready 10 respond to call to arm
with men and resources for any emergency Is III,
that shall most certainly be able TO avoid the
s4solation and horrors OF war"
The times., 1899-06-02

Next Monday the Peace Conference will
debate the plan of mediation, which, it is
said, is wholly American in its origin.
This is adopted from the code duello.
which in the days of its vogue seldom had
merit so conspicuous as this of inspir-
ing a mode of peace and good will among
men. According to the plan, whsn con-
fict arises between two powers each Sc
lects another to try to prevent hostilities.
To these seconds or assistants all the facts
in the case are submitted within thirty
days. If still war becomes inevitable,
they continue without intrusion on the
rights of belligerents, to act with the view
of stopping hostilities. This unique mode
of mediation is admirably adapted to some
situations, and it might become a most
satisfactory scheme for preventing war.
Yet, it must be borne in mind that when
nations get ready to fight and want badly
to fight they are not easily dissuaded.
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and travel rauons, and paying them only
in orders on the money order office near
est the place of enlistment. In some such
way as that most of them would have to
get home in order to secure weapons and
much tanglefoot. In any event. some
thing ought to be done to stop this pecu
liar nuisance
The times., 1899-06-02
4 Personal ExpIanntion.

To the Editor Of The Times:
am sure you do not wish to misTepresent any
BODY. You recently quoted from some remarks
by MIR H. G. Kirk. when he superseded ls
President OF the Secular League 10 the eli ct that
| had changed Gly views religious questions -
Mr. Kirk knew that had not changed my views.
though ! am ready 10 charge them in Obedience
10 evidence Of ans kind-as all persons ought 20
be- | know that my views are not Of Importance
10 the public hut II they are Of consequence
enough To aIluie to ii may be worth while %
correct an erroneous statement.
W. A. CROFFIT
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Porto Rico and DinpIeyism.

The report which the expert of the New
York Merchants Association has brought
back from Porto Rico is interesting, if it
is not encouraging. He Travelled all over
the sugar, tobacco, and coffee districts,
which ought to constitute a rich garden
of trade for this country. and found that
cultivation and production were totally
paralyzed by the Dingley tariff, enforced
against a possession as much American
in fact and a great deal more in SEN
timent than some places in New England.
Mr.. Corwine, the delegate of the Mer-
chants Association. says that lin taking
the island from Spain, we took away 4
large portion CT its market and have NOT
provided any substitute" Under Spanish
rule. practically all the tobacco went to
Cuba. The tariff shuts off that trade and
there is no other market for Porto Rican
tobacco, as it is not known in the United
States. and could not pay the oppressive
duties on the commodity if it were. The
crop of the present year is only one third
of the normal quantity. and is not being
harvested as there is no present way to
dispose of it, 1t is the same way with
Porto Rican coffee, es fine as any in the
world. and which used TO be highly popu-
lar in Spain. 1t canno. go there any
more, and the American door is closed to
it. Porto Rico, which ought TO be one OF
the most prosperous territories under the
American flag, is absolutely crushed ani
pauperized under the Dingley tariff.
This is totally unnecessary condition.
The President has it within his power to
relieve the distress and remove the sinis-
ter commentary upon our treatment OF
colonies, b. stroke of his pen. Why is
not his amiable heart moved by the easily
remediable sufferings of Porto Rico?
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Mr.. sherman's Diplomacy.
(From the CINCINNATI Enouirer)

u rUfn INT NIHtINHiII EN'IlITtTJ
Since his return to Ohio Mr.. Sherman has been
diplomatic in his interviews to men. lie has
carefully avoided expressing preference for any
candidate for the Republican nomination for Gov
eruor. Indeed, he has assumed TO forget who the
candidates are 1t has been frequently hnted Of
late years that the distinguished gentleman 5
memory is falling, but we suspect that he retains
the old political accomplishment OF forgetting
only when he docs not want to remember.
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In view of the disposition which General
Maxine Gomez has lately shown to
aid the United States in its efforts
to pacify Cuba and establish reace.
order, and good government in the
island, Americans generally will regret
to learn that he is seriously i'll of conges-
tion of the lungs. and will earnestly hope
for his speedy recovery. General Gomez
has been prominent figure in the move
ments Of the world in recent years. He
is sturdy old soldier and man physic-
ally and morally brave and honest. accord
ing to his lights. His loss would be keenly
felt at this time.
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A Mcnn Insinnation.

From the ST. Paul DiSpateh-)
The letter carriers want 4 raise Of pay. and
they think they know Congress, 80 they have
raised a persuasion fund of several thousand dol
The times., 1899-06-02

Otis has asked that Schwan be assigned
to duty in the Philippines, and he has been
detailed for duty there, accordingly. This
leads us to believe that our Governor Cen
eral intends to make wet weather cam
paign. 1t is a pity we have not whole
flock of Schwans to send him.
The times., 1899-06-02
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Manifest Destiny.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealcr.)
Doesn't it make you feel little blue 10 find
yourself getting oldg' enqured the strictly fresh
egg OF the somewhat doubtful
mo, it doesn't" replied that latter. ''Whcn
get little older I'm going on The stage.
The times., 1899-06-02

The meeting at Louisville on Tuesday
of the League of Bimetallic Clubs repre-
senting Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ken
lucky. did not leave the impression that
Ohio Valley Democrats are inclined to
abandon the silver issue. On the con-
trary, the speeches and proceedings fur
nished sufficient evidence that they are
prepared to fight for the white metal and
the whole Chicago platform.
The times., 1899-06-02
Times Changes.

CFrom the indianapolis Journsi)
less than year ago. she mused, she said
he would lay down his life for me, and now N
won't put up the window screens"
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just, and must be granted even on the
statement of the Prime Minister of Can
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Klondikers Charged with Theft.

Vancouver. B. c.. Sept. IA Scot
land Yard detective has made an i'm.
portant arrest at Donald. w. G.. o.
Crick and H. Christie arrived there
some time ago to fit out for the Tete
Jeune Cache gold field They spent
money lavishly. Soon after their de
parture a detective arrived, and on
their return he arrested Christie, but
Crlck escaped to the Pacific coast. ir
is alleged that Crick stole from a firm
of English brokers $5T, 900 worth OF
bonds. and that they were negotiated
by Christie for $4,000.