The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-06-02
CANADA'S DUPLICITY.
Too Blame For Hitch In Boun-
Diary Negotiations.
AMERICANS WE'RE BADLY TREATED
Their Money Taken For Franchises and
Then Laws Passed Against Them.
Wanting to Arbitrate over Territory

WASHINGTON, May 80.-A statement
was obtained from prominent person
regarding the Canadian boundary con-
troversy, which said in part:
"The friendly protocol of Washing
ton was signed on May 30, 1893, for the
adjustment of all differences between
the United States and Canada in most
amiable spirit. The ink of that proto-
col was only we'll dry when the prov
ince of Ontario discovered chance to
exhibit her idea of international equity.
American lumbermen had been invited
to take timber limits in that province
with the privilege of cutting logs and
exporting them to the United States.
The provincial government after giving
them their leases and taking their
money into the treasury passed decree
prohibiting the exports OF such logs
with the result OF causing some bank
ruptcies in Michigan. During the sess-
ions of the commission the same pc
culiar idea of international justice was
exhibited in another province-that of
British Columbia. This time it was
the mining interests that were involved.
The authorities of that province took
the money of the American miners who
had IN ade the discoveries of gold, al
lowed them to spend thousands of dol
lars in constructing roadway to the
scene of their interests and then pro-
ceeded to change their laws to contine
all such mining privileges to British
subjects and British corporations.
"Another such instance of this kind
of practice was worked out to American
Eurserymen. They had taken contracts
to supply certain socks to the Cana
dians when, under the pretense of fear
of San Jose scale, the Canadian au-
thorities prohibited any further inn
portation of nursery stock. At the
same time the Canadian courts held the
Americans liable for violation Of the
contracts to which their own laws had
caused to be vacated.
"The dominion government also
seems to share these peculiar principles
of international intercourse in respect
to the boundary of Alaska. They pro-
tested Indignantly against any condl-
tions saving the existing right of Ameri-
cans to the country to be arbitrated.
Years before the commission met,
United States citizens, without any
question or protest against their right
SO to do, had occupied the headwaters
of the Lynn canal and established
towns and settlements there. Canada
had never asserted a claim to the re-
gion. The Americans had built paths
over the passes from the Lynn canal
over the mountains and established
communication with the Yukon by in
tervening lakes and streams. This,
too, was done without protest or ques-
ton Of their right to pass over the
mountain SUBMITS.
"Under these circumstances the
United States commissioners thought it
right to withhold such Underwater settle.
ments from the arbitrators jurisdiction
and it was against this limitation that
the Canadian commissioners so vehem'
emily protested. Now it seems that
Canada is protesting with equal vehem
ence against arbitration unless the
United States shall agree to give them
in any case the Pyramid harbor region
to which they never before the meeting
of the commission asserted any rights
which they had never occupied with
flag, or constable, or Canadian subject
or even canoe"