The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-02
ON THE alaska BOUNDARY
SAYS RUSSIA is INTERFERING.
VIII DO Most Anything to Keep the
United States and England Apart-She
Sends Out New Idess-lt IL SAID Eng
land Expects to Much.

London, Aug Upon authority of I'M
doubted reliability a representative OF the
Associated Press has ascertained that into
the Alaska dispute there has crept the
craftiness of Russian diplomacy.
Russia, it can be stated, will do every
thing, with every energy, to prevent the
practical cohesion of the two great Eng
lish speaking nations In all her EN-
bassies instructions had been received TO
thwart the Anglo American understand
ing. A prominent diplomat, who is init
mately acquainted with the details of the
negotiations of the past few years, said TO
a reporter Of the Associated Press:
"ln any arrangement looking to a work
ing agreement between England and the
United States, Russia sees the defeat OF
her dearest projects. / believe her intense
activity in China is to no small extent due
to her fear that AngloSaXon power, once
realized, will sweep everything before it in
the far east. Dreading the rapid realiza-
tion of this nightmare she is making hay
while the sun shines, in the meanwhile
intriguing to the utmost to tie the hands
of those who are working to materiahze
| Anglo-SaXon sentiment.
"The latest evidence of this is in the
Alaska affair. Though, strictly speaking,
it is a matter of international politics and
would have been settled long ago if LETT
solely to Great Britain and the United
States, Russia has managed to suggest
motives never dreamed of by America, by
distorting facts 1t is impossible for me
to divulge exactly how, or to what extent
Russia got her paws into the dispute. But
the attitude of her press, official to the
core, is quite sufficient to show her mo-
tive"
The report that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the
premier of Canada and L. II. Davies, min
ister of marine and fisheries, are to come
here in regard to Alaska is thought by the
colonial office to be quite probable, but
nothing is known definitely of the matter
Both there and at the embassy OF the
United States it is said the status OF ne
gotiations has not changed and is spoken
of rather warily.
= The caustic remarks of Sir Charles Tup'
" per. formerly Canadian high commissioner
I in an interview with a representative o.
d the Associated Press, held with him Aug
/ ust IS. when he said the United States
: were purposely delaying the settlement
l. the Alaska dispute on account OF the pc
s cuniary benefit accruing to miners ant
coast cities through the delay and had re
=, fused to have the boundary delimited'
d was being done in Venezuela, created con
, siderable dissatisfaction at the Umte'
& States embassy.
% 1t was claimed there that Sir Charlie
Upper quite misrepresented the fact'
that the dilatoriness was entirely due t
= the Canadians. 1t was also said that nj
- declaration that the commission propose
~ by the United States provided for n
umpire, was a deliberate evasion as tn
p fact is the United States proposal inclut
Is ed an umpire, to be chosen by both SIDE
IT from North America. Though this wa
is not committed to writing, it was thorough
VS. lv understood The hitch came throug
N the absolute refusal of the Canadians
re accede, they insisting upon Europea
umpire.
ID It NAV be said that the impression exis
IN that Canadian politics are chiefly respons
e. BILE for the Alaskan impasse. This is NJ
o only the American idea, but it Obtain
among some of the British officials, thong
CT most of the latter are inclined to behe'
no the United States should make vast co
cessions. in order to convince the Births
-, of the sincerity of their friendship and
- q return for war services. In other wore
!" the British are now expecting a quld P
~ quo, an expression not uncommon IN tne
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