Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

dent the United States has no confidence
In the result of an arb.trament, that the
country has determined that there shall
be no settlement of the question, and that
it shall enjoy the position that the alb
sence Of the demarkation of the boundary
gives it to monopolize communication
with the Yukon, where at least 60 per
cent. of the miners are Americans.
Il have proposed new remedy. 1t is
not that there shall be resort to war
or any collision between the United
States and Great Britain, but that Can
ada shall protect her undoubted rights
and interests by constructing a railroad
from kltimat, in British Columbia, to
Dawson City. In the same direction l
recommend that another act shall be
passed adopting the mining laws of the
United States to such an extent as will
prevent any but British subjects procur-
ing mining leases or being able to carry
on mining in the Canadian Yukon. These
laws should contain a clause whereby
they would only come into opera tiOn by a
British proclamation by the governor
general in council. Of course all exist
ing claims of Americans would be re-
spected and the laws would only take
effect in reference to matters arising
after the proclamation"
You design those as coercive meas
ures to drive the United States to arbi-
tration?" the correspondent asked.
mo. The United States could still do
as it pleased, replied Sir Charles, but
the effect of these two laws would be to
show your country that no advantage
| could arise to them from refusing to have
| this boundary line ascertained and
marked in a way that all similar ques-
tions in the past have been determined
! between nations. 1t would avoid any
conflict with the United States. They are
measures within the province of parlia-
ment to pass and to them no exception
should be taken by Great Britain or the
| United States.''
do you not hold that the settlement
Of this question to the satisfaction of
Canada has been prevented by the friend
i ly feeling of Great Britain for the United
| States?'
Il have not said that" replied Sir
Charles, with pointed emphasis on the
said" ''but l have said that among
statesmen Of all classes in Great Britain
! there has always been the very strongest
objection to anything that could possi-
bly, involve collision between the United
States and Great Britain. The Anglo
| Saxon entente cOrdiale is matter in
which Canada has sympathized in great
: degree, and we would promote a friendly
settlement of all questions between the
! United States and Great Britain. Can
ada is. consequently, greatly dsappoint-
ed to learn that under existing circum-
/ stances such an unfriendly attitude
! should be assumed by the commissioners
representing the United States as pre-
cluded the settlement of the boundary
; question upon such fair terms as those
suggested by Great Britain and the
United States
"Then you stand for friendship toward
the United States?'
! II do if you will let me- AS leader of
! the opposition, when the commission to
| settle all the disputes between the two
! countries was appointed, l grounded my
arms and stopped all agitation in order
! to promote, as far as the conservative
party could, the settlement of all these
! questions. On this matter Canada stands
together as one man. 1t is not question
of party"
! And what is the Canadian sentiment
/ toward the United States?"
/ Il am able to say this, that while pre-
vious to the outbreak of the Spanish
! American war there was an unfriendly
feeling in the United States toward Great
1 Britain and Canada, there has always
been and there is now, the most friendly
feeling on the part of Great Britain, as
we'll as Canada, toward the United States
| and a desire to have the two countries
so close geographically placed CONNER
cially, politically and socially on the most
cordial footing. The party l represent
has always shown this desire. That was
shown by the party of 1871, when Sir John
Macdonald was one of the high commits
sioners for the settlement of the Ala
! bama claims and questions affecting
| Canada Again, l recall the attempted
! treaty of 1888, when Joseph Chamberlain
and l were commissioners. That treaty,
which was designed to settle the Atlantic
fisheries question, was unanimously
signed and unanimously ratified by the
house of commons, but when sent by
President Cleveland to the United States
senate was rejected by that body
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