New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-11

our most valued possessions. CANADA Is, we MS
sumo. willing that the United States should
have every inch that belongs TO II. even though
some Of her own provinces should thus be smut
Off from their dlrectcst access to the sea Then.
after such full rights are accurately asceriaincd
iLo time for concession ana privilege and give
and take" will come OF course, if tine exact
line Of dcnArcation cannot be found. n compro-
mise line must be adopted. Put the first duty
1, to make every effort to find the exact line.
and after that to make a mutually satisfactory
COMPROMISE That work could not be done ny
thc Joint High Commission. Sir Niifrld re-
rretfully reminds us But there is distinct
rotc If hopcfulness, II not Of confidence, III ms
reminder that the Governments Of the tHlt'u
STATES and Of Great Britain are now Directly
dealing with the matter The whole American
pcoplc will Join him heartily in hoping tha'
they Will arrive at an equitable and permanent
settlement.
II was not. however, 10 discuss the boundary
dispute that Sir Wifrd spoke. His references
to II were admirable in temper and welcome to
The American mind What was, however, more
TO the purpose Of the occasion was the topic
10 which the major part Of his speech was
clvcn-the general relationship between the
I-nit,1 States on the one hand and Canada IN
particular and the British Empire in general Oh
the other There are, he said. no two nations
~or the face Of the globe today so united as
"Great Britain and the United States OF Aneri-
Ca. nor any comfy Of blood ana blood VIII
.,ou 1ita that which flows between the English
speaking people on this side Of the Auahtl'.
Those words are true Their truth IS perhaps the
most significant fact IN the current hstor! III
fbe Anglo Saxon race-we might say OF the
whole world They are worthy Of the Ohl'l
MAGISTRATE OF great nation. and they arr
worthy of lasting remembrance by all the
neople Of two great nations. If that Is the
voice Of Canada-as we are ready and deslrous
to beljeve-there should he hereafter no room
for further pickering between the DOMINION
and the Union.
The historian Of Londonderry tells us that IN
tho memorable siege of that heroic city, when
houe Of relief was N its lowest ebb ana Only
death remained il prospect. the hand1ul OF ue-
tenders gathered in the church and before the
altar dccrced the death Of traitor to any one
who should speak the word 'surrender. ut
Wifrid Iaurier is right in his conviction that
hereafter no one IS 10 speak tie word war ID
IN assembly dealing with the mutual afalrs OF
the British Empire and the American Repuphc'
"Surrcndcr" at Londonderry would nave peeh
treason 70 the city. WAR between the two
rreot branches Of the English speaking race
would lie treason 10 humanity The only war
In which these two must ever again he TO-
ccther engaged must. as this Canadian states.
man says. he one in which their banners snail
I've "entwned together in the defence OF some
holy cause in the defence Of holy justice. Tor
"the defence Of the oppressed, for the enfran-
"chlscmont Of the downuodden. and Tor the
advancement Of liberty. progress ana civiiizn-
zion" In those ennobed and ennohing sent-
,oonts the voice Of Canada and the voice OF the
United States are one.