The age-herald., 1899-05-30
CANADA CONTINUES
 LAND OF SURPRISES
Ontario Exhibits Her Idea of h.
 ternational Equity.
IN THE NEGOTIATIONS
Did Not Grow Out of Failure of the Two Countries to Agree Upon Ma tionality of the Umpire to
 Be Appointed

Washington, May 29.-Feeling it to be necessary at this stage between the United States and Great Britain respecting the Canadian boundary controversy that the exact attitude of the American commits sioners should be defined and that the peo- pie not only of the United States but of Great Britain might have opportunity to judge for themselves the comparative rec titude of the two nations in the matter, this statement has been heard from arom- fnsnt persons to this effect:
 Canada continues to be a land of sur prises. The friendly protocol of Washing ton was signed on May 30, 1898, for the ad- justment of all differences between the United States and Canada in the most friendly spirit The protocol was only well dry when the province Of Ontario diseov- cred chance to exhibit her idea of inter- national equity. Men were invited to take timber lands in that province with the priv ilege of cutting logs and exporting them to the United States. The government, af- ter taking their money into the Canadian treasury, passed a decree prohibiting the export of logs, with the result of causing some bankruptcy in Michigan. During the sessions of the commission the same pecu- littT 1Qt<L DI InIeFndl1Onal was GA- hibited in another province-that of Brit ish Columbia This time it the mining interests that were involved. The author itieS of that province took the money of the Americans, who had made the discov- cry of gold, allowed them to spend thous- andS of dollars in constructing roadway to the scene of their interests and then pro- ceeded to make their laws con1lne them to Canadian subjects and British corpora tions.
 Another such issue of this kind of prac- tices was worked out to American nursery men. They had taken contracts to supply certain stocks to certain Canadians, when, under the pretense of fear of San Jose scale the Canadian authorities prohibited any further importation of nursery stock. At the same time the Canadian courts held the Americans liable for contracts which their own laws had caused to be Va- cated.
 Years before the commission met United States citizens met to protest against their rights in the towns and settlements there- Canada had never asserted claim 10 the region The Americans had built paths over the pass from the Lynn canal beyond the mountains and established communica- ton with the Yukon. This, too, was done without the protest or question or thelr right to pass owe rhe mountain summlts. Under those circumstances the Unltea States commissioners thought 1t right to
  arbitrary adjudication and they also pro tested. It now seems that Canada is pro- testing with equal vehemence against resolution that the United Stafes should not agree to give tham 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 CaH- adian subject or even canoe How they reconcile this claim with their position in the commission n respect to referring the boundary question to arbitration remains to be explained to the British government. There seems little prospect of adjustment of the boundary question if it is left to the control of the Canadians. If they are to control the action of the imeprial govern ment it is important to that government tha Canada should bring her ideas into conformity with those that have hitherto existed between the United States and Grea Britain in the path of friendship and peace"
 Those familiar with what has been done so far in the Canadian negotiations dismiss unequivocally the statements that the pres ent hitch grew out of the failure of the two countries to agree Hoon the nation- ality of an umpire for the proposed arbi- traitor, with the simple remark that this referred to phase of the negotiations eX- isting many monhs back when the commits sion was not in session and does not cut any figure now.