The evening times., 1900-07-27
I.'Fhea AInsLnn OuIrnre.

.'Fhea Alaskan Outrage.
The coRdusr-o Of the Administration. in
surrendering a block OF VIGOROUSLY Ameri-
can territory in Alaska to Great Britain,
is exciting the surprise and Indignation of
our people from one to the other end Of
the country. National evaporation will
grow more intense when it is learned how
utterly unnecessary. inexcusable. and per-
ddious the cession is
The portion Of our Porcupine mining dis
trict, now placed under the British flag by
executive action. and without the consent
Of Congress, is a strip Of territory ap-
proximately three hundred miles long by
twenty miles wide. 1t lies above the head
Of Lynn Canal, tributary Of the sea. and
since 1925 has been the undisputed possess
sion. first, Of Russia and later. of the
United States. II is all within the limit Of
ten marine leagues. following the sinuosi-
ties Of the coast. which marks our inter
national boundary line in that part Of
Alaska. and which has been conceded in
state papers and official maps By Great
Britain down to 1898
The claim OF Canada which has been
allowed in the surrender is OF the film
siest character. So much 50 that no. a
single American member Of the Joint High
/ Commission could be brought TO consider
/ it, II is dishonest. impudenI. insulting
/ and baseless on It's face; but it is seen to
/ have been good enough to satisfy our
/ executive authority. which stands before
! the American people today as an i'm mperial
/ power arrogating the right to dispose -
! and ALLEVIATE the national domain at its
! sole viii and pleasure.
I We are amazed TO ;hi1E that Mr Ne
/ KinIey should venture 10 take this step
I IN advance OF the Presidential election. We
fully expected him 10 take it next winter.
and still think that, since the Lynn Canal
hinterlaE1 has been transferred. ;he estu-
AIRY itself viii be added when clamor over
tfC original donation has subsided-if il is
to. L may be that the people OF this
country have grown 50 careless Of theH
patrimony. their Institutions, and liberties
that they viii submit to TIE outrage Of the
Alaskan surrender II Sc. they viii show
the courage Of their convictions by giving
rs four more years Of an imperial trust
. Admiristrat ton. during which term II may
be predicted that other valuable American
territory viii be quietly sold TO our Brit
ish cousins. the consideration being uaex-
pressed on any pub'i" balance sheet
The Presbyterian Board o. Forziga Ms
siors announces that. as soon as peace IS
restored in China. the gospel work VII be
resumed mere vigorously than ever. We
are not so sure Of that. The gospel work
in question wiz be subject TO oolside, asiou
by the congress Of nations which vii meet
by and by to settle the future OF the Chi
nHse Empire II may decide that mission
aries have made trouble enough already
and decide TO bar them out. II it does rot.
then it is more than likely 10 enact that
Chinese missions and miss -ora-ies are 10
have the-slme rights. privileges. ard I'M
rLuEi;ies guaranteed 10 them that ere
claimed for American and other Western
missions and missionaries in China II i
be right for rs to force an unwelcome re-
lSion upon Asiatics. it is equally so fer
them to try 10 force Coafucianism. BUD
dhism, Shintoisn. devil worship. or any
other aneieni belief on US. The sauce for
the goose serveth for the gander,''
There was a weird and wild appearance
Of outraged Administration virtue in the
promptness with which Rathbone. Hanna's
Columbus man. was ordered arrested yes
terday. after the publication Of the Bristow
report. Perhaps, though il was more an
parent than real. The only safe place 10
keep a man who knows as much as Rath-
bone does. and is in danger of telling il. is
behind the bars until after election. That
is where he will be-
The splendid diplomacy of China has
been successful in gaining time for war
preparations. and in creating trouble
among the civilized powers. There is aj-
vision Of counsel at Tientsin and the he
neyoient mediative attitude Of President
Mckinley is resented from London 10 ST
Petersburg. After peace has been restored
it might pay Mr.. Hay to take course in
diplomacy at the Tsung-li-Yamen.
After a fierce battle for the possession
OF Panama, in which the casualties num-
bered five hundred. the insurgent forces
were repulsed and surreDdered. The re-
bellion is reported to have collapsed. and
it is expected that there will be peace on
the Isthmus for as much as three or four
weeks to come. Central American revo-
lutions seldom occur more than cree a
month.
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