The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-21
OUR FRONTIER THREATENED.
SULzER ASKS ABOUT ENGLAND's
FORTIFICATIoNs.

Demands the Consideration of His
Resolution in the House, Calling
for Information Reply which
Came From Corbin snid the Infor-
nation Asked Is Secret-Said Our
Rights Are Not observation-disclosures
lution Was Put Upon the Table.
Washington, March 20.-AIr. sulzer OF
New York delivered a deuunciation of the
administration in the House to-day, in
connection with his resolution of inquiry
calling upon the war department as to in
formation as to what fortidcations are be-
ing erected on the Canadian border.
The Committee on Military Affairs SUBJ
mitted a reply of Adit Gen. Corbin. saying
such information was secret, but that
Great Britain was erecting no works
which threatened our rights.
The committee recommended that the
resolution lie on the table. The House
sustained the committees recommends
tion by vote of 110 to 81.
On the committees motion, made by
Chairman Hun, that the resolution lie
upon the table, MIR. sulzer and Mr. Rich
ardson, the Democratic leader, demanded
time 10 debate but the Speaker ruled that
it was not debatable,
Mr., Sulzer requested Mr. Hull to yield
five minutes to him,
Il have no objection" replied Mr.. Hull,
III the House desires to have the gentle-
man. do not care"
There was no objection, and MIR. Sulzer
said his resolution only called for such
information not incompatible with tho
public interest, not for secret informa-
tion.
The adjutant generals report" he
said, rs preposterous and untenable, and
IL Is ridiculous for him to say Great Brit
ain Is not trespassing our territory.
no one contends that What we do declare
and what every thinking and intelligent
citizen of this country knows is that while
Great Britain is pretending 20 be our
friend she is sedulously and studlously and
consistently erecting great Notifications
on our northern frontier which menace tho
integrity or the republic and which on no
tice of twenty-four hours could destroy
our cities, our towns. and lay waste the
property of our people. II seems to me
that to-day the administration is being
humbugged by the administration of Great
Britain. Nothing can be done unless we
can get the consent of Downing street.
Il say that on this resolution / want
to get the sense of this House and find
out who are the friends Of America and
who are the friends OF Great Britain. We
ought to have this Information. The gem
tleman from Illinois the other day report
ed TO this House the fertilization bill car
rying an appropriation Of three or four
millions more than the last appropriation
bill. We want this information to in
telligently know what fortificatious
we ought to erect In opposition to the for
tihcations Great Britain is erecting. L
think this resolution should pass. There
Is a feeling all over this country that the
administration has absolutely and abject-
ly surrendered American rights to British
interests 1t has done so i'm Alaska, it
has done so in regard to the Nicaragua
canal; IL is doing so now in the Orient in
the Philippines, in China.
ut has been done by Great Britain sn
this war in South Africa, Democratic ap-
plause) If it had not been what the ad-
ministration did the other day, after con-
sutation with Lord Pauncefote, after be-
ing told what 10 do by Salisbury, there
would have been a concert of European
| Powers which would have demanded the
cessation Of war in South Africa. The ad-
| ministration here is more English than
| the administration I'm London; and 1t Is
| time for someone TO stand up here and
| talk for American rights against British
interests cloud applause on the Demo-
| cratic side.)
| The resolution was finally laid upon the
| table, 10 to 81.