The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-25

A territorial surrcn.ler to EngIanl.

In the case under consideration, the e&-
pected has happened and there has been
surrender OF rich and productive American
territory in Alaska 10 Great Britain. Tie-e
will be time enough hereafter to d.s,uss the
mower of an imperial Executive to cede sill
of the United States to foreign rover, in
pursuance Of a secret treaty Of alliance te-
tween the Foreign Offices of washington
and London. Just now We are primarily
concerned with the fact.
1t appears from a despatch received from
Seattle. Washington, yesterday, that the
Administration has in part carried out its
deal with Lord Salisbury to surrender
portion Of our coast line and gold lands IN
Alaska. Last year, after the Boundary
Commission had failed to agree upon Inc
of delimitation between the two countries,
because the American Commissioners in
sisted that the lire was already defred,
settled by prescription for more than half
century. and therefore res adjadicata, tie
commission was relieyed from further con-
si5eration OF the subject, and Mr.. Hay IN
dartook to continue negotiations with the 4
British Foreign Office a mo3us yiverdi 4
was agreed upon by which an area, clearly
American, prcspected and developed ny
Americans. and filled with American min
ing camps. was temporarily turned over to
Canada. This area forming the hinterlsni
of The head of Lynn Canal. is clearly with !
in the ten marine league limit which the
British line must follow, measured from |
the sinuosities Of the coast, and which vas
not only established By treaty between
Great Britain and Russia in 1925, and again
By treaty between the United States and
Russia in 1857. but mad been conceded as
established and binding by the British Cav
eminent through all that time GoTn TO the
meeting of the Joint High Commission at
Quebec in 1888.
The Hay-Paunesfote TOdus vive1di vas
practically coincident with the Fay-
Paurcefote Convention to revive the slw1ys
imperative. violated. dead and bu-izd Ciay-
ton-Bulwer Treaty OF infamous memory.
It formed A part of the secret treaty OF al
lance between the Mckinley Administra-
ton and the Salisbury Ministry. the exist
ence Of which has been so often Denied AID
so frequently proved from internal ev--
dence. and on the strength of executive
public acts and efforts to control legisla-
tive action in its interests. Nov the eli
dence Of It's being is morally complete.
The expatriated miners of the a,ienatei
district have petitiored Mr.. Mckinley for
redress, reminding him of his pledge that
not one inch of American sell Should b.
coded to a foreign power." But they
might as well petition Mark Hanna TO give
up his seat in the Senate or to abandon his
subsidy designs upon the Treasury. It is
an outrage. and we might call it by worse
name. and sdIl be within the truth. What
would be the use? The American peope
are becoming duTled and callous under cp-
preston. They no longer seem to care
acutely for their institutions or their libe--
ties, and il they do not soon wake up to the
perils Of their situation, they stand a fair
chance to lose both. The McKiniey-S is
bury alliance IS mighty, and must prevail!