The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-13
CANADA AND rHTs COUNTRY.
Annexation Advocated and . Suggestion
OF the Method Of Union. 81.

Of the Method OF Union. ,.
To TIE EpIroR OF The Sus--S6: How
many Canadians have ever thoughtfully
considered the fact> that II war should ever
be declared betNed 0reat Britain and the
United States their country would become
the BATTLE-GROUND dispute arises soout
gold mine. or few acres OF territory or the
Alaskan or Venezuelan frontiers. and the
associations Of friendship and brotherhood
are thrown to the winds, and all the barbario
horrors Of a fratricidal war are thrust upon
US OF all the possible or impending national
disasters to which We are ex posed. there "a
none to compare with this-a disaster which
We have only barely escaped durins the last
decade. The few frontier skirmishes OF the
previous wars AFFORD US no data Of any value
whatever In estimating the consequences
that would ensue. and We can commit no
greater folly that to attempt TO fortify our
selves In bombastic glorification OF our own
puny strength. a. against the power OF great
nation Of eighty millions Of people. The
British feet could afford US no protection
with our three thousand miles Of frontier
the war would be ore Of mutual destruction Of
American coast cities and Canadian homes
from ocean 70 ocesn. Like the Southern
States. in thirty years time from the close OF
such a conflict. We would be slowly recovering
from the animosities enFendered, and the
losses and slaughter inflicted upon US.
What then shall we say. although We lore
the grand old symbol Of British connection
Shall we still cling to it. In spite Of tho fact
tina. It holds us suspended by the thread OF
national caprice or stubbornneks. above the
awful abyss OF ruin and devastation Our
English friends remind Us OF our duties TO the
their projection they. cannot pIote It us
make our enemies, and, although We love
them as our kinsmen. their ways ere not our
ways. and the ocean that Nature has ;, placed
Re sarri s' q r. ai,ssimnar national thought
ar destiny
rsss S.s Liza ha' d. az u; ssy Y: 8. :sS
cousins and fellow o9Hrtrymen in The In tSd
readlness, seeauss Of the more substantial
asS: T; ssnay and sst D sesss there.
with. We are anticipating another object
lesson in this connection, from the progrsssss
a a .a. seunda1H DISPUTE The
Of the nominal political connection with SiIeat
BItsin and The .bsorp,ton Of re- S:n ~ ian
sc aSa and ths other disabilities a. well. il
tTsan Ss.stn .m Ss the fOo"ns e.
firstNPeii,is.l union with the United States
Of ~ the British possessions IN the western
seocnd-As the best. available means Of
~ VIZ. bal FL na ,Ss p,s
o.ss. Britain and possibly japan; ,,oa.
5 GREAT s sfs.s ana s' q
errnins colonies as may desire that relation
Fourth-Formal RECOGNITION Of the Nooros
Doctrine. on the part Of Great Britain. are
assent to or announcement OF the eventual
SS and q 81 The r.
fifth-The oession By the United State. Of
The Philippine and Sandwich Islands 10 orea'
sisth-ssttlemsnt Of Canadian farm lsspd.:
by the adoption OF the policy o. pr9v,ainss
States and lie old COUNTRY With necessary
equipment. 70 be paid for on easy terms
ana western :s. snd 41:T
v.y q seor s Bsy' Iaie Sipi.sins and
'hf 4t-. sse "a I rs railway
and steamship service to the old country by
way e The r eastern Canadian States sev
on .Ss PAT Of re silisd ration. Z fTisnally
81. tSe xn a. Of al nssonsl disputes
to courts II arbitration.
nstens s:p1,ons .ouId only
posi,ion. and ia fact Is daily Ssins eensan;
biending Of commercial Interests. ln defiance
tons OF the citizens OF both countries. Our
Northwest will soon become Ansricaniled
and more than one, sixth o. cur fellow conn;
States May they soon BE- reg aimed to US. in
this, the only possible way. as citizens Of the
With their American neichbors. the cAnsdian
and Northern States will always remain the
dominant factors in the control Of national
efiectine tie settlement Of the vast are,s 81
unoccupied farm lands. The mutual al
vantssee OF the Proposed treaty are self.
and everything TO gain: and the sooner we
recognize the inevitable and hurry the events
to their contamination. the sooner viii the
dangers be removed. and the great peoples
Of kindred blood and LANGUAGE more closely
drawn tocsther W Y. CLEvgLaND.