The National tribune., 1903-10-29

Of the little tApede boats, will IN Q shor
time start for the Philippines . 10000
mile trip. They are in command Of Lieut..
Commander l. H. Chandler, and will b
accompanied by tho Baltimore. the oni.
large boat that will accompany the fotilla
As the destroyers have limited coal ca
pacity. they will have to stop often to re
fill their bunkers.
Commander Booth-Tucker, Of the Sal
walton Army, has been In Washington
working up a scheme of COLONIZATION" 10
settling social" problems. He wants Z
take up some OF the arid lands going +
waste out West, and make them blossom
as the rose. Nobody ought to object t,
such a proposition, II Commander Booth
Tucker will finance the scheme and SCI
that none Of the poor people who are sen
there are allowed to suffer for the neces
sites of life.
Commander Tucker says that he ha!
colonies working happily in Ohio, Colo
RADIO and California. Colonization scheme.
very seldom work out right. and they have
heen tried on every sort of plan, and witt
nearly every kind of people. There always
comes hitch at some inopportune time
and things 20 to pieces. The SalvatiOnist.
seem to do things on the square, how
ever. aud it may be that they are on the
point of really solving the problem. Every
body will wish them GOd-speed.
A large committee Of distinguished
English educators have been touring the
United States, studying the educa tiona
system. They spent few days in Wash
ington, and under the escort of Gen. I'll
V. BOyntOn, President of the Washington
Board of Education. visited all the city
schools. The Britons have been mncl
surprised and impressed with the schools
of this country. They were entertained
by the President at the White House
Gen. Fred Funston wants more pay fol
enlisted men. He says that the Regular
Army cannot be recruited by gentlemen n.
long as the United States Government oni!
says chambermaid's wages, or words tt
that effect.
The President and Cabinet believe TIM,
the settlement Of the Alaskan Boundary
question is a great diplomatic triumph fol
the United States. And so it is.
The Scottish Rite Masons last week
held the Biennial Convention Of the Su
rrclne Council Of the 3sd degree 81 the
n
Free Masonry in the Temple in Washing
ton. James -. Richardson, Of Tennessee
Grand Commander. presided The Coun
iii wis most noted one. high Masons ke
ing here from an over the United States
from Hawaii. Canada and the West In
dies.
Mr.. Richardson. who has been in Con
xrcss for nearly IN years n y Ren-essN'.
~ tive from, Tenu.,sSoa has ut las decides
to give. up politics entirely, and dpv"t,
himself to the husipess of his high afic,
in tie Scottish Rite Masnns. an Office
which is life position, with big 50 'arv
ard furnished home provided. Mr.. Rich
sr'lson has been leader al the Dem"
cratic side for many years. and yet thcr'
WIS 70 clement Of popularity in him, ant
h. al not hsld men ''personal'y." The,
believed in him ms leader. iai foe some
rensor there was nothing Ri."ut the tall
slim Tennesseean 10 command high per
sonal regard. He is keen. strewd par'i
amcrta rian. hut "shifty' He can trim
+" beat the band in political cyclone. ye
when II is all over yon emit for the liz.
Of you point ont his veerings.
The brother OF Senator German. p. Q
German. who was "A s.ecial aud con .identia
agent for the Customs Service in Balti
more. has been dismissed. His work wa,
labelled 'unsatisfactory." 1t al ha,
"ened before the "Gorman roast of tbs
President. so it carnot be laid to that.
The Department of Commerce and La
h"r is going into nm exhaustive examina
tion of the Immigration Burean There
is systematic ard extensive evasion OF
fhe contract labor law. and Secretary
Corre!you means 70 run the guilty ones tr
earth The scene Of most of the violations
seems 10 I've in the mining region of Penn
syivauia. to which tarritor- miners have
been lured from Wales AID other foreign
Countries by advertisements inserted il
Welsh newspapers by the coal-mining
companies of Pennsylvania
or course, Canada Is hot about the
Alaskan boundary decision. That was t.
lie expected. bnt she did il herself. witt
her own little Ratchet She proceeded t,
cut the limb on which she was sitting. anl
has Just her own self to blame for il
Canada began the dispute over 80 year,
ago.
In 1872 the Canadian authorities called
attention Of orr Department of State II
the necessity Of some action being takeT
~ M early date to have the boundary lin,
in Alaska properly defined" The Unite.
States had then exactly the snme bonn
Diary line that II has now: it knew that i
was the correct boundary line. and saw
n" necessity for hutting into n whole lo
81 trouble jus; because enarrplsom,
neighbor didn't like the boundary fence.
In 1898. after the gold discoveries II
~ - l. a
earth and the fnllness thereof. and II be
"ame necessary To curb the aspirntons o
the little appendix to Great Britain Tn,
United States maintained its jurisdiction
over Skagway and Dyea on the Lynr
Canal. and these two "ports" were tn,
only practical Outlets that Canada had I,
the Yukon gold fields In the Klondyk-
Canada clnimed these under the Anglo
Russian treaty. which said that the stri,
Of land belonging TO Russia should no
where be more thnD 10 marine league,
from the ocean. Both England md tn,
United States make marine league thre,
miles,
The contention arose over the interpr~
ation Of the occnn limits. for the Aaskr
coast lire liz intersected by many BAYS an.
inlets. Canada has insisted that tn.
treaty meant the outward coast horderin,
oil the ocean. while the United State,
maintained that the boundary should b.
measured from the inland shore and tn.
bays and inlets. they being arms OF RI.
ocean. On the Canadian contention thu
country would have several sea ports, Will,
IN the view Of the United States Canad;
would he shut from the ocean The lin.
drawn by Canada for the purpose of max
ing its case CROSSES several inlrts. notabl,