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the Common Frontier.
Associated Press Dispatch oy special Wires
Washington, March 3i--Convinced
that reciprocity treaties with Great but-
ain for the establishment of closer trade
relations between the United States and
Canada are out of the question al tins
time Secretary Root has determined TO
abandon tho tariff question for the present
and is busyng himself with other matters
of vital interest 20 this country and Can
ada. i'm the hope of settling points OF diiicr-
ehce which bade fair 10 be settled by
the Joint High Commission when the
Klondyko gold strike caused the nego-
tiations to be broken of suddenly and
enpendered a feeling of hostility which
did not subsde until a mixed tribunal
fixed the boundary between the British
apd Apeuqan mineral lands
fA canvass of the Senate pcsuadcd
Secretary Root that reciprocity would
not be considered az this session OF Con-
gress. Although there was much clamor
for tariff revision and modification early
in the session, il failed to gain many sup
porters, and the recent announcement
by Chairman Payne of the House COM
mttee on ways and means that no tarih
legislation would be passed by this Con-
gress confirmed the reports that kepub-
lcan leaders had agreed to accept the
counsel of the "standpatters." As the
State Department is under obligations
TO secure concessions for Germany in
return for the favor shown the United
States by permitting this country to re-
main among the favored nations, in spite
of the discriminatory tariffs recently put
| into force by the German government,
| Secretary Root feels that II would not be
/ wise to undertake other tariff propositions
at "a time when legislators seem so little
/ inclined to tariff changes. Moreover, the
| demand for reciprocity between the United
States and Canada does not exist to the
degree that it did whelI the Joint High
Commission began the consideration Of
the subject, in 1895 Canadians have
cooled in their ardor and do not show any
| great desire to have Auierican-manufac-
| tured articles admitted at a low rate in
exchange for Canadian raw materials.
A score Of mooted questions were under
consideration when the Alaska boundary
dispute ended the negotiations and
focused attention on the Alaska gold
fields. Secretary Root feels that the
time has come for taking up the broken
strands where the Joint High Commission
left them, and it is believed that he anC
Gov-Gen. Grey of Canada will make
public some interesting plans for The
settlement Of international differences
in their addresses at the Pilgrims dinne
in New y Nork tonight.
The preservation of Niagara Falls i
perhaps the most interesting Of the inter
national problems which have develope,
! ] a.. 3D.. .Nf
position 10 cooperate with this conntr,
in preventing the diversion of the waite
from the falls. and the report of the Inter
national Waterways Commission vii
: doubtless form the basis for treat 4
protect the falls. President Roosevelt
has supplemented the efforts of the Stat
Department in this matter, and its earl
donsideFation may he expected.
tAtbough the Joint High Cominissid
was never formally dissolved, il has bee
e moribmd for so many years that neithe
p Great Britain nor the United States n
, CARDS it as still in existence Negotia
tions will be conducted by Secretary Roc
S and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand Oh
70 British Ambassador, with the co-operg
tion of some representative Of the Car
adian government.
In spite of the friendly relations cxis
IS ing between the United States and Grei
n Britain. international disputes like n
n recent trouble between American an
?, Canadian corporations as TO the contr
d of the St Johns River, between Ne
IS Brunswick and Maine. and unjust al
n ordinations against American hshernC
e along the east coast1ol Canada rcmir
statesmen that treaties are necessary Il
more satisfactory definition Of watt
rights and for the regulation of fshori
n in the Atlantic and Pacific and in Il
q waters OF the common frontier.
n The refusal of Canadians to perm
s American fishermen to buy bait i'm Briti
r territory and other restrictions regardl
70 as unjust by fishermen from this count
u caused the State Department 60 have Il
Bureau of Fisheries send the steam
Grampus into the waters along tho Ea
Canadian coast to make full investigate
- of the fishing industry and oflthe habi
y of herring and other fish taken for COZ
mercial use. The bureau has report
to Secretary Root and it is believed IN
~ this information will enable the Unit
States TO discover the esouroe OF the alleg
wrongs suffered by New England FISH,
men who visit Newfoundland New Brur
10 wick and Nova Scotia waters
re Seal fishing in Behring Sea and {
is North Pacific. is another subject of d
lv pute between Canada and the Unit
= States which demands settlement AT
the United States acquired Alaska,
attempted to prevent the slaughter
II seals in Behring Sea, just as Russia
es when il controlled Alaska Seizure
s. British vessels by the United States
- suited in international entanglemeI
extending over number Of years; a
ut in 1892 the subject was referred 10 arbit
~ tration and the Paris Tribunal OF Ar
az a tration decided against the United Sta
q, and ruled that the taking OF seals in I
II high seas was a lawful and legitim'
ilt occupation; but, as the United States a
he Great Britain had both declared the
q selves in favor of protecting seals
rs tribunal promulgated a series Of rcl
" lations ior pelagic scaling which vi
et deemed adequate 10 protect the seal
the Pnbiloi herd. Ihe regulations hl