The Washington herald., 1910-05-15

twenty-five million people at a mod
crate estimate. viii eventually live be-
hind the Panhandle and have no outlet
TO the sea except through its ports
But that is not all For the trade with
Asia, as you rightly point out the south
ern ports Of the Panhandle are the nat
ural gateways Of a much wider territory.
including Alberta. Saskatchewan. and
Manitoba, which, with the country be-
hind the Panhandle, make total Of
some L2J0.C0O square miles. or equal TO
one-third Of Europe Now look again at
the map Of Europe and see what coun-
tries correspond 10 these North Of the
4Sth parallel lie the British isles North
eTn France almost to the suburbs OF
Paris, Belgium. Holland Denmark. near
ly all Germany, the richest part Of Bo-
hemia and Galicla, all Norway and
sweden. an Finland. and nearly an Rus
sia. Sum up enough OF these countries
TO make an area Of 10000 square miles,
and you find that that area supports over
-o0.@oo00 people
In natural advantages the Canadian
territories In question are not inferior TO
the European lands in the same latitude
This means that eventually 2O000000O
people may look 10 the southern ports Of
the Panhandle for their easiest routa Of
communication with Asia Consider this
and then say whether II would not be an
Insult 10 American and Canadian com
mon sense 10 suppose that a boundary
intended as a temporary makeshift TO
Keep a few hundred fur traders from get
ting into each others way will forever
hamper the natural flow of commerce Of
q body Of people possibly larger than the
entire present population Of North and
South America Imagine, as Won SAY
Your New England states New York.
New Jersey, and one-third Of Pennsylva-
MA cut of from the sea bv a strip OF
Canadian territory 535 miles long vary
ing in width from % 20 miles. with an
average Cf . miles. and extending from
Eastern Maine 20 Philadelphia.
You are right. then. I'm saying that the
permanent maintenance Of this geoCraph-
ic absurdlty may become an impossible
ity Its disappearance being thus a fore
gone conclusion. YOU are right again m
ltlAN lil4L llF NFel lLll.e 10 ADDllSl 70 IS
now. The proper time 20 make hav is
when the sun shines. and the proper time
70 negotiate IS when cordialitv is at a
maximum Such IS the case now between
the United States and Canada. Their re-
iatons could not possibly be more cor
DIAL Wisdom. therefore. dictates that the
negotiations be begun now, for nobody
knows how soon an untoward accident
may cause the epoch Of cordiality TO be
succeeded by one OF uI-reeIing.
AS YOU rightly remark. the only rea-
son why the existing condition has hith-
erto been endurable is because the coun-
try was practically uninhablted There
has been enough irritation already. but 81
was over inconvenience whose coming
was merely foreseen. Now they are
here. Back of the Panhandle lie the
Atlin and Cassiar gold fields. and with
the building Of the Grand Trunk Rail
way, now rapidly advancing from both
ends. thousands Of prospectors lumber
men. and farmers VIII pour into that
country.
Tt would have been awkward FOR
Canada 10 take the first step in this mat
ter. FOR such a step would necessarily
have assumed the gUise OF a complaint.
and complaints are always disacreeable