The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-18
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! sE&TTEa Nov n Ashman ! Brown. Postntellsencor torrcapona. ea in Washinglon. contributes the lollow.ug
 In the closing days Of cousress Rep |resentatiyo FVnt O smish of Mag
 land. rontoiuced bis resolution 70 ] have the United States cade soniaeast- ern Alaska t0 Canada aud aecompan. led t with 9 speech, not delivered. i but inserted in the Congressional Rec. ord under lave Co print.
 iu tho Postlntelilgencer of May 10 last was printea in this column en 'n- ! terview with hr. Smith in regard Co 1 this resolution, There be sald tnat lii hos bean introduced "to nlease some friends of mine Che International Pence Society of Philadelphia" Re- sealch amons the national peace eocie. ties here developed the fact that Che chief proponents Of peace never heard Of che international Peace Society ofI ] Philadelphia
 Whatever the interests behind Mr ! Smith. they have furnished him with material for @ speech on tho subject which covers more than five pages of the Congressional Record. 1t is a cu- rious speech, wlth a note running through it expressing the fear that if Che white races Of the world do not stand together presently the yellow perile will absorb them. The argument IS that as prelude to the good feeling among the waite races the United States should set an example of gener-I osity by giving the Alaskan panhandle 10 Canada.
 The resolution, as reinroduced, com tains new preamble and Is as fol- lows:
 Whereas, American mediation in !. the present war should be offered as soon as there is fair prospect of its being accepted, and meantime every enort should be made to prepare tho way for successful meditation; and
 Whereas, the war is due to the un. compromising attitude of European nations on certain burning questions which divide them and
 Whereas these questions can only be, aIid he is hereby requested to the principle of Do unto others as you would they should do unto you; ! and
 Whereas Che most persuasive and ! most lno6ensive way to advocate mu- tial concessions is by example; and I
 Whereas our mediation will be- ] come 9 more formality unless we prove that we ourselves are willing to make concessions to do unto oth- CTS as we would they should do unto us: and
 Whereas the perrow. coast strip og Southeastern Alaska. shutting off one third ot Western Canada from free ac- cess to the Pacific, has for years been @ scurce of irritation to the Canadians and ;s bound to become more and moro irritating as population and commerce increase in tho country behind lt; and
 ''4hereas this situaton. bears clQse resemblance to stboeb burning questions which have caused the present war and
 Whereas a uniQue opportunity is thus presented to the United States to set before the eyes of the world the shining example Of a model concession to Canada and thus to prove the sin- cerity and earnestness of our media ton, 10 make it more effective and tm- Dressiye and source Of immortal honor to our country: Therefore. be itl
 Resolved. etc., That tho President be- and he is hereby reQuetsed to make an offer to tho British and Ca madam governments to negotiate in re- gard to the transfer of Southeastern Alaska to Canada by sale or exchange, or bott