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Show EASTERN. How Protect our C ili.eu. TIm tluuilolin Vlluir. W.L-hin-jt'.n. Au-jn-t i:V--G. .veni.r AiL-tin, of Minn.-.La. who cam.- h. re from b.nu Bnin.-ii w ith M.iV'.r IWaek-elt, IWaek-elt, ofMiiuieaix.il.-, bad an int. rvi. w with Se.-ieUry FL-h, in r. lati-.n to tiie MaTiit-.ba matter, and epn .-- lnui--elf freely on the subje.-t. Mayor Ilraekett, who has juM arri.d from Fort Garry, brings, Ite.h iulelli'-'-nee conerruins the mailer. The delayed fae are ditfercut and more exa.-per-aling in their character tiian tl:oe wliieh wen; hitherto brou-ht 10 the attention of the State Department. Mayor Bracket Mate s that of tiie four prisoners two are arroM'd merely on suspicion of being accomplices, and of two, one had li'i.i.MM) in money on Ins pcrhon, which he had eoUcclixl on current c.inmereial account in Manitoba, Man-itoba, and which the local Court suffered suf-fered Lord " Gordon to attach in aid of the civil suit. Governor Austin Aus-tin represents the feeiing of the people peo-ple of Minnesota as f greatly excited, and says thai it will require but little .r.e.uir:iifment from the nrcss and people to induce the residents of the iM.rder to commit an overt act of war. The State Department here continues to maintain the position that it is impotent im-potent in any way to interfere except m the way oi' suggestion, just a the 'Canadian government authorities are impotent to dictate to the judiciary of Manitoba. However, our government will endeavor to use, and is using, its strongest influence to secure the liberation of the prisoners. In this endeavor tlie State department , is assisted by Sir Kdward Thornton, British minister, who is very desirous to avoid any international complications. complica-tions. It is feared in diplomatic circles cir-cles that any rash act upon the part of the Minnesota people would complicate com-plicate the boundary question, and perhaps lead to serious ditlicullv with (heat Britain. Although the joint British and American Amer-ican commissions, appointed to locate lo-cate the northwestern Iwundry, have settled the line a considerable distance west ol Manitoba, yet the entire work of the commissions must be submitted to the legislative bodies of thc two governments, to bo by them ratified before the boundary is settled; and any international irascibility, it is feared, would prevent a ratification of the recommendation of the commissions. commis-sions. This question, added to the positive complication on the northeastern north-eastern frontier, relativejo the re-adjustment of the fishery question with the Dominion, has placed our government govern-ment in the relations with its northern neighbor in a very delicate position. |