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Show TIICC.mhMN IjLI.STIOX. Dill'ATCIIIJ from Ottawa, Canada, state lhat tho tloTernor-deneral Irani-ulttrd Irani-ulttrd ou the !!.'n I luit., to tha Canadian Can-adian Heuate a numbur of dctumtnti relating tj rtclprcrlty letwien the Unlte-I HlAlea aud Canada. They consist rlnrllly of corn omf once lielweeii Ird rialbbury, Ihe IlrllMi Mlulstirat Wa.hlnglou, Ird KnuU-ford KnuU-ford aud Lord rltanlry. Though thla corrrapondance la voluminous, yet It ihowi lhat iiolhlng coucluslve hu hreu aoooiupllahed. At the rieut time, however, the ibllcallon aud discussion of theie Uocumeuti will give a uvw lmrlus, not only lo tho ichrme of reclproclly,bul tolhoiuitlouofaunexalloii. HlrJolin Macdouald'a iwrsoiialily will no luugir ilm Ihe troubled walera. lllaauccesa-or lllaauccesa-or la already drifting on ebo-iU, and Ihe oli national Conservative jnrly of Canada lashowlng signs of deinorallia-lion deinorallia-lion and dw ay, luaui)lclouaaa Ihe situation la lu Eastern Canada, It la much worse lu the West, llrltlsh Columbia U ruUluf BJBJBJBHaeMi,! such a slorm of Indignation over the recent Ilerlng sea agreement lhat Ita wall will soon In heard even In distant Albion, I'clltlom are being forwarded to the Governor Ueneral asking htm to protest agalnat the agreement. The I ride of the pntilotlo Columbiana haa Ijeeneorely wounled, because the lm-(rial lm-(rial government of llrilaln, In lla negotiations ne-gotiations with the United Blatra, dIJ not consult them In any way on the proceedlnga. llltheitii. Canada haa virtually dictated to the llrltlsh foreign oflicti Hi policy lu thli Ilerlng ita business. What It called the modus rlKndJ, or simply, the artlclea of agreement, were algn-xl on the ISlh Inst, by the onirlal reprteeiilatlvia vt Kngland and the United HlalM. Iloth ccunlrlee have llrdged Ihemsalvre to prevent the killing of sells wllhlu tho dlsUled territory until May next. Hy that time It la hoped Ihe question will be settled by arbitration. Mr. Illalne chrrlahM the utmost con-flJeuce con-flJeuce In Ihe Justnene of hla claims, or eke he would not enter Into ell Illation Illa-tion In the fare of Ihe fact that the United HUtee always got the worst In all IU cases of arbitration. Ills contention conten-tion la lhat the inllnbind ef Alaska with all the Islands In Ilerlng Hea constitute con-stitute Alaskan territory, and hence, la American aoll. The I'rlbylofT Islmdi are In the centre of tha Hi ring Hen. The leala migrate annually from the mainland to three Islands. Is-lands. During the migration the Canadians lie In wait and ca ture the eeats. They claim that all la oil u m outside of a threomlte limit from land. Hut II appears that neither i:nIand nor America ever rrcognliKl Ihta Ihiee mile limit. In 1313 Koglaiul )ro-hlbltrd )ro-hlbltrd ships from approaching Ht. Helena at a twenty mile limit, rlhe Ignored the throo mile lliiiltubanlulcly. Audit li only vi ry recently thai tha United HUtee rluprune Couit decided that Chteat'rake llsy waa American territory rtgardlesa of the three nilln limit. Ho that both nations are I'll record aa Iguorlog that traditional I limit. There waa a time when the l'cpe of I Rome seltleil three marine territorial dliputoi. He dlvlJed Ihe Houlli Atlantic At-lantic between Hpaln and l'ottul. Denmark ownnl all the svae lirtwren Ireland and Norvay. Kngland owned all the waten around thellrltlslila. Ian Is, anl declared war against Ihe Dutch for not saluting the llrltlsh dag In tha English Channel. The I'opo w 111 not Ik consulted In Hie mailer, lit the question will be autmllleil Inan arbitration beard conioscd of mm versed In marine Jutl.plu If nee and In International law. The deliberations and decision of lisle board will form a very raluable addition to Ihe Juris-irudenreof Juris-irudenreof liileriiellonalecononilcs. It la Ihe first time rha In history that the Issue hu come up In lla present clear rut aud defined form, aud Itatrratnient will bo watched with Interest by all the nations of the civilised civil-ised world. |
