Show LlTILI HOPE ion wn 14 There man some people who persist In Ibo selection of a probblllly of war between Grtal Britain find the United Minimal The latest statement of this I coasts from an ambient Unellsli standpoint wherein Is said that the great gold fields of the Yukon will be tbo occasion of tbo COLII Clthlkt MOB UncleSani nnd John Bull I will light over the Klondike region and from au EDdlsh joint of view John Hull will not gel the worst of It 1 As a maltter of fact It would be avery a-very dlffiuill tiling todraw the United States Into a lOll with Great Britain 4 0 f course mere are provocations which W oul III do 11 ad no doubt moms Europeans would like to witness such l a thing more on account of enmity lo I I I Great Britain than to this countryfor i with an aimed conflict In piojreep both powers would put forth strong miracle aOordlng to Russia Piloting 11 Invitation to visit Constantinople In Germany a beautliul op I lOtUDlty for odnnoemelll lu Africa to France n glimpse at L jyptms a French province and to India the chance eta century throw of the British yoke Bucb small considerations con-siderations as these are themselves I sufficient to deter England from giving any unnecessary Provocation nn should her staleinieu feel Incline to 11 do met 01 which they show DO dlpel lion 10 tiny minor oDtllonllm that might arise between big country and Eng land and of whloh a dispute I over the gold fields may le named ai typical tbe attitude of Hit Wilfred Liurler Dominion premier toward the Imperial government govern-ment Ii suggestive lie bluntly stated I hat Canada considers herself perfectly Free to come or go at her own pleaiure j And no one 10 EnlllaDd ventured 10 i I doy the proposition 11 Canada should wish to cut Ibo Blender thread I that now binds her to the Urltlab OK rite 1 she oonld not be prevented What Ii true of Canada la I true of etch of tile Dominion provinces W latch no to y make up the loose federation of states 1 tint compose Canada lWatt the United Station to become Involved In a dliiute with England over the cold fields the antiannexation sentl About which Dor r bas a great hold In title country would disappear and the United Btales would llnd It advantageous advan-tageous to foment nn agitation which I would larltag the NOllhw1 Territory or Manitoba or any trier Canadian slate lilther and It kjtl be ace om I I plllhed without lot ur hindrance I There Is no ned 01 war to settle such I a question lent of nil war with Great Britain Tbe annexation policy of the United BtMes Is not so rigid as to shut out pocilblllly or even probability ol Inolnlllng ono 01 all 01 the Canadian tales It might even Include I a strip of land across Nicaragua for the canal which was strongly favored by Ibo I I TranimlttlMlppI congress held herr Ill The elasticity at this policy elves ample am-ple opportunity for Us use as a tail resort for placing EOlliod 01 a d plo Pacific disadvantage 10 any dispute over gold field it I there should lie on to Arbitrarily Hut Inclination act r tbre t Ole ne oODdllioo flow 9 parent which render actual hostility between England cud life United Btatei nitro Iban a remote posslbllty |