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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, MAY 16, 1898
THB DATLY EXAMINER
MAY 16, 1898.
A WARNING,
Tuerz is ao doubt here that the claims of thie Province upon the Dominion Gov- ernment are equitable and such as ought to be recognized and yielded; and the people and politicians of the Province are unanimous in their desire for a favorable settlement of the matter. But there isa difference of opinion upon one or two minor pointe. The Government party want alarge eumof money to replenish the treasury which they have exhausted ; and the Opposition party protest that 00 settle. ment ought to be effected that will be prejudicial to railway extension. We regret that a resolution embodying this latter idea wae voted down by the Libera! mejority inthe Legislature; for if the money should all go into the Provin cial treasury, it will soon be frittered away and the country will still need railway extea- sion in various directions.
Butapart from this minor between the two political parties, existsa grave doubt thatthe proposed arbitration is expedient or in the interests of this Province. The arbitration will, of course, if obtained, be conducted within strictly legal and constitutional lines, and
difference there
our claime are, for the most part, merely equitable; the arbitrators will be appointed, one by the Dominion Government, one by the Queen, andone by Prince Edward Island. What chence has the Province before a tribunal so constituted? We have no desire to enter upon an elaborate argu~ meat of this question. But we ask the Government to think the matter over very carefully, and to be sure that they are r'ght before they further press the Gov- €rumentto consentto ean arbitration in which this Province will be heavily bandi~ capped, We feel sure that the arbitration proposition, e@ set forth by Mr. Peters, was not seriously considered by the people of this Province. By many it was regarded as # were election dodge to divert attention from other iseues in the election and to tickle the imaginations of thoughtless and ignorant persons anxious to get rid of the burden of Provinc.al debt that has been heaped up. We doubt if Mr. Peters, him- self, ever seriously entertained the idea; and wewarn the Government not lo go forward in @ course which is likely to lead to disaster to Our cause,
‘There never was 4 time at which the juet and,equitable claims of this Province could be pressed directly upon -the Government under such favorable circumstances as at present, Whatever we may think of the political toresight or judgment of Sir Louis Davies, we must admit that he is an able advocate. Given a good cause he can, if he zboose to do so, press it In &@ convincing Sir Louis Davies is now in the Cabinet. He is, indeed, one of the pillars which the Liberal Administration
The majority of island
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will, in such & Cause, rather aid than oppose him. More than that, he is regarded asthe leader of the Maritime Liberals , aud the cause of Prince Edward Island, to extent, is the cause of ali the
Provinces entitled to
a large Maritime
equivalent for the enormous Governmental
some
enditures that bave been made in the Sir Luuis Davis, in the position
ex} West. that he occupies, backed and supported as press the claims of thie Pro-
If
he is, were .O vince upon the attention of his colleagues, there can be little doubt that be would be successful; whereas the success of a legal arbitration is, in the nature ofall the conditions and circumstances, exceedingly doubtful. Fertunately the Dominion Government have taken time for consider- ation; fortunatly they see a difficulty in the precedent that will be created by an arbi- tration in such a case. We sincerely hope that the Provincial Government,will profit by the delay of the Dominion Government, and quietly cease pressing for arbitration and continue appealing to the equity of the Government
Canada.
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—_—_—— oe: —Coal being all important at present the New York ‘I'ribune has published a statement of the world’s output. In 1896 the whole quantity was about 650,000,000 tons. Of this the British Isles contributed 218,000,000 tons, the United Stotes 192,- 000,000 and Germany 124,000,000 tons, these three countries thus producing near- Jy five-sixths of the total supply. The
rtion is increased when tle output ef the Britieh Kmpire outside ot the United Kingdom is taken into consideration. ‘Canada produces 3,000,000 tons, India from 4,000,080 to 5,000,000 tons, aad Australia and New Zealand about 5,506,~ 60@ tons mcre, Austria-Hungary produced 36,000,000 tons in 1895, France 32,900,000 tovs in 1896 and Belgium 23,000,000 tous in 1895. Russia produces about 10,000,000 tons,
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
— We aunounce tc-day the death of Mrs. Ings, wife of John Inge, Eequire, of the Esplanade. Mrs. Inge has been ill for many months. She was adaughter of the late Hon. James Yeo and sister of Mesars John and James Yeo, of Port Hill. We sympathize with her bereaved family.
—The important action taken at the re~ cent mesitng of the Fruit Growers Aesce a tion bas resulted in the incorporation of the organization and its recognition by the Government with a money part which will help to develop the important interests to which it is devoted. The Government has only done its duty in aseisting the F. G. A. which we hope to see it demonstrate ita usefulness to the country in no un- certain way.
—Mr. Alexander D. Anderson bas an article in The Review of Reviews, in which he gives exact data respecting the ownership of the West Indian Islands aud Berm uda :
No. of Area Sq.
Islands. Miles. Tins sees comemenennines & 39,562 American republics...........+ l 26,247 Pee T 54 11,570 ae dbcieusintabeoreentess 3 1,103 Saas oF 434 RONNIE, ic ccnccce sb d's 000 cence 3 223 United S:ates...... bcenkiaane 0 NE - cectetin uminaiannadaul 68 81,340
Tue above comprises simply the island large enough to be named in atlases or cyclopedias.
ESTEEMED EXCHANGES.
Montreal Gazette: Some of the horrors of war are being brought very close to United States newspaper readers. The poetry that the excitement has given birth to runs from heir-raising to blasphemy, murdering Queen Victoria’s Eagliso by the way.
Mostreal Gazette: It was on April 23 that President McKinley called for 125,000 men for the U. 8S. volunteer army. On May 10 it was reported that close upen 40,000 men had responded. That is fair- ly good, enlyin one sense. Not many countries could enlist an army corps in a fortnight. It is less though then wight have been expected from the outward evidences of popular enthusiasm, which indicated that the wkole country was wild for war. It may be slower work still getting’the other 85,000.
The Zeitung of Frank fort -on-the~Main, one of the leading newspapers of Germany,
has this to say about Spanish rule in America: Spain reaps what it sows, There is now in course an act of the
world’s history which is the world’s judg- ment. The Spaniard could conqer, but not colowize;he could destroy, but not build up. Eyen the Spaniards who discovered America filled the world with indignation over their atrecities, They have there de- stroved an old culture and devastated peaceful, flourishing empires, As hungry fer gold ae they were thirsty for blood, they roas'ed alive the Aztec king, Montezuma, and his people in order to squeeze more gold eut of them. The history of Spanish America is one continuous murder and robber story. As soon as the American people became con- scious of its situation the revolution and the secession began. Thus Spain bas lost one after the other of all its colonies on the American continent, and now comes the turn of Cuba, the pear! o” the Antilles. Spain bas bad time erough to quiet the threatening storm by making Cuba tree and happy, but it was not Spain’s way. The system which at home tortured the Moors and the Jews, perscuted eyery free breath, brought nearly the whcle people tu the verge ot beggary, and which even yet applies the rack, could be in Cuba no system of freedom, of en- lightenment and of public welfare. In the waters of Cuba two views of the world, two cultures, ruband push each other. In the north stands the free American with hia feeling of equality, his independence, his strife for education and work; opposed to him stands the Spaniards, who has lear: ed nothing and can do nothing for humanity — v¢
Aw Excettent Ipea.—The enterprisicg firm of Jobo Murphy & Son have import- ed a large quantity of clothes brushes, one of which they give away with every half dollar’s worth of goods sold. The brushes are wel! made, and are embossed on the back with the firm’s uame.
Arrests Mape.—Three arrests have been made at Point Du Chene in connec - tion with the suppo-ed murder of Owen Hamill, a former resident of this province.
he names of the suspected persons are James Hamill, brother of the deceased, Thomas McGarrity and Gallant.
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MIGHT AGAINST RIGHT.
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How Prof. Goldwin Smith Views the Manila “ Victory.”
Diecussing the war in the Weekly Sun, “ Bystander ” writes :—
That might was on the side of the Americans, or, to speak more truly, of ‘he war party in the United States, could be doubted by no one who knew anything of American resources ani of the condition of Spain. Spain isa decayed power; and the bollow survival o: her ancvent grand- eur only serves to stimulate the vanity as well as tempt the rapacity of tLe aggresscr. Her armaments are antiquated, ond her serviees are rotten. Dewey’s victory at Manila is one of the same kind as that of Jackson at New Orleans, where the Brit« ish so.diersa straggling helplessly over a swamp were shot down by the Americans lying :n perfect security behind their ram-~ parta, and the lose of the Americans was seven killed and six wounded, to two thousased killed aod wounded on the other side. The poorSpanish seamen could only die,and thatthey did. The real character of the victory did not prevent Jacksou, and will not prevent Dewer, from being # popular idol, and an available candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The re*ult will probably be much the same if the fl-ete should meet. Might, everwhelming might, is onthe American side. But to distiugu'sh might from right, and plead the cause of right againet might, isthe work for whicha public writer—if he is good for anything—is good. Let people who are shouting beh.nd the car of victory remember that Spain is not the only weak nation. The spirit which, for the time, has broken loose in the United States is akin to that which broke loose in the time of Jack~ou, aod respecte nothing but force.
“Remember the Maine !” was the battle ery of Dewey’s fleet. “To Hell with Spain; Remember the Maine!” is the motto on the badge worn by the war party cof the United States. There yon have the real motive of this w1r,*so far asthe masses are concerned. Yet, of all the Congressional demagogues and Yellow Journalists who have been maddening the people by disseminatiug the belief that the Maire was destroyed by wagents of the Spanish Government, there was not one who did not knew he was propagating an infamous calumny.
There are motives lower even blind reverge. There are cOu.mergial gentlemen thronging Wasbh- ington, as an American journal phrased it, “to have a pnii at this thing.” There is the depraved love ofa bloody spectacle seen at a safe distance through the pictorial press. We have made material improve- ments in civilization. Instead of shooting stones and arrows from catapults and meangonels, we can now rain death from five-mil+ guns on the people of a hoatile city. Bu‘ it is notan improvement that by the invention of paid armies the people who make the wars are able to stay at home at ease and gloat over the picture of slanghter.
Though blood may be thicker than water, tbe tie of justice is above tuetie of blood, and we do a kinsman little rea!
than motives of
service by abetting him in iniquity. The ba-is of an Anglo-American aliiance
would be worse than frail if it was to be aparta rhp o wrong.do ag,
Fiying off into vague seutimentalities, people shirk the } lain question of morality before them. Spain tendered arbitration in the case of the Maine, pledging herself | beforehand to abide by the verdict of the tribunel. Ger offer was met by war. Was this just? That, snd not any question of racial affinities or of reconstruction of the diplomatic universe, is at present before the court of opinion.
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