Alaska and the Panama canal . mbers of the commission were United States SenatorsHenry Cabot Lodge and Elihu Root. Canada,- undoubtedly has always felt hurt for having been u cut out from the Pacific Ocean by this treaty and showed its resentment by voting down reciprocitywith the United States. A good story is told of how the British nearlylost the remainder of the Pacific Coast, that por-tion lying between the State of Washington andAlaska. In 1840 England sent out a sportsman-statesman to look the country over to see if itwas worth fighting for. The United States wasputting up at least a go
Alaska and the Panama canal . mbers of the commission were United States SenatorsHenry Cabot Lodge and Elihu Root. Canada,- undoubtedly has always felt hurt for having been u cut out from the Pacific Ocean by this treaty and showed its resentment by voting down reciprocitywith the United States. A good story is told of how the British nearlylost the remainder of the Pacific Coast, that por-tion lying between the State of Washington andAlaska. In 1840 England sent out a sportsman-statesman to look the country over to see if itwas worth fighting for. The United States wasputting up at least a good bluff. This secretagent of the Crown viewed the disputed region,saw that the streams and rivers were full ofsalmon, the great English game fish, and puttinghis fishing rod together, carefully tried every. • Kifly. He was unable to get a rise. Disgusted,,t^y ,/ so the story goes, he returned to England andA PATRIOT, HOLY CROSS Solemnly reported to the King that the countryMISSION. was not worth a bob; the salmon would not.
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