Dealing with the the dispute over mails from Vancouver the "Daily Colonist" writes on July Three carloads of American mail for Manila, on Great Northern Railway express cars, arrived at the Union Depét to-day for the C. P.O. Empress of Russia. scheduled to sail to-night. American postal officials telephoned to local postal officials to come over and unseat the cars and transport the mail to the waiting Empress of Russia. This request was promptly refused and the Americans Were informed that they, together with local C. P. R. officials, would have to undertake the transportation. This means that the crisis has been reached and the fight is on between local postal officials and American and C. P. R. officials.
A week ago, Edward McGrath, superintendent of the United States Railway mail service of the Thirteenth precinct, including—the State of Washington, canly here to confer with C. R. officials, and after discussion 'a contract' was signed whereby the C. P. boats would carry United States mail from this port.
This was done without consulting the Canadian Government, it is stated, and as a result, contrary to regulations, the mail was not sent through the regular channel of the local post office, the other parties taking matters' into their own hands. The} brought the cars here sealed, but on asking the local postal authorities to take charge of the mail and load it on the Russia, were refused, The C. P. R. then took the three mail cars over their own tracks to Pier "D," and are unloading the mail and putting it on the Russia themselves.
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