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| ilsn TUG loiio"3ll extract from tue
Presidents tnessagesin relation 10 the
Oregon. Territory
My attention was early directed e
the negotiation, which, on thefourth oil
March last, found pending at Wash
ington between The United STATES and
Great Britain, on the subject of the Or,
egon territory. Three several at
te'npts had been previously made to
I;setec the questions in dispute between
the two COUNTRIES, by negotiation, upon
the principle of compromise, BIT each
had proved unsuccessful. =.
These negotiations took place at Lon
| don, in the year 1913 and 1894; The
tive first under the administration Of
MrssNonroe, and the last under that
of Mr.: Adams. The negotiation of
.l8ls"having fai4ed 10 accomplish its
object, resulted in. the convention of abe
twentieth Of October of that year. By
the third article Of thai convention, it
was "agreed THAT any countrylhat may
be claimed by either. pafty ON fire
norihwest-coast of America, Westward
Of The Stony. mountains, shah together
with its harbors, bay ,.and creeks, and
the navigation of all rivers within the
same, be free and open for the term Of
ten years from the date Of the sigma
stane of the present conVe ntfan, to the
vessels citizens and subjects of the five
powers; ltsbeing we'll understood that
thtssagreem Snt is net 10 be construed to.
the hrejadfce Of any claim chs,either'
Of the Two high contracting parties may
'haye:tps any part Of The said oepntry
snorsshali It ELECTROMAGNETIC the claims;
OF any oebef Power or State to- ANY
part ofahe said soaatry the only Oh,
jeet Of the fiigheeeaaraeaeg parties IN
thaefssrect being, 10 proven, disputes
and differences among themselves
4
The negotiation Of I824 Was pirsoloc
tive mo neslIt,sand the cohsea ION OF
1913 was left unchanged. -
: Thef egotfa' ion OF 1925, having also
failed to effect al adiustulatsnt By com
pfonise, resaltcd infhe censentlon OF
August the. sixth, 1897, by which it
was agreed. 10 continue in force, for an
indefinite periods the provisions of the
third article Of the consennon<of the
twentieth OF October, 1873; and i, was
further provided, that it shall be com
petent, however, to either Of the con-
tracing parties, in case either should
think fl; at any time after the twentieth
OF oeioberf 1885, on giving dae nolice
ortwelve months 10 the pier Contract
ng party, 70 annuE and .abrogate this
CONGESTION ana i shall, in such case,
be. accordingly entirely annullet ara
.a.9Fogated alter .he expiration Of me
said lafn ot.Ilo,ice. In these ottemDts.
~ adJust The controversy, tbs parallel
Oh the forty ninth degree. ct north lati-
to lie had been offered by the United
States to Great Britain, and in those og,
1918 and 1926, with a further eonoes-
SION Of the free navigation of. the Coll
ufnbla river south Of that latitude.
The parallel of the forty ninth. degree.
from the Rocky mountains 20 its inter.
section with the easternmost branch of
The Columbia, and Thence down the
channel of that river to the sea. had
been offered by Great Britain, with an
addition OF small detached territory
north of the Columbia. Each of these
propositions had been rejected by the
parties respectively.
In October, l843, the Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister PEenipoteniiary /
Of the u. States IN London was au- |
therized to make simTiar offer 10 those
made in l9l8-and 1926. Plus stood
The question, when the negotiation was
shortly afterwards transferred ,ol
washington; and, on the twenty-third
81 August. 1914, was formally opened.
underthe direction of my immediate
predecessor. Like all the previous me-
gotiatlons, it was based upon .princiaies-
ot compromise" and the avowed mr.
pose oil the~parties was, s'to treat ofJhe
claims Of the two count ri;es-
% the Oregon territory, with. the view
o establIsh-a permenant boundary he
'ween them westward OF the Rocky
nountains.te the Pacific ocean" Ac
thesatwenty-sixth Of Al.
gust 1914, the British plenipotentiary
'ffere d.to deyide the Oregon territory