Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-24


INF SAN JTAN ROuSDlny oTTSTIoy
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'ue ''''oi 'n"'''u ID 'eies'aPneu from Der
lin that the decision OF the law-Oilicers TO
whom the Emperor William submitted the
San Juan boundary controversy between the
United States and England has been written,
and only awaits the signature Of tho Emperor
to make Ii binding upon both countries. The
award as we long ago Indicated 1t would be-
Is entirely favorable to the United States con-
eeulhS oil that we have demanded. The
question: 1t will be remembered, was referred
" inc "crtiian Emperor under the following
article OF tho washington treaty
shouId under The term, of m. ,,o.,v -. ="
cited, DO run through the Rosario StraIts and
,hs, :, 'nonIS n. y, Wv n oSa ~ - Srims
Hare It Is ssrosd that the respective claims OF
ths uovetnlent Q, IioL priennn'e me'y anu
,,s,a,,,s, 10 ,ho srh,,r,,I,n al 800 81 M
Majesty the Emperor of Germany, who, having
regard to the aforementioned article OF the
si S,sS ~ ,Soao sIoID,s = ~, 10 $3.50
Rnco with the Interpretation Of the treaty Of
June 10, ls4o'"
The Emperor accepted tue trust conuicd In
him, aud Immediately selected a commission,
made up OF the most eminent Jurists In the
country, to whom were referred all the
papers In the case, and before whom argu-
ments were made by Mr., Bancroft, on the
part Of the United States, and by repre-
sentative Of Her Britannia Majesty. The
decision OF these gentlemen Il that the Canal
do Uar, /. the proper boundary between the
continent and Vancouyers island, as the
United States always maintained 1t was.
The British Government have held that
the Rosario strait which Is the nearest chan
mel to the main land, was the proper line of
demarkatiOu. According to our view OF the
case, In which the German jurists entirely
coincide, we arc entitled to the possession OF
the Island OF San Juan and several other lesser
Islands between the Gulf OF Georgia and the
strait Of Juan do Fuca OfcOurse II ls optional
with tho Emperor to affirm Or iect the reward
Of his own commission, but there Is every
reason 10 believe that he will be guided by
their advice and recommendation, Their
selection WAS in the first place. An evidence
on his part that he meant to decide the ques-
ton entirely on Its merits, irrespective Of
friendship for either party to the dispute, and
We are confident that his sense Of justice will
inevitably load him to that result.
In connection with the report of the award
we have an unpleasant rumor that Her
Majesty's Minister at Berlin, Mr.. odo Rus.
SELL Is engaged In a very unseemly intrigue
to influence the judgment OF the Emperor
against us and to induce him to refrain from
that the Crown Princess, the daughter o
Queen Victoria, Is actively aiding Mr.. kussel
TO prevent q settlement. Mr.. Russell take
the ground II is said that the Emperor Ia no
bound by the article In the treaty OF Wash
ington to decide upon either of the chan
nels that, on the contrary, he MAJ
select third line, and that " henc,
the basis upon which the German jurIst
have acted Is an erroneous one Ihes'
taetcs-that 49, II they have been resorled
to-are unworthy great nation like Eng