New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

r,,,s. IN . northwestery direction from Seattle or
20, miles from Victoria. From cape |haco" ''e
line runs fifty miles eastward to the entrance u
portland Channel northward through the chahhei u
the 18th degree north latitude. whence IL IooMs "
general northwestery course 10 NOUN. o.
From thence the line is a straight one que "o,.,
,ha Arctic This was the boundary line established
nv Russia and Great Britain In lsZ' accep'e' Wy
America at the time OF the purchase IN ioo'' 'e'os
n,zed nv England since the earliest treaties anu
ro,ar questioned by any one until the Cahauan
government took II upon Itself in 1857 to alter the
man as indicated by the dotted INES
MODEST LITTLE CLAIM.
The proposed Typographical arrahsen,en' ne
rrlves the United states of strip OF lahu Wv
I, length and varying In width from 10 10 lou 'ie'
II takes away every harbor of importance Aii'.''e
Island the great Muir Glacier ana iaNu u'a''.
oos,deratev leaving the cities Of Sitka ana Iuhea"
~ ,s,noorohe and a number OF nourishing mis-
,or, e,a,ions AS basis OF their claims INC
c,ad,ars coolv assert that their Government mas
a,scovered that the terms OF the treaty VI TO-,
amhisn,ous and have hitherto been "ro"e', -,
nra,ed. that the boundary line should p'oo'eu '
nard through Benin Canal. Instead Oh Io' ',a''u
channel This is the first clause OF ''e "'"''
&c charged with ambiguity: - ,ba
section ? The line OF demarcatlon pet" IN The
nossessions of the high contracting pa ~ America 10
ccoas Of the continent and the sls, ~ man
nc northwes shall be drawn in the IoIio 6 ont Of
ner Commencing from the WdIes Island Which
Nv iies in the parallel of - degrees ~ md
north latitude ana R petTeH longitude the line
shall ascend TO the moth along 'he ~ the CON
portianI, 4. strikes the 18th degree Of north ati
t,ae. from this aforementioned point w H. noun-
demarcaton shall follow ' me Coast as far as the
nant OF Intersection Of the l4lst uss ansrly from
pnsu1e CONT 1oi ne of ntersectIon the SAID meridian
line Of the Hist degree IN It's % limit between the
PHssian and British possessions on the continent o'
America ~ the northwest IA o.,t
"Rut" say the Canadians. II sgnnies ho'n'"s
,bo, portland Channel Is mentioned We can prove
that the present Portland Chahhe' ""' "o' '"
q, all when tho treaty was maze
,,a,rv.r relates that in July. 1873. his expedi-
ton reached the entrance of Portland me an
sent boats to examine liz TWO prahc"e'
canal and Observation Inlet; the iatter-ha"ed "''
boon previously visited by Mr.. Brown OF the bu''er
uor,h Failing TO fine the hoped-for northwest pas
o .he hoa,s turned back and went north by
D., Canal This inlet had been explored anu
named by Cook nearly fifteen years before IN nonor
o, Major Benin. Russian officer 10 com'e''o' u'e
obligations received by the officers ana crews Vi e
Resolution and the Discovery whilst at kamcha'ha
in the year l77s" This quo'atoh u i'o"
couvers Voyages, volume H.
THE LINE IN PORTLAND CHANNEL"
II Is true that IN order to reach Portland '"A"
he line a
o,,v ,,,,es and 1t is also true that the mead OF te
hr,o, does not touch the J6th degree by Uihe
- ,han a mile But If the line was not !htehded
~ follow Portland Channel, why shou.h ho' "'s
words of the treaty have been due hor'h '"S'"
q, $50 the north along the channel caiied rorNanu
Channel? Again, It IL OF no importance .'a' nv
ts,h degree ,s not reached by the waters OF the III
-, ..1-he g. me line shall ascend to the north as
., "a tho noint where II strikes the 16th degree
| means simply that the line shall ascenn so lai' NJ
though II IL possible that the channel was SUPPOSED
70 reach the 18th degree. ut any rate t"e Intent -
perfectly apparent 49,. A.,
II "a n little singular that neither OF these DIS
| .ooa,c,es uas noted previous TO the year 1871 Inc
| IIud.on Bay Company, which had control OF the
| trade OF the Northwest for years PAID an ahhua
| rental OF 1000 otter skins 10 the Russian GOVERN
ment for the privilege OF trading with the lhuas III
the very territory which, It Is asserted Deiohged 10
| Great Britain all along Does England propose that
Russia shall return the money thus illegally hched
| from her subjects? VIII she demand redress from
| America for maintaining a garrison at Tohsase iroh
1868 TO 1873? Why has British Columbia always per-
mited law breakers who escaped as FAR as Iohgass
| 70 remain free from arrest by the queens oniceH :
OF course the mere fact thai the boundary has
MT been disputed before does not make II the legal
line OF demarcation. but 1t Is an undoubied evidence
OF the insincerlty OF the present contention.
| Here ls the second Ambiguous" clause OF the
! treaty which England wishes TO repudiate:
| Section T. That wherever the summit OF the noun
| talns which extend In a direction parallel to the
| coast from the 18TH degree OF north latitude TO
the point Of intersection OF the l4ls degree OF west
| longitude shall prove to be at distance OF more
| than ten marine leagues from the ocean. the limit
between the British possessions and the line OF the
| coast which Is to belong TO Russia as above men
| toned shall be formed by a line parallel to the
| wndngs OF the coast. and which shall never exceed
| the distance OF ten marine leagues therefrom.
| 1t IL easy In Alaska to establish or to dispute
the location OF the chain OF mountains to which the
treaty refers That part OF the country Is all noun
tains; a perfect confusion OF peaks rising gloomy
| and wenIgh impossible barrier from the very
shores Of the That there is anywhere a Well,
defined chain is denied by members OF the coast
and Geodetc Survey who have spent the last
| three summers there. Hence the boundary must
be formed by "a line parallel TO the WINNINGS oil
| the coast at distance OF ten marine leagues
! therefrom Hitherto this has meant a line Ihiahu
from every point where salt water touches whe1hsr
gulf. bay or inlet. But the new mapnhKeis con.
ceve 1t otherwise They insist that the nie mus, mus.
| be drawn at a distance of teu marine leagues IIolh
the main channels OF sea water ny this IN e hS
| tation England obtains possession OF me medn.
l wetsrs Tvn, Canal with Chilcat ana Shhcoot