The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-05
CANADIAN VIEW OF THE CASE


OTTAWA. Ont, AEg s-F W Sfotr
secretary ~ state was Fs.eFFisws< s@sssfo-
ing rra statement srogn WasasngzSEa sFsas
Great Britain. on the ofs5e.al mars. has
crawn the boundary on TIE PacsFc COAST
~ as 60 deprive the United States o. han-
Srssss Of nssses % territory assosnins TIE
rssssdyke sS.a H1sss fie essss - lsS gons
inso TIE QUESTION with 8 member Q, sns
Aangenzse administrator ~ l*fss ana me
paint nO% r4ssec was discusses 'ass-
.-Yne srezty Of ~ Petersburg Of IsE''
sssa ~ ..ssayges tie tine dividing Russian
Alaska frogrs British By line drawn north
from the foot Of PRICE % Wales island.
through Portland efaannel Until IL struck
tire rnosantairs wien tSse method % deiin-
tsasion sas SET forth. The map will show
that o flne rgsnEiag inertia from the foot q
fersaca ok Wales island must 60 through
sha BehEs canal and that 20 reach Port
LAsd canal the lire would hsve to so east
through It's nps1 SEA a. considerable dis
fasee before IL could reach Portland chan
Dsi sy canal
The BRUSH contention. as shown by the
dispatches Of George Canning 20 SIR
Charles RAgot. when British ambassador
TO ss. Petersburg IL that Portland YVES 70
be Ia British territory, and that the words
Portland canal, in Ia. convention, was
mistake fer Hshn canal. or else what Ii
npw called Portland canal was not tnsn 90
called This is supported By the paysacal
irnpsssssflsSy Of running line due ntsrfh
through Portland canal from the foot nr
l'Ttsee ef Wales Island. 50 that Canadian
saape Bslow tsae boundary hnc az running
north through the Bshm canal TIE fH-
Terence IL great. Ia view Of sise discoveries
OF gold. and IL can only DE settled By inter
national arbitration.
The disputed territory, with the ten ma
rtne leagues tack from the coast added,
could not however. embrace the present
G.tA stsELr 81
clearly Ia British terriiery. because they
are wei east OF the fsst meridian, Shica
h. tAe recognized boundary 10 TIE north
WARRINGTON. Aug. 4,~insitad by
newspaper publications recently. tea hs
- threw doubts upon the OWNERSHIP %
tbs cloa.siyke geld s1s-iGs. some ~ the DS
government officials whe are naturally ex-
pectss! to deal sitb tigs question. IL
eefIaes 70 practical issue, have been
quietly locking into the matter. Win q
xtess 10 preparing themselves for any
controversy tnat might arise Their views
age ia subssanes that there can be no
valid objection advanced 10 the title OF
Great Britain to thia territory. a careful
sxauina slof, Of ala the reila bic charts and
mare nuaie for enough back In date 10 be
frse from suspicion OF influence by the
recvnt heavy gold finds have convinced
these officers that so far as the Clondyke
fields az defined hy the latest reports are
eanosrned there can be no question but
that they lie fast Of the iAist meridian.
which defines the boundary line. and SO
are within British territory by about
thlrty-ilye miles at least.
As for the meridian Itself IL Is said that
IL has been SO closely located by the sur
vess of the Canadians ard our own coast
survey that there Is not at any point
difference OF more than TOO feet in the
ella snned boundary. which OF course would
Bos affect any controversy that might
grow out of the line.