The times., 1898-11-10
TO ADJUST OLD DISPUTES.
canadian American Commission
VIII Meet Here Todnx


Will Meet Here To-day.
The Canadlan-American International
Commission. for the settlement OF dis
{ puted questions between this country
and Canada. which will go down through
history as the Quebec Conference. will
| hold its third and final meeting in Wash
iHgton. commencing today at II o-c!ocl,
In the Arlington Hotel Representative
statesmen from England. Canada. and
the United States will be present, and
the topics which occupied the attention
Of the members during the two previous
meetings OF the commissioners viii be
| discussed
The first meeting win take place in the
diplomatic room. IN the State Depart
ment- II will be a purely social gather
ing. however. and after the members
nave exchanged personal greetings sand
attended an Informal reception given by
Secretary Hay they viii proceed TO the
Executive Mansion. to pay their respects
to the President This bit Of int.rnation-
al etiquette over. the members of the
commission will proceed TO the Arlington.
where the third floor of the Sumner an
|
The joint commission held its first
meeting in this city in November of last
year. when it was isvishly entertained
by local and Official society. The second
! meeting was held last month In Quebec.
when the deliberations inaugurated here
| were continued. After session of some
duration. It was decided to adjourn until
1 today. and close the conference here
Hitherto the deliberations cf the Joint
body have been kept religiousiy secret.
+, The topics under discussion are we'll
known to all who have kept abreast OF
current events. concerning as they do the
. frequently discussed causes of dispute be-
tween the United States and Canada 1t
: is regarded as certain that some defirit=
/ conclusion has been arrived at by the
, commissioners regarding some of these
important questions. but 50 far no at
/ tempt to ascertain the nature OF these
J conclusions has been successful.
+ The principal subjects of international
| Importance which claim the attention Of
] the commissioners are the Alaskan
boundary. the fisheries on the Great
Lakes. and the ST. Lawrence River. the
bonding privileges between this country
J and Canada. the question of rec.p- ocIl
! trade relations. extradition laws and th=
! questions an effort will be made to re-
move alkcause for possible future disputs
between the two countries
/ The discussion of these questions viii b.
/ taken up where it was interrupted b. tne
adjournment in Quebec last month. The
proceedings will be kept secret until nnal
decisions are reached. but it is understood
that considerable progress has b-en made
/ and that TIE work Of the commission )
/ approaching completion.
! Until the members have agreed upon
all the questions however. and are ready
4 TO sign the treaty between the United
States and Great Britain. nothing will be
officially given out. The treaty, when it
is finally signed. viii be knOwn as the
1 treaty Of Quebec. and the official desig
nation Of the trainers as a body will be
the Quebec conference. The questions To
be decided by the conference are regarded
as Of the utmost importance. especially
Z IL the light of recent events.
The Alaskan boundary dispute has
taken on additional Importance since the
discovery of gold in the Kiondike regions
OF that territory and the consequent enor-
nous immigration there. both from this
country and Canada. The boundary Sc
ri0usly affects the people interested in the
mining operations of that country. and
next to the seal and lake fisheries. is. per
haps. the most important question with
/ which the commission will have TO deal
Fisheries in the Great Lakes and the
ST. Lawrence River together with the
seal fisheries, have been a source ofzdip-
| loEaatic contention between the two couIf=
tries for years, and they are TO be adj
Judicated by the present conference The
bonding privileges of the two countries,
! which consist of the transportation of
dutiabie products from one portion OF
the United States. through Canada. to an
other portion OF the United States. OF
vice versa. win be considered Extraditiop
laws and reciprocal trade relations be-
tween the two countries will also be dis
cussed, with view of removing all posi-
bic causes of dispute between Canada and
this country.
The British commissioners are the Rt
Hon Lord Herschell, former chancellor
OF England; the Rt Hon Sir Wilfrid
| I.aurier premier of Canada: Sir R c.
Cartwright, G. c. N c.: Sir l. H Da-
yies, X. {. NJ. G.: Sir James Winter. r.
C. NJ G.. and John Charlton. NJ p Lord
Herschell comes from London Sir James
Winter is from Newfoundland, and the
others are from Canada.
Sir Wiifrid Laurier will be delayed in
Canada several days. attending 10 the
reception of Lord Minto the new gov
ernor general of the Dominion. He is ex-
pected to arrive in Washington the latter
part of the week. Sir James Winter, who
represents Newfoundland. is premier of
that colony. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. on his
arrival will be accompanied by Lady
Laurier and Miss Scott.
Among the arrivals yesterday of the
Canadian commissioners ard their asso-
ciates Were Sir r ]. Cartwright. minister
! of trade and commerce. of Canada, and
Lady Cartwright; W. G. Parmalee. as
deputy minister of trade and commerce:
F. c. T. O'Hara private secretary 10
Minister Cartwright: Joseph Pope, under
secretary of state, and Mrs Pope, of
ottawa. and w C. Gordon. acting private
| secretary to Sir Louis Davies. They are
quartered at the Shoreham
Sir Louis Davies and Lady Davies will
arrive today, will Prof. W F. King.
Dominion astronomer and Alaskan
boundary expert. and r. n. Venning. seal
and fishery expert. The conference is ex-
pected to continue some weeks.
A Great Victory for Quny.
(From the Philad -lpha Ledger.)