The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-22
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JOINT HIGH COMMISSION
FIRST MEETING TO BE HELD
TUESDAY AT QUEBEC

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Fur Seals, Fisheries and Alien La.
Dor Laws Among the Questions to
Be Discussed by the Represents
tfves Of Great Britain and the
United States - EARLY Sessions
Will Be Devoted to Routine Work
QUEBEC, Aug. 21.-The first session
OF the United States and British joint
high commission will be held In the
( parliament building In this city Tues
day afternoon. A majority of the COM
missioners are now here, but they do
not expect to do more than take gen.
eral survey OF the work and appoint
I subcommittees at the first two sessions.
| The meetings Of the commission will
not be open to the public
1t is a ponderous and perplexing task
given to the commission to perform.
| Their work Is that of adjustment and
| readjustment Of all the most important
| questions which have been in con-
troversy between the United States
and Canada for the past half a century
| Tho commission is COMPOSED of six
| members from the United States, four
from Canada. one from England and
one from Newfoundland The United
States commissioners are:
United States Senator Charles W.
Fairbanks, of Indiana, chairman; Unit
ed States Senator George Grey, Of
Delaware; Congressman Belson w.
Dingley, Of Maine; John w. Foster.
formerly secretary of state and former
minister to Spain, Russia and Mexico;
James w. Kasson, Of Iowa, former
minister to Germany and Austria, and
T. Jefferson Coolidge, OF Massa chusetts,
former minister to France.
The Canadian representatives are:
Sir Wilfred Laurier, Sir r. ]. Cart
wright, Sir Louis Davies and John
Charlton, M. p. Lord Herschell is the
representative from England, and
chairman of the British and Canadian
delegation, and Hon. Sir James T. Win
ter, premier Of Newfoundland, repre-
sents the Newfoundland interests.
The principal questions submitted
| for the consideration Of the committee
! are as follows:
QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.
| 1. The questions in respect to fur seals
| in Bering sea and the waters Of the North
Pacific ocean.
| 3. Provisions in respect to fisheries off the
| Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the waters
of their common frontiers
| 8. Provisions for the delimitation and es-
! tablishment CT the Alaska-Canadian boundary
| by legal and scientific experts, If the COM
| mission shall so Decide or otherwise.
A prou Por
disc in transportation to or from either coun-
| try, across intermediate territory of the 9TH
| er, whether by land OF water, including nat
| ural and artificial waterways and intermediat
| transit by sea.
| 8. Provisions relating to transportation OF
| merchandise from one country to another
| 8. Alien laws, applicable to the subjects OF
| citizens of the United States and of Canada
7. Mining rights of the citizens or sub
| jects Of each country within the territory OF
| the other.
| 8. Such readjustmen.s and concessions as
may be deemed mutually advantageous OF
| customs duties applicable in each country to
| the products of the soil.
| 9. revision Of the agreement of 1917 re-
| specting naval vessels Of the lakes.
! 10. Arrangements for the more complete
| definition and marking of any part of the
| frontier line by land or water where the
|
as to be liable to dispute.
| II. Provisions for the conveyance for trial
or punishment of persons in the lawful Gus
| tody Of the officers of one country through
the territory of the other.
r. Reciprocity IN wrecking and salvage
| rights.
OTHER QUESTIONS.
Other questions Coz cerniag the Unit
ed States and Canada may be brought
before the commission AS the work
goes forward. Already many represent
atives from the various interests to be
| considered by the commission are here
and eager to express their views IT
will be impossible, however, to give
| general hearings to all who desire to
| be heard. Chairman Fairbanks stated
to the Associated Press correspondent
today that, where a number of men
desired to be heard upon any one Ques-
ton, they would probably be asked to
select one from their number to pre-
sent their arguments to the commits
sion. All communications concerning
the work of the commission should be
addressed to Chandler P. Anderson, the
| commissions secretary. who is now in
Quebec.
That the work is to be very impor-
tant and very difficult is indicated in
the fact that the commission Is to take
up those very questions which the
! United States and Canada have not
| been able to settle in the past decade.
But now, in the opinion Of Senator
| Fairbanks, on the part of England and
Canada there seems to be a disposi-
tion to have all these questions salts
factorily adjusted.
And so far as we are concerned" !"
said Senator Fairbanks, I'VE shall meet
them more than half way
What disposition will finally be
made Of the results of the commits
sion's work?' he was asked.
"Our findings" he said, will be SUBJ
mitted in the form Of a treaty for the
approval Of the senates Of the United
States and Great Britain"
It is impossible to state how long
| the commission will probably sit. The
Americans and Canadians have
brought with them a series Of books,
documents and maps. Many of the
maps will be brought into use in con-
sidering the Alaskan boundaries,
which, excepting possibly the sealing
and commercial matters, will be the
most difficult question before the COM
mission.
POPE IN GOOD HEALTH.