Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04
GOVERNMENT CASE
ON ALASKAN LINE
l,,,n,tins and Explicit Statement
BY John w. Foster
,,y,DAScLAlM UNTENABLE
,.,,. Established, which
u,ls the American Tide
clear

.-...,.sisr. Nov i-Ex-sccrctary Of
t.sn NJ. Foster. a member o. the
~ commission 10 settie diner
,'iue,n ths United States and
~. eas prepared a summary Of
..,nmsnts crrc on the Alaskan
~, % was read last night be-
,-es American Geographical e'c'eiy.
500 reviews the history of the
-',ts-, between Russia and Great
49, .ri shows that the British
=. -arht 20 prevent this extension
~. nass.sn claims eastward 10 the
4, vsunnlns The British gov-
-..t vas tasn prepared TO accept "a
..t.sv line q hundred milsi from the
-ftt. mainland Great Britain
$500 mr.aelri in reducing this
.-t.s width vi 10 marine leagues.
800 nafmIftr1 tcn-ytnfH license
IN "a hunt ln the eHiuaricH, but
i.r-..i 10 make 10 permanent
-t.f r.aHaH wac terminated at the
~ tssr.roi. ana Mr Foster aye IL
\ ~ .s,rssiaut with any lniefprrtu-
II tbs treaty other than the CONE
u. tsgfreIgniy 20 Russia an over not
~ ~ firn OF mlinlhnd. but an the
y. Fisi,r showed that In 1889 the
|r-i.s. RAY company leased from the
800 government the very strip In
..fdr ~ shown hy the Russian maps,
.,Infgf rlfiIamUutary Committee
|,.r's'rr thd head of the company
- rsf o1i ihe fact that Russian anv-
!. IN extended Or nautical miloa In
Ia E.drIng the fluctuations u tho
m igt ha continued. "a provisional
islsiirT was established by The United
siisi ~ tha crossing 20 the Suckeeu
rrf shch follows The present Aneri.
ut 0aitHil0n and DO 1876 % criminal
lsaf r.1i ana convicted was released
. iT cinlfan courts because Die uf-
f-is vac committed "in American ter
faI
Hf T.sisr quoted the British sccrcta-
H. Cirnrg In Bile luliruct'Ona To the
o. q Wellington whore Doe says
Ella "A fiatrfmun and iuriHti
+. irt ~ Hgid ns Insignificant ali titles
q territory that lr, not founded on
Has' occupation. and that title On,
q hs opinion ~ the most oTteomet
,Hff on public law, Co Boz established
|IFu.i|tll nee.
Wh ttIs aa harIs ST. Foster made
10 fl1rIHr uTesrutiti0n df Amprls
b. position rcrlfiIur The boundary;
mr. "a r0 claim ur gretenHe that
H. British authorities Ur subjects ever
|scgfti any 10 thr territory now In
1s's ucrni under ihe lstHo cited.
b Hff frfrrIHHi ur attempted 10 oNHr.
fT lnT dcit of sovereignty over the
bro Or uaieu IucloHad by a.
. Nrfi 5000 after the treaty nf 1875
hrilan government published u
H. calming ihe strip Of territory
T. d. ihs Interior waters VI the sea
,daHi BY o.
sertl TIE luss|an.Amorlcan COM
~ uuhhhel forte and trading
10 unh|n ihc strip
n nfi by virtue N tho lease cited.
steh utH recognized assertion OF IT,
.,nutgfiy RUSSIA temporarily trans
~ iha.a forts and posts 10 the
II 1ish company
n f.lfh Az the termination ~ tho ex-
'i'i lelse d re-eniered and took pos
ifhlt and remained Zoo p1saosslon an
z VISION q Alaska 90 the United
liis
Il iih. Il received the allegiance OF
ntVe Indians .nhnhItInr the strlp
NHllIei supervision over thsui.
=. hh' inmolatoly after tho cesslou
w ~ dH9frimeHt OF state 81 the
l eAlei lkew.f' caused map
Il plelehel sctt.ug forth the blun-
. ~ ~ AAska in accordance with tho
w q ~ and The same claim az
. WV vas thereon made nn by
- % ~ map Of is2l.
II l.alh lpou the transfer of Alaska
4 Eluen q ihe United states army
n .'lafhed 90 occupy the territory
aeAehment was stationed FOR
IA VINE on This strip of the main
s,nh' since tho coaslon postonioe.
4 ~, routes have been established
VIZ ,.a'An'd az various points on
'.'A. Custom houses have llkewls,
-. ,"Aoi'hed and duties collected
tA, Government and mission
/ ~. slNe b"yn maintained and not
- ior nearly 20 years at tbc bcad
rf.t Nv INC revenue vessels OF the
4. sA,ea have c0ntinuousiy sine.
| 49,. ~ lhe cesslnn patrolied inc
4 ~, a.eis surrounded by Inc strip
I ~ ~, No revenue and other lave
II ~ l1'lgd States. ''"'
. ''ilh The nayHi and r.y,,,,.. g.,
n. w, ..e lnIied States have Tor Inc
IN .ull exercised acts OF soyer-
x. ~ The Indian Tribes inhabit
f.fill and ESPECIALLY about the
Pm 'lNh clhalnud the latter have
w salsi. '''s'Nn'' 70 the
u N ~, N, N me census Of 1850 and
nv w., indian Tribes lnhabIflna
astl- ig Included 100 the popula-
1 ~ b, i, United States. and - pub-
r.,-l ne official roports ~ '''
iti n aiH. Ihe territorial govern
M ~. a.lshn has exercised yarions
Wy, 4l.i acts " s0yerelEnty over
LTHsrs eil Interior waters lncins,-i
M le NfIts N the United gtnt.s
rai ''' run throughout liz whole
ia,t',',,, Under tho territorial claim
M ,',l States and the proteetlon
INA ss,e.,efnmont citizens on he
nave entered and occu-