The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-25

Choate regarding the claims of the Amer
lean miners involved in the disputed ter
r1tory, opposed giving UP Pyramid har-
boz. He pointed out to Mr.. Choate that
Canada would have an important depot
for storehouses and shipping, whence she
could seriously undersell the United
States and injure her trade in the Orient,
and also that Great Britain would Sc
cure invaluable strategical advantages
At the commissions next sitting Min
lister Davies strongly opposed the claims,
which he resented being considered in
connection with the boundary dispute,
and Mr.. Choate upheld this view, though
Mr.. Lewis has succeeded in securing the
assurance that they will be treated in
connection with Canada's claims for seal
destruction. Mr.. Lewis said to a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press:
Il am satisfied with the success of my
mission I am sure the American miners
will now get Justice"
Mr.. Lewis has been seriously ILL., but re-
covered sufficiently to attend the confer
ence before Minister Davies departure
He has been honored by the British Off
Gals, receiving courtesies IN the house
of commons from the speaker, and at
tended the opening of the law courts, in
company with former President Benjamin
Harrison and Mr. Choate, sailing with
Mr. Harrison for home the American
line steamer st. Paul next Saturday.
AMERICAN VIEW OF IT.
WASHINGTON, Oct e4-It Is said at
the state department that the proposition
as to permanent Alaskan boundary,
laid down by Sir Louis Davies, is nothing
more nor less than a summary of claims
heret ofore preferred. When the commits
sion was in session last spring, and the
Canadian proposition was made to settle
the boundary question by arbitration, the
American commissioners replied with an
offer to accept arbitration with the pro-
viso that no point occupied by Americans
for specified term of years should be
submitted to the arbitration. In other
words, the term was so fixed that by no
possibility could the title to Skaguay,
Dyea or any other place that the Amert-
cans had occupied for a period represent
ed by the discovery of the Klondike fields
be called into question by the arbitration
This was one Of the final propositions re-
jected by the Canadian commissioners,
which caused the failure of the joint con-
ference. Since that time there have been
several suggestions in the nature Of COM
promise, and included among these was
one like this embodied in Sir Louis Da-
vies propositions, namely: That the
United States should confirm the Canadi-
an title to Pyramid harbor In return for
Canadian confirmation of the American
title to Skaguay and Dyea.
It is not possible to accurately forecast
the view that the state department will
take of this last proposition, hut it may
be proper to recall the fact that in the
opinion of the department., Canada has
no more claim to Pyramid harbor than
it has to Skaguay and Dyea, and the Brit
ish government has already been inform
ed Of that belief Therefore it seems
probabl that Sir Louis Davies PROPOSE
ton will not materially advance a per-
manent settlement of the boundary ques-
tion and that the two countries will con-
tinue to act for some time to come under
the terms of the modus vivendi recently
arranged by Secretary Hay and Mr..
Tower.
AS to the merits of the last mooted