The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-07

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Six times the Tinted States had received
the offer OF arbitration ON their North
western boundary. and six times had re-
Iuseo 20 reler point wnere tne impoIS
my ~. - sssat anu tnS s nSS e. ~ hr,n1
the c,,sst,c,s hssnra vo,,r ma teatv nv
country resolved to change its policy, and
In the heart OF Europe, before tribunal
from which no judgment but 2 just one
can emanate, to explain the SOLID iounoa-
Ton o. our ue ger to;, ana .ne va have
hsen sovarned Ths cay invoives oues-
tions 81 georraphy. OF history and OF In
ternational law and we are glad that the
discussion should be held In tho midst OF
g nation whose sons nave been trained y
tnose sGlenSes ny Sari nittet, 'oAo
oiio . 1AoiAse.
ADMIRAL PROVOST.
unR RANCRorT'S adversary in the ar
wi hitraflon proceedings was Admiral
Jarnes a prevost. r. N. who also
haa nreviouslv figured as an actor in the
disn,,te In 1857 he was a captain in the
rcv.I navy ~ command Of her ma1esty's
shin Satellite and was chosen as the
Rrit,sh cornrnissioner for locating and
narkinr the boundary. He took issue
with Mr.. Archibald Campbell the Ameri-
can commissioner. by Insisting that the
l,o,,r6arv should he continued from the
noint where the archipelago divides the
waters ~ the cuIf 81 Georgia through
Rosario strait. instead Of following the
more dtrect southerlv course through the
Tyaro charreI ~ the strait Of Juan de
Fuca. ana Al the discussion which took
Mac hetween the two commissioners
Cant. Prevost advanced a technical argu-
v,ert that would do credit 10 Sergeant
Rnzf,,. T5e confended that al the treaty
adonted ~. the BOUNDARY the 4sth parallel
Continued westward s.to the middle OF
the channel which separates the cor,ti-
nent from Vancouver fsland:" and then.
rnnn,nr q l,ne from that MONT; ..southerly
thro,,~h the r,tdiIe ~ said channel and
of Fuca's strait to the Pacific ocean.
the Haro cnannei Goes NOT meet the cans
doas not senarate the continent from
vorco,,var leland althourh he admitted
that ~ washed tha shore Of Vancouver
t.I.rd -, IT, CONTINENTAL side
Ia annreciate the refinement OF his ar
vurnenf n must he kent m mind that
tha strait ~ Tnar de Fuca Haro cham
nai posarfc strait ana tha GuIf NJ C,eor-
into channels NV the Islands which were
ths srhtact. ~ Controversy. Rosario
strait ana the TIaro channel both sonar
sts ths ,.oiniard from Vanconver island
ora thew ara both intarmediate channels
h.twa.y, +he STRAIT ~ Tnca and the CuIf
~ Ceorcfa. fha Ct,lf Of Gaorria IL the
main channe, separating tne continent
from Vancouver island at the lgth uaia
aiiai. the line couId not extend suuthAriv
frn,,, fhe irtersecfior ~ the 4efh tAralieI
throi,rh the middle OF the strait ~
ff,,cs H., The reason that as reorranhers
hava bestowed .iifferent names l,inon ire
cn,,ractirv channels the C.ulf ~ Georpia
terrninafes where II - divided NV the ia
Hands and from necess,tv the boundary
through ono ~ the connect,rp channels
to the middle ~ the strait ~ Fuca
n was Cant Prevost,s ar1,ment that
Rosario strait should be taken as the
continuation Of the main channel sonar
atinr the Continent from Vancouver ia
land because II A. nearest tn the conti.
nent and. referring to the Haro channel
RI said. AFT iiteraiiv and reoeranhjcaIIv
does NOT separate the continent from
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